Suspiciously Inconsistent British Boycott Of the Day – British Journalists Not Boycotting the Side That’s Actually Interfering With Palestinian Reporters

By
Omri Ceren
– July 3, 2007Posted in: Britain, Palestinians

You know how British journalists are viciously demonizing Israel for interfering with Palestinian journalists? Even though Israel goes so far as to allow potential spies with press credentials into war zones? Guess who’s not getting boycotted for actually threatening to kill Palestinian reporters:

A prominent Palestinian journalist from the Gaza Strip has sought political asylum in Norway, Palestinian journalists said Saturday… he had received many death threats over the past few months. Shahin’s request has yet to be approved by the Norwegian government. Several other Palestinian journalists are also reported to have fled the Gaza Strip out of fear for their lives. Earlier this year, masked gunmen set fire to the offices of Al-Arabiya in Gaza City, causing heavy damage to furniture and equipment. Although no group claimed responsibility, Palestinian journalists blamed members of Fatah’s armed wing, the Aksa Martyrs Brigades. The group was also responsible for beating Shahin in two separate incidents in 2001 and 2004.

So if it’s not really about interfering with Palestinian reporters, it must be becasue Israel is just bad to journalists all around. Example: witness the notorious government suppression of aggressively and repeatedly stupid predictions and cheerleading from the leftwing Ha’aretz. Remember how the government shut them down?

We’re beginning to suspect that the anti-Israel viciousness coming from British journalists doesn’t have anything to do with the Israeli part of the Israeli Jewish State.

References:
* Top Palestinian journalist seeks asylum in Norway [JPost]
* Israeli Public Diplomacy Expert : British Boycott Is Vicious Anti-Semitism [MR]

Previously:
* Suspiciously Inconsistent British Boycott Of the Day – Journalists Who Accuse Israel Of Endangering Reporters
* UK Trade Union Demands Anti-Israel Boycott
* Scholars Countering British Boycott, Circulating Petition

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