Comments on: UPDATED: Over 300,000, and Israel STILL isn’t a story

By: artemis.love

artemis.love — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:36:32 +0000

I don’t know about US, French and other media, but here in London BBC and the other news channels did the same thing with Ivory Coast. Things were kicking off in the Coast a long time – with western involvement – before they covered it. Weeks had elapsed. I guess, these media have some policy about what to cover and what not to cover etc, undoubtedly in line with their political prejudices. I guess they don’t want to flood their channels with a lot of news and images of people empowering themselves, coz they know the establishment everywhere is in some sort of historical crisis situation. I guess they want to play it down. Report after a few weeks so that the explosiveness of the news has been lost.

By: Peter Wilson Lake Okareka NZ

Peter Wilson Lake Okareka NZ — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:58:09 +0000

You should not be surprised that the fawning corporate media has little or no coverage of your protests. You know how it works- the western press will never publish stories which the Israeli regime considers damaging to its desired public image. Stop whingeing look what the palestinians have to put up with on their weekly anti wall protests- tear gas, rubber bullets, beatings and even death- and they are NEVER reported. A golden rule of protest is that you fight for the most oppressed first,I don’t see you doing this in your protest, in this case the palestinian Israelis, but maybe I have missed something.

By: Borg

Borg — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 19:58:19 +0000

I am more interested in the London riots> Who knows, perhaps a new England will arise that is more responsive to its citizens (or less responsive)?

By: Fred

Fred — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:35:50 +0000

Ami, this is simply not a very interesting story outside of Israel. It is essentially a domestic issue, and until or unless it affects the makeup of the Israeli government it is not relevant to most people internationally. That said, I think it has been getting a fair amount of coverage in the US media.

By: mariam

mariam — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:27:38 +0000

got u.
i did not mean you personally growing up though. i think it ll do israelis weigh better to just do their thing, neighter the us nor the us media will do any big thing for israelis. thats what i mean with growing up from this dependancy.

By: Ami Kaufman

Ami Kaufman — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:01:23 +0000

@mariam – apparently, through all your arrogance you failed to comprehend my post. I suggest, instead of using the uber-patronizing tone, you practice what you preach and grow up yourself.

By: mariam

mariam — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 09:32:18 +0000

@ami
i am sorry, this is whiny, narcisstic and wrong
so you checked three sites and did not find anything? it may occur to you that there are other countries and there is lots of media (if u had checked – different impression maybe(first)
second… this is important and relevant inside israel… (and i m happy to see you fight neoliberalism)but i agree with danny – do you want to be seen in a line with tahrir? the struggle of the syrians?
is really the whole israeli society coming together fighting for one cause and for social justice of all the people living there? that would be news
third – frankly, it sounds like a small kid trying to impress big daddy and mummy but they just won t look (us and gb – really?) do your own thing. don t dare if daddy looks. just do it. also doesn t mean daddy hates you… he s just busy. grow up and take responsibility

By: Danny

Danny — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 05:23:40 +0000

@Ami:
To be perfectly honest, these protests, while commendable, are not all that impressive unfortunately. Exactly what are people protesting? That housing costs are sky high? Big deal! Please don’t compare that with protests against Arab despots who have been brutalizing their own people for more than 30 years. Also, do you think for one instant that these protests will evoke real change in Israel? Don’t make Bibi laugh. What would make these protests interesting is if people began to demand that the government stop wasting their tax money on things like settlement construction. When will Israelis finally throw down the gauntlet on that one?

By: aristeides

aristeides — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 21:49:31 +0000

Maybe the WSJ can make Ami happy.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904480904576494373143958448.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

By: mikepanzone

mikepanzone — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 17:34:17 +0000

here in the states this past week news of your protests has been overshadowed by all the coverage of texas governor rick perry’s rally attended by 30,000 to “pray for the nations economic woes and repent of putting other things before jesus”… looks like you guys wasted your opportunity to do the same when glenn beck was there

http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/politics/4972/rick_perry%E2%80%99s_jesus_imperative%3A_a_report_from_saturday%27s_mega-rally