Gay Rights Offends Time Magazine’s Image of Israel
Sometimes the story choice itself conveys the prejudice of the writer and a media outlet that commissioned it for publication. How then to explain Time Magazine’s latest feature with the loaded...
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Gay Girl in Damascus Hoax: Pinkwashing Israel and Sock Puppetry Extraordinaire
By now, it’s all over the internet that Gay Girl in Damascus was outed. Amina Arraf — a Syrian lesbian and emerging voice for gay Arabs whose views on the Arab Spring gained prominence in the Western...
View ArticlePinkwashing Israel in the New York Times
A New York Times op-ed weighs in on Israel and “pinkwashing.” That’s the simplistic idea blocking the gay community from crediting Israel’s liberal record on gay rights — as it means taking away the...
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CNN Smearing Iran Deal Critics With Dual Loyalty Charge?
Today’s Top Stories 1. The father of the Palestinian baby killed in the Duma arson attack died of his injuries. Saad Dawabsha was buried in Nablus. Afterwards, the PA announced it would pursue Israel...
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UN: Gaza Will Be Uninhabitable in 5 Years
Today’s Top Stories 1. AP, AFP, and UPI all picked up on a UN report claiming that Gaza could be “uninhabitable” in five years if current economic trends persist. 2. I don’t know what to make of...
View ArticleNew York Times Admits to Leaving Out Context
In a New York Times article on the Palestinian social scene in Haifa, we wrote that Ayed Fadel, one of the sources for the piece, complained bitterly that his words were taken out of context. Despite...
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Gay Girl in Damascus Hoax: Pinkwashing Israel and Sock Puppetry Extraordinaire
By now, it’s all over the internet that Gay Girl in Damascus was outed. Amina Arraf — a Syrian lesbian and emerging voice for gay Arabs whose views on the Arab Spring gained prominence in the Western...
View ArticlePinkwashing Israel in the New York Times
A New York Times op-ed weighs in on Israel and “pinkwashing.” That’s the simplistic idea blocking the gay community from crediting Israel’s liberal record on gay rights — as it means taking away the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CNN Smearing Iran Deal Critics With Dual Loyalty Charge?
Today’s Top Stories 1. The father of the Palestinian baby killed in the Duma arson attack died of his injuries. Saad Dawabsha was buried in Nablus. Afterwards, the PA announced it would pursue Israel...
View ArticleClik here to view.
UN: Gaza Will Be Uninhabitable in 5 Years
Today’s Top Stories 1. AP, AFP, and UPI all picked up on a UN report claiming that Gaza could be “uninhabitable” in five years if current economic trends persist. 2. I don’t know what to make of...
View ArticleNew York Times Admits to Leaving Out Context
In a New York Times article on the Palestinian social scene in Haifa, we wrote that Ayed Fadel, one of the sources for the piece, complained bitterly that his words were taken out of context. Despite...
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Pinkwashing or Brainwashing the Israeli Eurovision?
Anything good Israel does is just an insidious way to distract the world from the “occupation” of Palestine. Planting trees to make the desert bloom? That’s what critics call greenwashing the...
View ArticleEurovision, Palestine Scarves and the Reality of Israel
The Eurovision song contest passed without a hitch. It was viewed by almost 200 million people worldwide and 8,000 people inside the venue itself. The spectacle has been uniformly praised and rightly...
View ArticleGay Rights Offends Time Magazine’s Image of Israel
Sometimes the story choice itself conveys the prejudice of the writer and a media outlet that commissioned it for publication. How then to explain Time Magazine’s latest feature with the loaded...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gay Girl in Damascus Hoax: Pinkwashing Israel and Sock Puppetry Extraordinaire
By now, it’s all over the internet that Gay Girl in Damascus was outed. Amina Arraf — a Syrian lesbian and emerging voice for gay Arabs whose views on the Arab Spring gained prominence in the Western...
View ArticlePinkwashing Israel in the New York Times
A New York Times op-ed weighs in on Israel and “pinkwashing.” That’s the simplistic idea blocking the gay community from crediting Israel’s liberal record on gay rights — as it means taking away the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CNN Smearing Iran Deal Critics With Dual Loyalty Charge?
Today’s Top Stories 1. The father of the Palestinian baby killed in the Duma arson attack died of his injuries. Saad Dawabsha was buried in Nablus. Afterwards, the PA announced it would pursue Israel...
View ArticleClik here to view.
UN: Gaza Will Be Uninhabitable in 5 Years
Today’s Top Stories 1. AP, AFP, and UPI all picked up on a UN report claiming that Gaza could be “uninhabitable” in five years if current economic trends persist. 2. I don’t know what to make of...
View ArticleNew York Times Admits to Leaving Out Context
In a New York Times article on the Palestinian social scene in Haifa, we wrote that Ayed Fadel, one of the sources for the piece, complained bitterly that his words were taken out of context. Despite...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pinkwashing or Brainwashing the Israeli Eurovision?
Anything good Israel does is just an insidious way to distract the world from the “occupation” of Palestine. Planting trees to make the desert bloom? That’s what critics call greenwashing the...
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