Monday, May 24, 2010
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Video: A Drive Through Jerusalem Reveals Economist, Al Jazeera Obfuscation - 'CAMERA has looked into the allegation, trumpeted by the Economist and Al Jazeera English, that traffic light patterns at a northern Jerusalem intersection (and elsewhere) are evidence of Israeli discrimination against Arab Jerusalemites. A March 6, 2010 article in the Economist claimed lights in Jerusalem "flick green only briefly for cars from Palestinian districts while staying green for cars from Jewish settlements for minutes," and an April 27 segment broadcast by Al Jazeera English argued the same. As noted in CAMERA's article, "Economist Demonizes Israel with Racist Traffic Light Accusation," those news reports disingenuously twisted a universal urban frustration -- traffic -- to demonize Israel...'
