20 Jan 09 | Middle East and North Africa, Uncategorized
Index on Censorship has received a report that Al-Ahram Weekly‘s correspondent in the West Bank, Khalid Amayreh, was arrested by the Palestinian Authority’s Preventive Security Service last night following a interview with Al-Quds TV station in which he accused the PSS of preventing Palestinians in the west bank from organising massive pro-Gaza demonstrations.
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12 Jan 09 | Uncategorized
Is the BBC’s quest for balance actually distorting its coverage of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza? Index on Censorship Chief Executive John Kampfner thinks it might be:
‘Language, as any propagandist knows, is the most important tool. Hamas fighters are called “militants”. That, I am told, is a halfway house between “terrorist” and more sympathetic labels such as “guerrillas”. The Israeli army is often referred to by its formal title, the Israel Defence Forces. The bombardment of Gaza has regularly been described as “the Israeli operation”. Such language denudes coverage of impact.’
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09 Jan 09 | Comment, Middle East and North Africa
Coverage of events in the Gaza Strip by the Israeli media has rarely transcended propaganda, writes Dimi Reider
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08 Jan 09 | Middle East and North Africa, News and features
Frustration is growing over Israel’s refusal to allow journalists into the Gaza Strip. Padraig Reidy reports
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