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Bragging of free press, Israel jails 19 journalists
When Israeli police briefly detained William Booth, The Washington Post’s bureau chief in Jerusalem in February, the incident sparked considerable media attention.
Photographs of Booth and his colleague Sufian Taha being removed from the Damascus Gate, an entry to the Old City, were widely circulated.
The incident was, however, quickly dismissed as isolated and “regrettable” – in the words of an Israeli foreign ministry spokesperson.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, visiting Germany at the time, claimed that Israel does not arrest journalists and that the media in Israel is “lively and free.”
Netanyahu was lying: Israel frequently arrests and imprisons Palestinian journalists.
Nineteen Palestinian journalists are currently in Israeli detention, according to data issued by the Palestinian Prisoners Club.
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Far from condemning this regime and pressing the United Nations to impose sanctions against it until such times as it adopts a human rights policy- the US is giving it 50 billion dollars.
Support for fascist regimes- no matter how ' friendly '- weakens America's defense of human rights all over the world. In some instances it brands the US as a human rights abuser. Where's the moral justification in that ?
either by conversion or other means we will make the world a safer place.
