I’ve learned more in this single post than I have in two months of irresponsible, narrow, warped and intensely disturbing media in Canada and the US (and those were the “progressive” radio outlets that I typically listen to for responsible journalism and reporting in complex issue. They have focussed exclusively on what may as well be Hamas apologists (Arab and Jewish), quoting Hamas-recorded numbers of innocent lives lost and virtually nothing about hostages. They’ve been interviewing people who’ve described Israeli prisons as carrying out the full range of depraved behaviours and as akin to the Turkish one in the film Midnight Express. Every word is accepted as truth. No search for verification. I don’t say this to minimize anyone’s suffering when there is no fact-checking and such intense bias and no reference to Iran and other countries that explicity or implicitly support Hamas our of one corner of their mouth and not out of the other corner ... . I am appreciative of you sharing such straightforward updates. Toda raba. Stay safe and may we all know and experience peace, compassion, and laughter again. And may the memory of Vivian Silver be a blessing.
I’ve learned more in this single post than I have in two months of irresponsible, narrow, warped and intensely disturbing media in Canada and the US (and those were the “progressive” radio outlets that I typically listen to for responsible journalism and reporting in complex issue. They have focussed exclusively on what may as well be Hamas apologists (Arab and Jewish), quoting Hamas-recorded numbers of innocent lives lost and virtually nothing about hostages. They’ve been interviewing people who’ve described Israeli prisons as carrying out the full range of depraved behaviours and as akin to the Turkish one in the film Midnight Express. Every word is accepted as truth. No search for verification. I don’t say this to minimize anyone’s suffering when there is no fact-checking and such intense bias and no reference to Iran and other countries that explicity or implicitly support Hamas our of one corner of their mouth and not out of the other corner ... . I am appreciative of you sharing such straightforward updates. Toda raba. Stay safe and may we all know and experience peace, compassion, and laughter again. And may the memory of Vivian Silver be a blessing.
Thank you!