July 8, 2009
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We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends. (P. D. James)
To: A friend
Re: Media Coverage of Israeli Piracy
A few days ago I got in the mail an opportunity to become a charter subscriber to a new weekly news service of the Christian Science Monitor. I appreciate the CSM in that I know that they will publish stories that the MSM (Main Street Media) will not. So I was tempted to subscribe, but thought I would use this opportunity to see if they would publish anything about the Israeli piracy of the Free Gaza ship of supplies. So I wrote to them and asked them if they had published anything about the incident.
This was their reply. I followed the link and was very pleased with their reporting. I was also pleased that they used it as an opportunity of reporting on the devastating effects of the Israeli blockade on the whole fishing industry of Palestine. I had not realized the depth of the devastation. I thought you might like to read their article also.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0701/p06s02-wome.html
After reading their article, I’m going to subscribe.
Comments (3)
Hmmm I may have to give the Christian Science Monitor a try because I am so sick of the CNN and MSNBC and FOX News.
well nice site. however nice of you to stop by and see me….i had a birthday message for you your little bitch!
I must disagree with you that the MSM did report on that FGM ship. You can read it here, here, or here. Also, Israel has been letting humanitarian aid into Gaza, as reported here. The sad fact is that the FGM aren’t really serious about helping the Gazans. If they were, why then would they attempt going through the Israeli blockade knowing fully well that they’d be stopped when they could’ve easily sent their shipment either through Israel or Egypt? It also has to be considered that Egypt controls the Rafah crossing at the southern border of Gaza and it too is imposing a blockade of Gaza, not just Israel.
The CSM article you provided unfortunately fails to give the reasons why Israel blockades the Gazan coast, namely because of missiles Hamas launches into Israeli population centers and the fact that it is part of an agreement that Israel made with the PA in 2005.