Arutz-7's Hebrew news department has completed a unique project presenting the way in which it, alone among Israeli media, covered the Oslo process and warned of its dangers. The Hebrew-language project, entitled, "The Writing was in the Air," combines a CD of audio aired on Arutz-7 and a 96-page book. The project shows how from the summer of 1993 until the summer of 2000, Arutz-7 broadcast many evaluations that the Oslo process was not one of peace but rather an introduction to war. Government leaders interviewed on Arutz-7 were asked questions they were rarely asked by other Israeli media, and many items dealt with the quick-paced arming of the Palestinian Authority.
As an example, track #8 of the CD deals with the implementation of the second Oslo Agreement in late 1996, and features Binyamin Regional Council head Pinchas Wallerstein pleading with the Rabin-Peres government not to give rifles to Arafat: "For G-d's sake, don't give them guns!" Then-Prime Minister Shimon Peres is heard promising that a Palestinian state will never arise, and Ehud Barak can be heard saying that he would never give up even 50% of Yesha. Barak, of course, later offered 98% of Yesha to Arafat, but was turned down. The CD also includes samples of remarks by Yitzchak Rabin, Binyamin Netanyahum Yossi Sarid, Rehavam Ze'evi, Gonen Segev (a right-wing party MK whose vote in favor of Oslo proved to be critical), left-wing writer Amos Oz, and Avishai Raviv.
"The Writing was in the Air" can be obtained by dialing (in Israel) 067-666079.
As an example, track #8 of the CD deals with the implementation of the second Oslo Agreement in late 1996, and features Binyamin Regional Council head Pinchas Wallerstein pleading with the Rabin-Peres government not to give rifles to Arafat: "For G-d's sake, don't give them guns!" Then-Prime Minister Shimon Peres is heard promising that a Palestinian state will never arise, and Ehud Barak can be heard saying that he would never give up even 50% of Yesha. Barak, of course, later offered 98% of Yesha to Arafat, but was turned down. The CD also includes samples of remarks by Yitzchak Rabin, Binyamin Netanyahum Yossi Sarid, Rehavam Ze'evi, Gonen Segev (a right-wing party MK whose vote in favor of Oslo proved to be critical), left-wing writer Amos Oz, and Avishai Raviv.
"The Writing was in the Air" can be obtained by dialing (in Israel) 067-666079.