The following letter was sent to The New York Times in protest against its biased reporting.

 

NYT Editor:                                            letters@nytimes.com

NYT Ombudsman Daniel Okrent:     public@nytimes.com

Reporter Steven Erelander:              erlanger@nytimes.com

 

 

RE: ISRAEL, ON ITS OWN, IS SHAPING BORDERS OF THE WEST BANK, April 10, 2005

 

This article downplays the truth of the dangerous Israeli control of the West Bank, especially, East Jerusalem.

 

The above-mentioned article did not mention international law and Israel's refusal to abide by it. By ignoring International Law and in talking about Israeli settlements, the West Bank, including E. Jerusalem, Erlanger did not include the importance of the international community, including the UN, the ICJ, and respected human rights organizations. 

Instead, Erlanger creates only a dispute between Palestinians and Israelis, showing  a sorry lack of information for judging both sides equally. This kind of journalism is very deceptive, and confusing to the reader.

A recent editorial in the Boston Globe by Jeff Halper on April 11, reveals honestly the horrendous conditions that the Palestinians have been enduring....loss of homes, murder, destruction of properties such as Olive trees, which used to be of great help to the economy, etc. Under these conditions, it is difficult to see how a healthy Palestinian state can exist.

 

The Wall is the most dangerous of all: near 200,000 Palestinians, residents of East Jerusalem will be impacted by this Wall. Ignoring this is unacceptable, and most of all, cruel. This barrier should not exist. If Israel is a "democracy," then, to be sure, it should start acting like one.

 

Biased reporting should be stopped, and now.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

Paul Bradford

Carol Rae Bradford

 

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BILL MAHER EXPOSES JEFF GANNON VIDEO + John Bolton Exposes Himself : In His Own Words VIDEO

1) BILL MAHER ON JEFF GANNNON VIDEO

"Now we know what George Bush meant when he said he had a mandate" BM

http://pulpnonfiction.blogspot.com/2005/04/bill-maher-exposes-jeff-gannnon-video.html 

2) John Bolton Exposes Himself : In His Own Words VIDEO

"The U.S makes the U.N work when it wants it to work and that is EXACTLY the way it should be because the only question, THE ONLY QUESTION for the United States is what's in OUR national interest. And if you don't like that I'm sorry because that's a fact." JB

http://pulpnonfiction.blogspot.com/2005/04/john-bolton-in-his-own-words-video.html 

Art Bishop

 

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Secret war doubts revealed

Mr. Martin,

the question of the legality of the war in Iraq resurfaces; in the British election; as a question of trust. The questions about motivation and premeditation as well as the technical legality of war in Iraq just won't go away.

Does the ongoing reassessment of global oil supplies, future supply and demand, now suggest more plausible reasons for war in Iraq than terrorists with WMDs? Does the impending global shortage of oil necessitate a deeper level of control than business arrangements supported by military safeguards which worked well for the US in the second half of the past century?

Are there plans for war in Iran? Mr. Martin, do you think there is a new cold war brewing across the South China Sea catalyzed by this same impending shortage of oil in an area of historical conflict between two of the world's major economies, both dependent upon imported oil?

The technical legality of war in Iraq is not nearly as important as motivation. How does the Chinese, Russian or Iranian government view US and British motivation in Iraq? As an illegal war of self-interest? As a grab for oil? As a calculated first in a series of resource wars?

Makes living in even good old safe Canada much, much more dangerous.

Bill Henderson