Independent Media Center, Israel http://indymedia.org.il SvenTuesday 08 Oct 2002 author: that's bad stuff, but still... (sven sp.)

A few days ago I read an article by Avi Primor accusing Sharon of using an "South African Strategy". There might be some critical stuff omitted (or a lot of; I only now the english version), but my impression is certainly not that of a "nationalistically correct" representation to the outside world. Concerning the speech of the editor-in-chief: I understand the necessity of differing coverage, depending on the audience. The foreign readership of Ha'Aretz are mostly critical people (concerning Israels' policy) if not antisemitic (and the coverage of Jenin is really a good example for that: a lot of people being keen on "the israeli massacre"). Anything that reminds even indirectly of nazi-like terms or actions does have a fatal effect on e.g. the political climate in germany (my home), even resulting directly into attacs on synagogues or jewish people. Ha'Aretz certainly doesn't deserve to be used as a key-witness by stupid neo-nazis and antisemites. Anyway, counterfeit translations cannot be accepted and don't fit any journalistic standard.

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