The Settler ate my homework
One of the reasons I am posting this article is to point out that very often the media publishes the most sensational and unsubstantial claims against the so-called ‘settlers’.
There is a kind of ‘anything goes’ standard the media uses in reporting any newsworthy event as long as the allegation concerns anything which could potentially show ‘settlers’ in a poor or bad light. Case in point - the recent torching and vandalism of a mosque in the disputed territories. Every high profile Israeli politico and their grandmother (and then some) has spoken out condemning the ‘settler’ actions; except no one actually knows who did it – let alone if the arsonists/vandals were from the ‘settler’ community.
In this regard, The Jerusalem Post is just as guilty of this as Ha’aretz. This report at Arutz Sheva illustrates this point succinctly.
( IsraelNN.com) Police last year accused Jews of wounding them with acid in the sudden expulsion of Peace House residents in Hevron, but no charges have been filed and no evidence has been displayed. Nationalists denied the charges at the time, but the police insisted their forces suffered wounds from acid.
A police spokesman admitted to the Jerusalem Post Tuesday that after the expulsion, police did not investigate the reports of a police medic and officer that they suffered acid burns from Jews who threw the alleged substance at them.
The charges were communicated to the media, who headlined the alleged attack after Defense Minister Ehud Barak ordered the police to carry out the expulsion. The residents had been told that no action would be taken while discussions were going on to reach a peaceful solution to their right to live in the building, which was paid for in cash by an American Jew.
The former Hevron owner of the property, after being threatened with death, said that he had not received the money and that the video of the purchase was faked. The courts decided the building may be owned by Jews but nevertheless ordered them to leave. Police frequently accuse Jews of crimes that often are not followed up by indictments and usually charge Jews with assault when police carry out expulsions, often violent.
Thanks for posting the article, was certainly a great read!
“Susie Dym, a spokeswoman for the nationalist organization Mattot Arim (Group of Cities) told the Post that nationalists “have not committed one-thousandth of the [crimes] of which they have been accused.”
Good post, Kateland,love the title!
Thks B. I am thinking of doing a whole group of ‘settler’ themed posts like… ‘there is a settler under my bed’, ‘the settler ate my post’, ‘if you give a settler a bagel – he demands lox too’, or ‘there’s a settler hiding in my closet’