three articles worth reading! Israeli IDF hospital raid, Organ Trafficking, Ramadan and TV



Would like to bring your attention to three new posts that are very important. The first is the next in the series by Kawther Salam. There are many things that are important about this article, which will be evident upon reading it, but the critical point is this: Palestinian journalists have never had press freedom. All of their articles first had to pass through NOT only a standard praxis of editorial vetting, which contains a level of self-censorship, but also of ISRAELI MILITARY CENSORSHIP. You can see in the photo that is included, the original article, dated 1994, where Ms Salam tells about her personal experience and includes interviews with other witnesses, of a night-time raid by the IDF in a Jerusalem hospital in the search of... a slain Palestinian, who was not found. But this did not prevent them from sowing horror and terror in the night of the unfortunate men, women and children who happened to be patients or visitors at the hospital. Not even medical personnel was spared.

On the article, you can see the Israeli stamp from the Israeli Military office where the publisher was forbidden from publishing this article.

It is of vital importance for all of us to bear in mind, this sort of information, of the IDF having familiarity with civilian hospitals and being on the search for a dead body (Palestinian) is not something that has been cooked up now. This information was known to many many people, but the Israeli censorship rules prohibited the creation of documents to corroborate the things people were eyewitnesses to. We have, thanks to the courage, dedication and steadfastness of Kawther, proof and evidence that violent events such as this are not inventions and that there are specific dates, names and places attached to them. Investigators are able to obtain much needed information, and the public is able to judge for themselves, once they have pushed away the smokescreen and filters.

http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/08/27/kawther-salam-night-of-israeli-horror-in-jerusalem-hospital/


The second article is by Kristoffer Larsson, published on Dissident Voice. It discusses the issue in terms of mass media and the Israeli reaction.

http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/08/the-organ-theft-affair/

The third article is a fascinating and very entertaining article about the Mass Media in the Arab world in the moment of Ramadan written by Iqbal Tamimi.

http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/08/26/iqbal-tamimi-arabic-drama-politics-and-palestine-at-ramadan/

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