Thursday, March 10, 2011

Haaretz (falsely) reassures Zionists

We all know that Zionists are freaking out--big time.  They need any false or real glimmer of hope.  I was stunned yesterday at how Haaretz (which is widely read by international Zionists) headlined a story about Amr Mousa's comments about peace with Israel.  I went today and looked at that headline: it was altered a bit (if I am not mistaken) but it is still outrageously inaccurate:  "Egypt presidential hopeful Moussa wants to keep peace with Israel."  The paper is clearly lying by that headline as it is clear in the text of the story when it said:  "Amr Moussa implied that he would maintain peace ties with Israel".   I mean the distance between "wants" and "implied" is quite far.  In reality, and I posted the video of his appearance yesterday, he made no such commitment.  He only spoke about the need for a constant relationship with the US.  In fact, when asked bluntly in the most widely cheered question of the eventing if Israel was a legitimate state, he said that it was a reality to be dealt with but his remarks were negative and clearly implied that he would not maintain Mubarak's policies.  In fact, he also (unlike what is said in the article) did not indicate that he would preserve the gas deal with Israel. But don't be surprised. I am used to Israeli papers lying all the time. The more worried they are, the more they will lie.  This spin of this article and headline is staggering: this is like me saying that Israel's years are numbered, and Haaretz reports on that with the headline: Angry Arab says that Israel is here to stay.  But Zionists are freaking out and they need to lie more to reassure themselves.