You will be happy to hear that something at long last is being done about the problem of "incitement". You may recall that the "Oslo" agreements required that the PLO stop Nazi-like anti-Jewish incitement by the media under its control. It was all part of the "Oslo doctrine", which insisted that the ambience is the essence; if things could be made to appear as if they were calming down, peace would follow. In other words, pretense that war does not exist would end war. I personally thought it better if this plank would never be applied, since the world is much better off, or at least Jews are, knowing exactly what sort of Nazi propaganda the PLO is dishing out.
As it turned out, of course, there was never any serious attempt to force the PLO to stop its anti-Semitic incitement. Shimon Peres and his cronies insisted that words do not matter, except when they are spoken by Jewish non-leftists - in which case, they kill. The Left insisted that the PLO was just engaging in bravado and letting off hot air, and it would upset the peace process to pressure the PLO to stop calling Jews dogs and monkeys, or to stop the PLO from calling for genocide of Jews.
Anyway, the Euro-twits decided to pony up some cash to be used for purposes of implementing the Oslo clauses requiring a suppression of incitement. And now, the money has actually produced a campaign to suppress incitement... by Jews, against the PLO.
No, I am not kidding you. (The full story, in Hebrew, can be read here.)
The Euro-twits funded a project by a group of far-leftist Israelis calling themselves "Keshev" ("listening in" in Hebrew), who decided to document the incitement by Israelis against the Palestinians. They just issued their first report. It is directed against the anti-Palestinian "incitement" by Maariv, Yediot Aharonot (the two large Israeli dailies), and Israel TV's Channel 2. Now, as it turns out, all three of these are leftist or left-leaning (with Maariv the least biased and most pluralistic).
The Lefties receiving the cash of the Euro-twits insist that these three Israeli media outfits are guilty of incitement. Why? Well, when Yasser Arafat croaked, they had the nerve to claim in their coverage of the funeral circus that Arafat had himself been personally responsible for violence and terror. They also had the gall to claim that Israel had offered Arafat an insanely generous set of offers at Camp David II. Both claims amount to incitement against the Arabs, claim the well-financed Keshev commentators.
Never mind that both claims are factually correct and unchallengeably true. I have no doubt that Keshev will soon be financed by the Euros to denounce the American media for claiming that the Germans and Japanese started World War II. After all, that is unforgivable stereotyping and incitement against innocent fascists.
Naturally, the Euro-twits have never quite gotten around to funding any studies of incitement by the PLO against Jews. The Left and Uncle Shimon Peres are not complaining, though. That might hurt some Palestinian feelings and delicate sensitivities, and make peace less likely.
As it turned out, of course, there was never any serious attempt to force the PLO to stop its anti-Semitic incitement. Shimon Peres and his cronies insisted that words do not matter, except when they are spoken by Jewish non-leftists - in which case, they kill. The Left insisted that the PLO was just engaging in bravado and letting off hot air, and it would upset the peace process to pressure the PLO to stop calling Jews dogs and monkeys, or to stop the PLO from calling for genocide of Jews.
Anyway, the Euro-twits decided to pony up some cash to be used for purposes of implementing the Oslo clauses requiring a suppression of incitement. And now, the money has actually produced a campaign to suppress incitement... by Jews, against the PLO.
No, I am not kidding you. (The full story, in Hebrew, can be read here.)
The Euro-twits funded a project by a group of far-leftist Israelis calling themselves "Keshev" ("listening in" in Hebrew), who decided to document the incitement by Israelis against the Palestinians. They just issued their first report. It is directed against the anti-Palestinian "incitement" by Maariv, Yediot Aharonot (the two large Israeli dailies), and Israel TV's Channel 2. Now, as it turns out, all three of these are leftist or left-leaning (with Maariv the least biased and most pluralistic).
The Lefties receiving the cash of the Euro-twits insist that these three Israeli media outfits are guilty of incitement. Why? Well, when Yasser Arafat croaked, they had the nerve to claim in their coverage of the funeral circus that Arafat had himself been personally responsible for violence and terror. They also had the gall to claim that Israel had offered Arafat an insanely generous set of offers at Camp David II. Both claims amount to incitement against the Arabs, claim the well-financed Keshev commentators.
Never mind that both claims are factually correct and unchallengeably true. I have no doubt that Keshev will soon be financed by the Euros to denounce the American media for claiming that the Germans and Japanese started World War II. After all, that is unforgivable stereotyping and incitement against innocent fascists.
Naturally, the Euro-twits have never quite gotten around to funding any studies of incitement by the PLO against Jews. The Left and Uncle Shimon Peres are not complaining, though. That might hurt some Palestinian feelings and delicate sensitivities, and make peace less likely.