By Taghreed El-Khodary and Isabel Kershner
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Sunday, August 4, 2008
Israel allowed "human rights advocates," who are most likely anti-Israel, to dock their boat in Gaza, constituting a symbolic breaking of the siege.
The tone of the article was rather muted, simply reporting the event and not overstating its significance. Claims of the so-called advocates that Israel's siege is "illegal" and "immoral" were rightly placed in quotations. Similarly, the activists' concern that Israel would "kidnap" them was rightly placed in quotes. The normal word here would be arrest.
Reporters El-Khodary and Kershner noted that the activists brought hearing aids and balloons to Gaza, a bizarre combination. I am nearly certain that had the activists asked Israel to allow the delivery of these items across one of the border crossings, Israel would have gladly acceded.
Jeff Halper was the star of the event. An activist, Halper is involved in the Israel Committee against House Demolitions (ICAHD), which is funded by the New Israel Fund (NIF).
Thankfully, El-Khodary and Kershner state that Israel, the United States, and the European Union consider Hamas, which controls Gaza, a terrorist organization. Usually, the NY Times states that only Israel and the US consider it such, a subtle way of undermining the legitimacy of the classification.
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ReplyDeleteICAHD is not funded by NIF, no matter how much ICAHD might wish so. And no doubt the NGO Monitor would have crowed in victory to smear both simultaneously. Check your facts and publish a correction.
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