Thursday, June 10, 2010
Just another example of how the deck is stacked against Israel in getting their version of events out: Meet the Foreign Press Head
Do you wonder why foreign press reports about Israel are so skewed? Meet Conny Mus, the Dutch chairman of the Foreign Press Association in Israel.
Last week for the first time, foreign reporters in Israel literally came under attack when TV crews reported about the Turkish flotilla from Ashdod. Angry Israeli's disturbed live broadcasts by waving flags in front of the cameras and by shouting slogans.
Israelis are apparently fully aware of the way events in their country are depicted by a large number of foreign reporters. Last week's events showed clearly that the Israeli public is fed up with this.
And rightly so, the damage done to Israel by these reporters is immense. The flow of biased reports, cropped pictures and outright lies has caused an unprecedented deterioration in Israel's international position and has strengthened the position of Israel's enemy's.
Conny Mus the Dutch chairman of the Foreign Press Association in Israel is one of the main forces behind the foreign media campaign against Israel.
He was probably also responsible for the attempt to curb the flow of IDF You Tube video's about the events on the Mavi Marmara. The FPA accused Israel of illegal use of the confiscated camera's and demanded immediately return of the camera's and the footage.
Mus, a veteran Dutch language reporter working for RTL 4 Television has become increasingly hostile to the Jewish state over the years...