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| − | '''Michael Berenhaus''', an American Zionist and a veteran pro-Israel lobbyist, is the founder of [[Eye On The Post]], an organization that purportedly monitors the ''Washington Post'' for its "anti-Israel bias". [http://www.eyeonthepost.org/about.html] The manifestations of perceived bias include the ''Washington Post's'' reference to the West Bank and Gaza as "occupied territories" [http://www.eyeonthepost.org/Post_Boycotters_Conitinuing_WJW_6-20-02.pdf] -- the designation given to the territories by the UN and even recognized by Ariel Sharon, Israel's current right-wing Prime Minister. [http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/27/1945221] Before setting up this organization he had also organized a boycott of the paper through the BoycottThePost.org website. | + | '''Michael Berenhaus''', an American Zionist and a veteran pro-Israel lobbyist, is the co-founder of [[Pakistan-Israel Peace Forum]] and the founder of [[Eye On The Post]], an organization that purportedly monitors the ''Washington Post'' for its "anti-Israel bias". [http://www.eyeonthepost.org/about.html] The manifestations of perceived bias include the ''Washington Post's'' reference to the West Bank and Gaza as "occupied territories" [http://www.eyeonthepost.org/Post_Boycotters_Conitinuing_WJW_6-20-02.pdf] -- the designation given to the territories by the UN and even recognized by Ariel Sharon, Israel's current right-wing Prime Minister. [http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/27/1945221] Before setting up this organization he had also organized a boycott of the paper through the BoycottThePost.org website. |
| − | + | In a December 29, 2003 Letter to the Editor of ''The Seattle Times'' he blames the decline in the number of Arab Christians in [[Bethlehem]] not on the depredations of the occupation, but on "Palestinian ''Muslim'' violence and intimidation" (emphasis added). He also reproduces an old Zionist canard, now effectively refuted by Israel's own [[New Historians]], to place the blame for the massive ethnic cleansing of the native population in 1948 on the "Palestinian Arabs" and the "neighboring Arab states". | |
In another Letter to the Editor of the ''Washington Post'' on February 18, 2005 Berenhaus takes strong exceptoin to the paper's use of the word "occupier" in its reference to Israel and its control of the West Bank and Gaza. | In another Letter to the Editor of the ''Washington Post'' on February 18, 2005 Berenhaus takes strong exceptoin to the paper's use of the word "occupier" in its reference to Israel and its control of the West Bank and Gaza. | ||
| − | Eye on the Post's "strategic alliances" include the | + | Eye on the Post's "strategic alliances" include the ultra-right media watchdog groups [[CAMERA]] and [[Honest Reporting]]. |
Revision as of 17:17, 30 November 2005
Michael Berenhaus, an American Zionist and a veteran pro-Israel lobbyist, is the co-founder of Pakistan-Israel Peace Forum and the founder of Eye On The Post, an organization that purportedly monitors the Washington Post for its "anti-Israel bias". [1] The manifestations of perceived bias include the Washington Post's reference to the West Bank and Gaza as "occupied territories" [2] -- the designation given to the territories by the UN and even recognized by Ariel Sharon, Israel's current right-wing Prime Minister. [3] Before setting up this organization he had also organized a boycott of the paper through the BoycottThePost.org website.
In a December 29, 2003 Letter to the Editor of The Seattle Times he blames the decline in the number of Arab Christians in Bethlehem not on the depredations of the occupation, but on "Palestinian Muslim violence and intimidation" (emphasis added). He also reproduces an old Zionist canard, now effectively refuted by Israel's own New Historians, to place the blame for the massive ethnic cleansing of the native population in 1948 on the "Palestinian Arabs" and the "neighboring Arab states".
In another Letter to the Editor of the Washington Post on February 18, 2005 Berenhaus takes strong exceptoin to the paper's use of the word "occupier" in its reference to Israel and its control of the West Bank and Gaza.
Eye on the Post's "strategic alliances" include the ultra-right media watchdog groups CAMERA and Honest Reporting.
