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Editor confronts low media attention to Gaza crisis
Lucia Papureanu
Issue date: 4/29/08 Section: News
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Baroud, a published Palestinian-American journalist and author of its latest book, "The Second Palestinian Intifada: A Chronicle of a People's Struggle", shared his beliefs regarding what he called the biased portrayal of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the media. Through his work, he has tried to bring to the forefront the plight of the Palestinian population.
"Most of the Palestinians in Gaza are refugees," Baroud said. "Not only do they have grievances, but they have no rights or plight."
Ziad Mughrabi, an environmental and health sciences PhD student, fled Palestine in 1947, after his father was arrested and exiled in Lebanon, said that there is no hatred between Arabs and Jews, but the situation needs to be addressed.
"We are not here to favor Palestinians against the Jews. We, Palestinians and the Arabs, call the Jews our cousins. We are against the fanatics on both sides of the conflict." Mughrabi said.
In September 2005, Israel finalized its disengagement plan and Israeli settlers retreated from the Gaza strip after 38 years of occupation. In 2006, there is still unrest in the territory, with Israel, U.S and many other governments not recognizing the majority elected government of Gaza, Hamas, in a process former U.S. President Jimmy Carter called "the most transparent election in the world".
Baroud mentioned the continuous cycle of violence and brought into attention current events. Baroud mentioned one particular instance which occurred Monday: While representatives of Palestinian resistance groups were in Cairo to discuss a truce, Israeli occupation forces killed at least seven people in Gaza, including four young siblings in the town of Beit Hanoun, while the family was having breakfast. Hamas will probably not be as cooperative in the truce talks, in an effort to support the enraged and mourning population of Gaza, Baroud said.
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Registered Independent
posted 4/29/08 @ 9:07 AM MST
The world can hardly be expected to sympathize with a people such as the Palestinians, who strap explosives to their own teenagers and send them across the border to blow themselves up, along with whatever Israelis are in the vicinity. (Continued…)
EM
posted 4/29/08 @ 1:45 PM MST
It's sad to see ignorant college students subjected to these highly selected "facts." The Palestinians are instigating the violence in Gaza. Rocket attacs have continued unabated for years. (Continued…)
Binyamin
posted 4/29/08 @ 10:09 PM MST
The guy is not telling you the whole story. He's simply twisting facts. While Gaza is totally dependent on the fuel supply from Israel, Hamas terrorists from Gaza attack fuel terminal on Gaza-Israeli border and kill two Israeli workers who work on suppling fuel to Gaza! They also shoot at the trucks on Palestinian side trying to get the fuel supplied from Israel. (Continued…)
Bdygard
Craig Hawley
posted 4/29/08 @ 10:58 PM MST
The terrorists and religious zealots are in heaven as they find more and more Liberal college kids to buy their load of crap PR campaign.
If you believe that then you probably want to rethink Hitler. (Continued…)
Ian
posted 4/30/08 @ 12:05 AM MST
Arabs aren't animals Craig. You know that.
Bdygard
Craig Hawley
posted 4/30/08 @ 12:27 AM MST
I consider anyone that teaches a five year old child to stand up in front of other five years old children and their parents and scream he can't wait to slit the throat of Jews animals. (Continued…)
Craig Hawley
posted 4/30/08 @ 11:00 PM MST
I can assure you Ian I don't hate any one let alone an entire race of people.
I loathe and would like to see the kind of people i listed eliminated or incarcerated where they could never again commit the heinous acts they do. (Continued…)
basim
posted 5/02/08 @ 5:33 PM MST
I think when somebody steal your land from you as israeli people did then you have the right to resist the occupation by all means. This is how every country in this world got their freedom. (Continued…)
Craig Hawley
posted 5/02/08 @ 5:56 PM MST
Your wrong bassim you do not have the right to resist with any means necessary.
You have no right to kill innocent children who didn't steal anything from you. (Continued…)
Basim
posted 5/02/08 @ 7:25 PM MST
Thanks Craig for your comment but I really recommend that you read carefully the comments here and dont use bad words.
Nothing justify killing innocent people, kids or adults or elders, nothing at all. (Continued…)
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