A nice post by Google Earth whiz and virtual life ambassador Stefan Geens on why the Kyl-Bingaman amendment, which gives Israel special protection from Google Earth and satellite pic takers, is bad law.
When it comes to Israel, there is the additional issue of needing to justify the Kyl-Bingaman Amendment to the US National Defense Authorization […]
Entries Tagged as 'Media'
Banning high res satellite pics of Israel
October 10th, 2007 · 3 Comments
Tags: Internet · Media · Intelligence · Israel
Differing accounts
October 9th, 2007 · 7 Comments
Ahh, the joys of covering the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The International Midde East Media Center reported yesterday:
Three Palestinians have been reportedly wounded in southern Gaza after an Israeli shell landed on a local house near the Sofa crossing in eastern Rafah city, media sources said.
Reported the Jerusalem Post yesterday:
A Palestinian boy was […]
Tags: Media · Palestinian · Gaza · Israel
Shame on the Jerusalem Post
September 29th, 2007 · 31 Comments
The Jerusalem Post’s Khaled Abu Toameh appears to have been badly misled on this story about a video of an alleged Hamas honor killing in the Gaza Strip. The paper’s Web site is currently leading with the story. Too bad the disturbing video looks to be a 2004 April 2007 clip of a Yazidi girl […]
Tags: Media · Iraq · Hamas · Gaza
Israeli journalist in Syria
September 26th, 2007 · 6 Comments
First two Israeli journalists sneak into Lebanon, and now this. Israeli pundit and security commentator for Yediot Ahranot (and a Lt. Col. in the paratrooper reserves) Ron Ben Yishai has made it out to Deir al Zur in eastern Syria to hunt for the site of the Israeli air strike earlier this month. The full […]
Throwing bullets
August 17th, 2007 · 11 Comments
I usually detest right wing bloggers’ ignorant attacks on the press, but this one is just too funny.