Just as a little counter to all those anti-Israel protests you hear about - there was a HUGE Pro-Israel march in New York City on the 6th of January; so big that they were turning people away. Did you hear about it in the Main Stream Media? No, of course not.
The last minute, thrown together pro-Israel rally in NYC today was so packed, so overwhelming, they were turning Jews away. You could not get to the rally. The support parade was across from the Israel consulate between 42nd and 43rd. The police could not contain the throngs of happy, peaceful supporters and forced folks off 2nd Avenue. It was unbelievable.
I have been to all those Jew hating rallies, and they take over whole swaths of New York (this past weekend, for example) - they are given huge amounts of space, but the cops would not let us into the barricades. The Israel supporters were pouring into the streets. The young and the old - what a stark contrast from the haters' demonstrations. Dark vs. light.
Also, a poster on David Farrar's kiwiblog, 'medusa', points out that there was a big rally of the same kind in London yesterday that didn't get reported much -
Pro-Israeli demos staged.
Two pro-Israel demonstrations in the UK have passed off peacefully after violence marred a protest yesterday against military action in Gaza.
Speakers at both rallies defended Israel’s right to protect itself, to the approval of thousands of people.
Organisers of an event in London’s Trafalgar Square said there were 15,000 people, while 2,000 supporters attended an event outside Manchester Town Hall.
'medusa' rang Newtalk ZB to find out why this wasn't being reported -
I called newstalkzb and asked them the same question [WHERE is there any mention of this in our MSM?], was told “its so yesterdays news” and then hung up on
I've long ago given up on our media reporting being unbiased.
I posted on this yesterday at Crusader Rabbit, sent off a couple of emails (to Stuff "news" and the Herald) and so far, no replies...
ReplyDeleteThe MSM are still labouring under the delusion that if they won't report something, then it doesn't exist.
For the majority, who get their 'news' from television and newspapers still, that's probably true.
"so yesterday's news" - so that's why TVNZ has led with "Battle in Gaza" for the last two weeks??
ReplyDeleteThere was a comparatively smaller protest in L.A.'s west side (near Beverly Hills) over the weekend, but it was just as troubling. These Hamas supporters are deranged.
ReplyDeletePamela says "I have been to all those Jew hating rallies...".
ReplyDeleteInteresting language, of course if you disagree with Israel, then you must be a "Jew-hater" right? I sense a sign of desparation from someone who deep down knows they´re struggling to justiify themselves. Pathetic really.
Zen - so you highlight some negative comments on a blog. Many negative comments in blogosphere are also often extreme. But you state it like it only comes from one side. I think you´ll find you don´t have to look too far to find pathetic comments from those in support of Israel as well.
ReplyDeleteSorry Sean, it was not my intention to imply it only comes from one side. Indeed, my pointing out the Jewish Jew haters I thought would ensure you saw I wasn't making it a one way street.
ReplyDeletePamela stated her opinions on a blog, I found some corresponding opinions on another.
It could be easy for Pamela, who was at the rally, to note and give a huge weighting to negative comments from hecklers in order for her to confirm her opinion. Looking for evidence of this is not hard.
Yes, I agree though that passions run very high on both sides on this issue. We only need to worry about the wingnuts when they are in a position of power, authority or are seen as highly influential.
Oh, did someone mention Fr Burns?
Did some-one mention Ahmadinejad?
ReplyDeletePoints taken.
ReplyDelete"We only need to worry about the wingnuts when they are in a position of power, authority or are seen as highly influential."
- indeed.
It is good that both sides of the argument can be put through public protest.
ReplyDeleteIt's worth noting, though, that one could use selective reporting misrepresent this rally just as thoroughly as the Kiwi Friends of Israel misrepresented the recent rally in Auckland.
According to news reports, there was the odd banner at the New York rally which called for Israel to annex the West Bank, and some of the protesters chanted 'Kill the Arabs'. From the reports I read, it didn't seem like these banners and chants represented the views of the rally as a whole - then again, though, neither did the fool with the 9/11 Truther slogan or the person with the placard equating Israel and Nazi Germany at last Saturday's rally in Auckland.
When someone reports on a political rally, they should should be able to differentiate the behaviour of small numbers of protesters from the message of the rally's official speakers. They should at the very least quote the message of the latter, where it contradicts the message of the former.
I find the news that Israel has banned two of the biggest Arab political parties from standing in the upcoming Knesset elections discouraging:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1055524.html
Arab Israelis are already severely underrepresented in the Knesset - although nearly a quarter of Israelis are Arab, they are only able to win seven seats in the parliament. Hamas and Al Qaeda argue against Arab participation in the Knesset: the decision to ban Arab parties will please them.
Even staunchly pro-Israel blogs like Harry's Place are criticising the ban:
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/01/14/barring-arab-parties-is-wrong/