Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Taghreed El-Khodary: "independent" but with ties to Israeli propaganda

Taghreed El-Khodary today also reported on the civilian casualties in Gaza. Yet, she had to insert this "A study about to be published in Israel by the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, an independent research group that has close ties to the Israeli military establishment and is supported by the American Jewish Congress, presents Hamas as having methodically built its military infrastructure in the heart of population centers." Now, this entirely undermines the narrative of civilian suffering in Gaza which she has just provided. First, it is nice that she got and advance copy of the "study." Secondly, there are propaganda outfits belonging to Hizbullah and Hamas, would she insert them in her reporting on, say deaths in Israel, or would that be considered offensive and unprofessional? Thirday, the humor part of her sentence. So the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center is--according to her--"independent" but with ties to the Israeli military establishment. It can't be both, Taghreed. It is either indpendent or has ties to the Israeli terrorist military establishment, and with funding from the American Jewish Congress--hardly a neutral observer of of Arab-Israeli issues. From now on, you should be identified as "independent journalist" who parrots Israeli propaganda claims in every article she writes. So Taghreed: you found a way to report on the civlian deaths, but then heap insults on them after they die. Congratulations.