Consider the coverage of the alleged Jenin massacre to see how quickly mainstream outlets were prepared to believe the worst accusations about Israeli behavior, even though they were all proved untrue. Or the head of the British association of cartoonists who, when asked on camera about the choice of a cartoon showing Prime Minister Ariel Sharon eating Palestinian children as the winner of its annual competition, admitted that, had it been reversed with Yassir Arafat eating Israeli children, it would never have been considered because of fear of a “fatwa” against him and his colleagues. Or the ease with which Israelis critical of their country can find space in European papers compared to those who seek to defend their nation’s policies.
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