“Palestinians who use violence against Israeli citizens are ‘terrorists’; Israelis who use violence against Palestinian citizens are ‘hawks’ or ‘hard-liners.’ Israeli politicians who seek a peaceful resolution are ‘doves’; their Palestinian equivalents are ‘moderates’ – implying that deep down all Palestinians are fanatics.”
For a long time we’ve noted that to question Israeli foreign policy is to be percieved an anti-semite. The last five US presidents have been careful not to be painted as such (come on Barry…!) and the dominant US media are fast to accuse.
It would be a great service to journalism if Israel’s settlement expansion programme so recently announced were to be thoroughly investigated by a reliable popular news source. Say… the BBC?
