Israeli Orientalism

I mean the quality of Israeli Orientalism and press knowledge--or ignorance--of the Arab world is just staggering. I still read footnotes in Israeli scholars referring to Al-Hawadith magainze because they don't know it ceased to have any role since the mid-1970s. Look at this one (and this about the mouthpiece of Prince Salman bin `Abdul-`Aziz): "Alhomayed, the editor of one of the most influential newspapers in the Arab world, that is considered to hold relatively liberal opinions..." (thanks David)