Wednesday, November 25, 2009

MSM distortion of what is "Palestinian."

http://tinyurl.com/yccuge7
Gilo in Perspective How did the media report building plans for a Jerusalem suburb?
Israel has recently come in for international criticism over the approval for construction of 900 housing units in the southern Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo. ...So how did some of the media refer to Gilo?
The "occupied Jerusalem suburb of Gilo." - The Economist
The "Gilo settlement in Jerusalem." - Reuters
A "Jewish settlement in East Jerusalem." - BBC
A "controversial settlement on the outskirts of east Jerusalem." - The Guardian
A "settlement in East Jerusalem." - The Daily Telegraph
"one of a dozen Israeli settlements in mostly Arab east Jerusalem." - AFP
A "part of Jerusalem claimed by Palestinians." - LA Times
The Christian Science Monitor could not even decide on Gilo's location, introducing it as a "Jewish settlement in East Jerusalem" in the first paragraph of the story and then referring to the "area in southern Jerusalem" in the next.
The prize for the worst inaccuracy, however, goes to The Times of London, whose staff editorial spoke of "Israel's decision to go ahead with new settlements around Jerusalem." Of course, Gilo is certainly not new and, while some existing areas are being developed within existing boundaries to allow for natural growth, there are no plans whatsoever on the part of the Israeli government to create any new settlements in the Jerusalem region.
...question then, is whether Gilo is in fact a settlement and if so, what type of settlement it is. To all who prefer to analyze a situation before arriving at a conclusion it is important to look at the facts in context. ...
The reality is that Gilo is very different than the outposts in the West Bank. It is not in east Jerusalem as widely reported. It is a Jerusalem neighborhood with a population of around 40,000. The ground was bought by Jews before WWII and settled in 1971 in south west Jerusalem opposite Mount Gilo within the municipal borders. There is no inference whatsoever that it rests on Arab land. The current building approval was not a deliberately provocative political decision by Binyamin Netanyahu as reported in some media...

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