RE Photographs of Gaza conflict bring accusations of media bias
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/photographs-of-gaza-conflict-bring-accusations-of-media-bias/2012/11/22/5da23f40-3404-11e2-bfd5-e202b6d7b501_story.html
& Ombudsman Patrick B. Pexton: Photo of dead baby in Gaza holds part of the ‘truth’
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/patrick-pexton-photo-of-dead-baby-in-gaza-holds-part-of-the-truth/2012/11/23/0cd54eb0-342a-11e2-bb9b-288a310849ee_story.html
Dear Editor,
Kudos to the Washington Post for not only covering the news regarding Israel and Palestine, but for also providing revealing information about the media war being waged by both sides. Good quotes and summaries- especially this one: "Complaints about bias flare with each spike in the struggle, but Hussein Ibish, a senior fellow at the Washington-based American Task Force on Palestine, isn’t convinced that either side dominates the media spin (“the dishonesty is pretty damn even, really,” he said), although he believes Israelis have the advantage of “cultural affinities” with Western journalists — that is, “they speak American” better than Palestinians."
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
NOTES
Clarifying why Arab and Muslim Americans should be smart rather than stupid
The Golden Rule... Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
The Arab Peace Initiative
Palestinian Refugees(1948-NOW) refused their right to return... and their right to live in peace
free from religious bigotry and injustice.
"Where, after all, do
universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home -
so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of
the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person;
the neighborhood he lives in; the school or college he
attends; the factory, farm, or office where he works. Such are
the places where every man, woman, and child seeks equal
justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without
discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning there, they
have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action
to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for
progress in the larger world." Eleanor Roosevelt
The Office of International Religious Freedom ( http://www.state.gov/j/drl/irf/)
Given the U.S. commitment to religious freedom, and to the
international covenants that guarantee it as the inalienable
right of every human being, the United States seeks to:
Promote freedom of religion and conscience throughout the world as a fundamental human right and as a source of stability for all countries
".... it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine..."
