Arutz-7 hereby presents the third in a series of excerpts from a new Arutz-7 project, entitled, "The Writing was in the Air," showing how Arutz-7, alone among Israeli media, covered the Oslo process and warned of its dangers. The Hebrew-language project combines an audio CD of selections aired on Arutz-7 and a 96-page book of explanation and background. Other excerpts can be read in Monday's and Tuesday's news reports of this week, which can be had (as usual) by sending email to Monday@IsraelNationalNews.com and Tuesday@IsraelNationalNews.com, respectively. To order (in Israel), call 067-666079.
Excerpts:
"In our news reports between the summer of 1993 and the end of 2000, we asked questions that were barely asked on other channels. We noted the dangers in the Oslo Process, calling it the 'diplomatic process' and not the 'peace process,' and we were the mouthpiece for the protest of a significant public whose voice was barely heard on the public broadcasting stations. The latter blended in with the conception of "peace" and of "everything will be fine" that the government had formulated. From the very first minute, the big difference between them and us was quite clear.
Arutz-7's Yehoshua Mor-Yosef, on Sep. 13, 1993 [the day of the signing of the Oslo Agreement]: "Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin will shake the hand today of the head of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Shoshana Adi - mother of Esther Adi, may G-d avenge her blood, who was killed in the Bus #18 terror attack ten years ago in Jerusalem - are you able to understand the Prime Minister?"
Shoshana Adi: "No, I am unable in any way to understand this person, because he simply doesn't know what it's like to lose a child..."
Whereas on Army Radio, the next day's news magazine began as follows:
"Good morning, post-signing Israel." Bill Clinton: "Shalom, Salaam, Peace." Shimon Peres: "Peace, peace, to the near and far, said G-d, and I will heal him." Yitzchak Rabin: "He Who makes peace in His heights, may He make peace upon us and on all Israel, Amen."
Ten days earlier, Arutz-7's news magazine began as follows:
"Despite Shimon Peres' calming explanations, the IDF continues to be concerned. The more the Deputy Chief of Staff looks at the agreements [Israel is about to sign] with the PLO, the more concerned he gets."
Deputy Chief of Staff Maj.-Gen. Amnon Lipkin-Shachak: "Whoever reads this [agreement] as it currently stands [sees that] we will not be able to implement this agreement tomorrow... In many ways, if the terrorism continues, then our fight against terror for the purpose of guaranteeing security for Israelis will be a complex and involved mission, and hard to carry out."
Ariel Sharon, Mar. 20, 1994: "To sign an agreement with one Palestinian terror organization ... under the assumption that it will fight the other ones, of which there are 15 - they signed with one organization which itself continues to activate terrorism - this is an expression of true imbecility."
Shimon Peres, in the Knesset, Nov. 18, 1993: "No Palestinian state. Are you deaf!? I tell you that a Palestinian state will not arise - only a Palestinian police force."
Excerpts:
"In our news reports between the summer of 1993 and the end of 2000, we asked questions that were barely asked on other channels. We noted the dangers in the Oslo Process, calling it the 'diplomatic process' and not the 'peace process,' and we were the mouthpiece for the protest of a significant public whose voice was barely heard on the public broadcasting stations. The latter blended in with the conception of "peace" and of "everything will be fine" that the government had formulated. From the very first minute, the big difference between them and us was quite clear.
Arutz-7's Yehoshua Mor-Yosef, on Sep. 13, 1993 [the day of the signing of the Oslo Agreement]: "Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin will shake the hand today of the head of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Shoshana Adi - mother of Esther Adi, may G-d avenge her blood, who was killed in the Bus #18 terror attack ten years ago in Jerusalem - are you able to understand the Prime Minister?"
Shoshana Adi: "No, I am unable in any way to understand this person, because he simply doesn't know what it's like to lose a child..."
Whereas on Army Radio, the next day's news magazine began as follows:
"Good morning, post-signing Israel." Bill Clinton: "Shalom, Salaam, Peace." Shimon Peres: "Peace, peace, to the near and far, said G-d, and I will heal him." Yitzchak Rabin: "He Who makes peace in His heights, may He make peace upon us and on all Israel, Amen."
Ten days earlier, Arutz-7's news magazine began as follows:
"Despite Shimon Peres' calming explanations, the IDF continues to be concerned. The more the Deputy Chief of Staff looks at the agreements [Israel is about to sign] with the PLO, the more concerned he gets."
Deputy Chief of Staff Maj.-Gen. Amnon Lipkin-Shachak: "Whoever reads this [agreement] as it currently stands [sees that] we will not be able to implement this agreement tomorrow... In many ways, if the terrorism continues, then our fight against terror for the purpose of guaranteeing security for Israelis will be a complex and involved mission, and hard to carry out."
Ariel Sharon, Mar. 20, 1994: "To sign an agreement with one Palestinian terror organization ... under the assumption that it will fight the other ones, of which there are 15 - they signed with one organization which itself continues to activate terrorism - this is an expression of true imbecility."
Shimon Peres, in the Knesset, Nov. 18, 1993: "No Palestinian state. Are you deaf!? I tell you that a Palestinian state will not arise - only a Palestinian police force."