Posted on August 28th, 2010 by Marian Houk
The worst and most excruciatingly awful show on Palestinian TV is a wierd, arrogant, and embarassing nightly half-hour which has now become a part of the Ramadan post-Iftar must-watch family programming that airs every evening after the day’s fast is broken, the table has been cleared, and the formerly drooping audience its not quite yet [...]
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Filed under: Journalism and Journalists, Lebanon, Palestine & Palestinians
Posted on August 15th, 2010 by Marian Houk
An Associated Press report this morning indicates that the Israeli Defense Forces have launched a new information offensive against Hizballah.
The IDF has taken journalists to the the northern “border” [though there is no agreed border as yet] between Israel and Lebanon, and shown what the IDF claims is evidence that “Hezbollah is moving fighters and [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Israel, Journalism and Journalists, Lebanon, UN Peacekeeping
Posted on August 9th, 2010 by Marian Houk
Readers may have noticed again that this blog could not be viewed again from Saturday to Sunday (Jerusalem time).
Thanks to our technical support for restoring it online.
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Filed under: Blogging, Journalism and Journalists
Posted on August 3rd, 2010 by Marian Houk
Readers may have noticed that this blog has been down three times in the last week.
The person who maintains this blog’s server has been attentive, and has speedily attended to the situation — which was then repeated. “I’m starting to think the server is being attacked”, he said to me today.
Now, new security measures [...]
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Posted on August 3rd, 2010 by Marian Houk
Donor-funded democracy in action —
Apparently, the best parts are not shown:
According to the report published by Ma’an News Agency, a privately-owned donor-funded media company headquartered in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, “Palestinian Authority customs agents raided Ma’an’s Nablus bureau Tuesday, assaulting three journalists during the latest in a series of operations targeting [...]
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Filed under: Journalism and Journalists, Palestine & Palestinians
Posted on August 3rd, 2010 by Marian Houk
All through the day, SMS announcements have been summarizing the latest developments: the Israeli Defense Forces have clashed with the Lebanese Army.
This may be the first clash between these two military forces, ever.
Three Lebanese soldiers and one Lebanese journalist have been killed. One IDF officer has also been killed, and another is in serious but [...]
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Filed under: Israel, Journalism and Journalists, Lebanon
Posted on July 18th, 2010 by Marian Houk
The Foreign Press Association in Israel has issued a strong protest over attacks by Israeli forces on journalists covering events in the West Bank.
The statement said that journalists have been “harassed, arrested and attacked by the various on site forces before these forces turn their attention to the activists or demonstrators”.
The professional organization of journalists [...]
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Filed under: Boundaries & Borders, Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, Israel, Journalism and Journalists, Palestine & Palestinians
Posted on July 16th, 2010 by Marian Houk
Today’s quote is written by Jerusalem Post Defense Correspondent Yaakov Katz, writing about the report commissioned by the IDF, which was recently presented to the client (with only a summary to the public) by Major General Giora Eiland:
“…what is also clear from the recent flotilla affair, and others before it, is that the military culture [...]
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Filed under: Israel, Journalism and Journalists
Posted on July 13th, 2010 by Marian Houk
So, what would be the worst thing that could happen if they gave a press conference — and nobody came?
A few months after Operation Cast Lead, the Israeli Foreign Ministry (MFA) offered a briefing to journalists on its response to criticisms about the Gaza war. Despite the nicely-air-conditioned auditorium, five journalists came.
Some [...]
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Filed under: Blogging, Boundaries & Borders, Gaza, Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, Israel, Journalism and Journalists
Posted on July 8th, 2010 by Marian Houk
Today’s quote of the day – the 3rd in our special series, comes from Nicholas Kristof in today’s NYTimes (via Glenn Greenwald at Salon.com):
“The most cogent critiques of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians invariably come from Israel’s own human rights organizations” — here.
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Filed under: Blogging, Human Rights, Israel, Journalism and Journalists, Palestine & Palestinians
