The New York Times:
Our "newspaper of record" did cover Israel's recent demolition of a Palestinian housing block, but the story had all the earmarks of a coverup. In the first two paragraphs, readers learn that:
The housing block was "built to close" to Israel's "security" barrier. The housing was "abutting" another Israeli annexed area. The block was "illegal" and "mostly uninhabited." An Israeli court had ruled that the block was "a severe security threat" and that it provided cover to "suicide bombers and other terrorists hiding among civilian populations."
This extensive article, written by longtime Israeli apologist, Isabel Kershner, does include other voices, but they come later. Kershner never questions Israel's narrative, stating that everything is just too complicated to assign guilt. She simply blames "the legal complexities and human difficulties caused by the absence of internationally recognized boundaries and competing authorities."
-->How can the NYT can continue to employ Kershner to write news stories about Palestine? She and her husband are both immigrants to Israel. Her son was a member of the Israeli IDF, and her husband works for an Israeli linked PR group. What a blight Kershner's reporting is on the reputation of the NYT. Defending Israel is simply more important than good journalism.
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Common Dreams:
"Global outcry erupted on Monday—with one critic condemning the move as 'ethnic cleansing with impunity'—after Israeli forces demolished dozens of homes in Sur Baher, a Palestinian village that straddles East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank.
'These demolitions are a flagrant violation of international law and part of a systematic pattern by the Israeli authorities to forcibly displace Palestinians in the occupied territories; such actions amount to war crimes,' Saleh Higazi, deputy Middle East and North Africa director for Amnesty International, said in a statement Monday.
'Israel must immediately end its cruel and discriminatory policy of home demolitions and forced displacement,' added Higazi. 'Instead of destroying families' homes Israel must dismantle parts of the fence/wall built inside the occupied Palestinian territories, including in parts of Sur Baher, in violation of international law.' "
-->The bitter truths that our mainstream media always distorts or hides from the American public.
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Common Dreams:
"A new Gallup poll showed that Bernie Sanders is the most favorably viewed contender for the Democratic presidential ticket.
Gallup released the results of the poll on Friday. It was conducted July 1-12, after first round of Democratic debates, and measured 10 Democratic White House hopefuls.
Sanders led the pack, with 72 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters viewing him favorably. Former Vice President Joe Biden followed at 69 percent. Rounding off the top half of the pack were Sen. Elizabeth Warren at 59 percent, Sen. Kamala Harris at 54 percent, and Sen. Cory Booker at 44 percent."
-->Good news for Bernie, although readers of the NYT won't be aware of it. Wall Street and its stooge publication, the NYT, never have a good word to say about the most progressive Democratic candidate running for president.
