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To:
editor@haaretz.co.il ;
letters@haaretz.co.il
Subject: READER'S LETTER: Who Killed the Arab girl?
Date: Saturday, February 05, 2005 10:04 PM
To HAARETZ' Editor
You may consider my letter for publication as a reader's letter, but I'd
appreciate even more if you accept my remarks, take corrective actions and
inform me about it.
Sir,
Sub.: Who Killed the Arab girl
On Monday (31Jan) you reported, based on Palestinian claims what you
never checked with the IDF, that the previous day a 10-year-old
Palestinian girl was killed by Israeli tank fire at an UNWRA
schoolyard in Rafah. It became a world scoop within minutes. Next
day the Palestinians arrested a Palestinian suspect in the little
girl's murder, who shot into the air during a religious celebration
and hit her. Your modest corrections of the previous horrible blood
libel were hardly noticed by the world.
Many times Israel has been blamed by you and half of the world for
brutally killing Palestinians, like the 12 year old Mohammad al-Dura
at the start of the armed intifada, or the Jenin "massacre" - that
never was, only to be proven false when all the facts become known.
Each time several articles of Haaretz and the world media fuelled
hatred of 'the brutal Israel'. But when the accusations turned out
to be false the clarifications were not loud and clear.
Much of the world's comdemnation and even hatred towards Israel
today have grown out of Haaretz's harsh Israel-criticism. You are of
course entitled to your views. However good journalism would require
that when the facts justify it, like in the case of this poor Arab
girl, you apologize honestly and very loudly, not in
10-words-corrections-on-page-10. In your correction you should turn
all your fire against the misinformers or liars who poison the souls
of Palestinians, Europeans and more, and thus are an obstacle to
peace. You should take disciplinary actions against journalists and
editors whose unfounded or unchecked writings besmirch both Israel
and Haaretz's reliability.
Respectfully,
E.(Andre) Mozes
Haifa, Israel |
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