tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186608697830229050.post9209599336995274587..comments2024-03-03T17:33:24.616+00:00Comments on annarky's blog.: The State Is Repression.ann arkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06922062627756737185noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186608697830229050.post-7279239990018227812016-11-25T02:10:57.200+00:002016-11-25T02:10:57.200+00:00More information about the resistance of the water...More information about the resistance of the water protectors:<br /><br />https://www.rt.com/usa/368107-dakota-pipeline-protesters-bridge/?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=aplication_chrome&utm_campaign=chromeLoamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17339350574917360205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186608697830229050.post-10364779670859721922016-11-24T22:31:03.442+00:002016-11-24T22:31:03.442+00:00Key BBC Terms In Its Israeli – Palestinian Coverag...Key BBC Terms In Its Israeli – Palestinian Coverage<br /><br />In October 2006, Electronic Intifada.net listed BBC’s “key terms” in its conflict coverage – to “find a balance” that, in fact, tilts strongly toward Israel. For example:<br /><br />– pre-meditated assassinations are called “killings” or occasionally “targeted killings” if Israeli sources say it;<br /><br />– the separation or apartheid wall is called a “barrier, separation barrier, West Bank barrier, (or simply) this wall;” sometimes “fence” is used as well; no hint of its real purpose or that the World Court ruled it illegal; no mention either that it’s unrelated to security and simply a land-grab scheme and effort to heighten Palestinian isolation;<br /><br />– Gaza – Israel nominally disengaged in summer 2005; in fact, it never did; it merely redeployed its forces, and maintains rigid control over the Territory’s land, coast and airspace; it invades and attacks at will and maintains a brutish mediaeval siege; all movement in and out of Gaza is restricted; so are Gazans’ access to food, water, health care, fuel, electricity and other life essentials; the result is a deep humanitarian crisis; BBC ignores it; instead it merely refers to an “end to Israel’s permanent military presence,” not an end to its occupation, repression, continued incursions, mass killings, targeted assassinations, and systemic use of torture;<br /><br />– Intifada – more fudging when referring to causes; value judgments are avoided; so is truth; don’t say Ariel Sharon’s September 29, 2000 Haram al-Sharif provocation incited a popular uprising; package his visit with Palestinian frustration over a failed peace process and say it “sparked the (second) intifada (rather than it) led (to it or) started (it);”<br /><br />– Jewish – distinguish between “Israeli” or “Jewish” to avoid religious or racial connotations; stress political ones instead; ignore how Israelis stress Jewishness by relating to “the promised land,” one “without people for a people without a land,” a Jewish homeland, Israel’s biblical connection, and raising the issue of anti-semitism against harsh Israeli critics; when they’re Jewish call them self-hating;<br /><br />– Occupied Territories or Occupation – BBC refers to East Jerusalem and the West Bank, not the Golan Heights; after Israel “disengaged,” Gaza is in political limbo; BBC distinguishes between the “occupied territories” and Palestinian Land or Palestinian Territories; calling Gaza and the West Bank “disputed territories” is preferred; in fact, there’s no dispute; they’re both Israeli occupied Palestinian land;<br /><br />– settlements and outposts – BBC distinguishes between them when, in fact, they vary only in size; BBC avoids calling them illegal; they’re all illegal but adjectives aren’t used unless they’re vital to a story; in all reports, BBC is one-sided; it stresses that Israel disputes international law; anti-Israeli value judgments aren’t made; the rule of law is dismissed; Palestinian rights are ignored; the growing number of Israeli settlers is fudged, downplayed and generally not mentioned;<br /><br />– “relative calm” or “quiet” periods – it refers to quiescent Palestinian resistance, no Israeli deaths, but not ongoing Israeli attacks and killings;<br /><br />– right of return – BBC ignores international law and UN Resolution 194; it promotes the Israeli position instead; and<br /><br />– “terrorists” – a loaded term applying only to Palestinians; never Israelis; most often other words are used like “bomber, attacker, gunman, kidnapper, insurgent (or) militant;” Palestinian self-defense is never called resistance, and Israeli incursions aren’t ever called aggression.<br /><br />More in:<br />http://www.globalresearch.ca/bbc-s-pro-israeli-bias/9307Loamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17339350574917360205noreply@blogger.com