[Peace-discuss] Re: [Peace] Fwd: Zionist propaganda in the DI!

[Al Kagan]

Note that first ad is already there, see page 14 under the TV 
listings.  It is worst case scenario: half page, one side is photo of 
Israeli athlete celebrating victory, the other side is a Palestinian 
suicide bomber with gun.  The heading over the Israeli is "Israeli 
School Children's Hero."  The heading over the Palestinian is 
"Palestinian School Children's Hero."

There is no real text.  At the bottom in red is: "There are two sides 
to every story, but only one is truth."

In small type, there are URLs for the Israel Defense Force, Palestine 
Media Watch, NYT, Toronto Star, and Washington Times.  And the URL 
for their own website is in large type.

The DI called me today just after I sent my letter on the ad, but the 
reporter didn't know about the letter.  She asked me to speak for 
AWARE about the ad.  I told her I just had lunch with a few AWARE 
members and that we didn't agree, so I could only talk for myself, 
which I did.


At 7:28 PM -0600 11/21/02, patton paul wrote:
>  >
>>  >I think that this is an absolutely urgent matter.
>>  >
>>  >David Green
>>  >
>>  >--- Hadeel Assali <hadeelassali at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>  >>  Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 08:04:30 -0800 (PST)
>>  >>  From: Hadeel Assali <hadeelassali at yahoo.com>
>>  >>  Subject: Zionist propaganda in the DI!
>>  >>>
>>  >>  Please read this editorial:
>>  >>
>>  >http://www.dailyillini.com/nov02/nov21/opinions/stories/edit.shtml
>>  >  >
>>  >>  This is an absolute outrage and will cause SERIOUS
>>  >>  damage to the image of the Palestinians in the
>>  >>  Champaign-Urbana community. As students, as faculty,
>>  >>  as community members and as alumni, we cannot let
>>  >>  this happen. Free speech is an inalienable right,
>>  >>  but free speech of our oppressors, who ARE in power,
>>  >>  is lethal. it is used to instigate and direct
>>  >>  military might against ordinary people all over the
>>  >>  world, in this case Palestine.
>
>I just read the DI editorial, and I think it is an impressive and
>courageous defense of free speech.  If we don't respect everybody's free
>speech rights, even the free speech rights of those we deem oppressors,
>then we will be in a weaker position to defend free speech rights,
>including especially those of the oppressed and marginalized.
>I don't think AWARE should protest the DI, because its editors clearly
>don't agree with or endorse the views of the One Truth Foundation.  I
>think it would be better for AWARE to concentrate on countering the
>distorted views of the Palestinians likely to be contained in the ads.
>Could we, maybe, run our own ad?
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