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Thursday, May 08, 2003
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Letters to the Editor
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Independence Week story shows bias
With the Bruin Israeli Independence Week news story,
"Israel Independence Week to begin" (May 5), the
subtle truth jumps off the page. The story reflects a
deep media bias not unlike that of the embedded
reporters in Iraq for the U.S. war who wrote only one
side of the "war" – really an unprovoked U.S. attack
for the never-to-be-found weapons of mass destruction.
The occupation, fighting, and brutality – the tearing
down of homes, the expansion, and the murder of often
non-violent, sometimes David-like stone throwing
youth, is experienced in Palestine – not Israel. This
is instigated by the IDF, the Israeli "Defense" Forces
in their unrelenting, continued drive since the
inception of the State of Israel in l948 only to
expand, take more land, more homes – more lives.
Got education? Be on notice you will probably find it
minimally this "Israeli Independence Week."
Andrew Kay Liberman
UCLA Extension
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