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Case 4,000 shows how precarious Israel’s free press is [...] Imagine the Met Police had just said Theresa May should be charged with corruption for pushing laws worth millions of pounds to ITV in return for positive news coverage about her. That, in essence, is what has just happened in Israel. https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=145472038
THIS POST REPEATED IN FULL To link - Why Israel is not a democracy
"Case 4,000 shows how precarious Israel’s free press is "
Wednesday, May 29, 2002 - 10:00
BY TIM WISE
NASHVILLE — Webster's New World Dictionary defines democracy as, among other things, "the principle of equality of rights, opportunity and treatment, or the practice of this principle". Keep this in mind, as we'll be coming back to it shortly.
Now, imagine that the United States abolished its constitution, or perhaps had never had one to begin with. No Bill of Rights. No guarantees of things like free speech, freedom of assembly and due process of law.
And imagine if Congress passed a law stating that the US was from this point forward to be legally defined as a "Christian nation". As such, Christians would be given special privileges for jobs, loans and land ownership, and Christians from anywhere in the world would be given preference in immigration, extended automatic citizenship upon coming to America.
Furthermore, imagine if political candidates espousing certain beliefs — especially those who might argue that the US should be a nation with equal rights for all, and not a "Christian nation" — were no longer allowed to hold office, or even run for election.
Imagine that laws were passed that had the effect of restricting certain ethnic and religious groups from acquiring land in particular parts of the country, and made it virtually impossible for members of ethnic minorities to live in particular communities.
And imagine that in response to perceived threats to America's internal security, new laws sailed through Congress, providing for torture of those detained for suspected subversion. This, on top of still other laws providing for the detention of such suspects for long periods of time without trial or even a formal charge against them.
In such a scenario, would anyone with an appreciation of the English language, and with the above definition in mind, dare suggest that we would be justified in calling America a democracy?
Netanyahu's latest attempt to muzzle the media fails.
"Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicted on bribe and fraud charges"
Netanyahu calls for boycott of Israeli TV channel over ‘anti-Semitic’ series co-produced by HBO
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is asking Israelis to boycott HBO show “Our Boys.” (Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images)
By Ruth Eglash August 31 at 10:55 AM
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is calling for Israelis to boycott one of his country’s most popular television channels for producing what he has termed an “anti-Semitic” TV series.
Netanyahu made the call in a Facebook post Friday, hours after a bid to stop the station, Channel 12, from airing leaked material associated with the criminal investigations into his alleged wrongdoings.
The Israeli leader is facing an indictment pending a hearing in three criminal cases that center on fraud, bribery and breach of trust. He is also in the midst of a reelection campaign, fighting to maintain a tenuous lead in the polls as Israelis head to their second general election Sept. 17.
Channel 12’s owner, Keshet Media Group, is the same company that co-produced an HBO series called “Our Boys,” the first show entirely in Hebrew and Arabic to air on the cable network.
The 10-part series, which began Aug. 12, focuses on the kidnapping and murder of a Palestinian teenager, Muhammad Abu Khdeir, by three Jewish extremists in the summer of 2014.
Three Israeli teenagers were also kidnapped and murdered that summer by members of a cell belonging to the militant Islamist group Hamas. The discovery of the bodies of Naftali Fraenkel, 16, Gilad Shaar, 16, and Eyal Yifrach, 19, in a field near the Palestinian city of Hebron after an intensive 2½-week search was the impetus for Abu Khdeir’s murder.
The show’s Israeli creators — Hagai Levi, Joseph Cedar and Tawfik Abu Wael — have already received death threats online from right-wing Israelis.
“The propaganda channel 12 has produced an anti-Semitic series called ‘Our Boys,’ that is distributed internationally and besmirches the good name of Israel,” Netanyahu wrote on Facebook, posting Channel 12’s logo and a banner reading “Fake News.”
Israel’s soft stance on incitement creates tragedy [...] Cries of “Death to the Arabs” are a routine part of soccer matches in Teddy. Each time, after politicians mouth feeble objections, things revert back to normal until the next match with its series of curses and incitement. Nothing significant is ever done. Official Israel treats the hatred of Arabs expressed by growing numbers of groups in Jerusalem as an almost unavoidable phenomenon. It is regarded as an inappropriate but not really dangerous one. [...] Attorney Itamar Ben Gvir, a radical right-wing activist and former parliamentary assistant to Ben Ari, became famous .. http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=5422 .. in his youth for gaining access to Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s car and holding its logo. “We got to Rabin's car, next we'll get to him,” Ben Gvir said at the time. Ben Gvir was summoned at an investigation and released without being indicted; nothing was done regarding the wild incitement. Two months later, Rabin was assassinated .. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/ar/culture/2012/11/the-death-of-israeliness.html .. (1995). P - Right-wing activists of that era, and additional incited supporters who joined them, are working untiringly now to fulfill the Kach movement’s ideology. As aforesaid, this movement has been illegal for 20 years. P - The inciters and activists operate freely and openly. It would not be difficult to arrest them and declare the current organizations to be illegal. It is our obligation to do this, to avert the next hate murder. 2014 - https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=104071754
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