Date 07

Page

Title

Source

Bal.

5/12

6

Power of numbers weighs on Israel

Gwynne Dyer

P

5/12

7

Abbas closes down Hamas charities

AP

0

1/12

7

Olmert says Israel at risk if Palestine state ignored

Independent

0

1/12

6

Anapolis initiative solely for Bush agenda

Independent

P

21/10

6

Nuclear record played again

Gwynne Dyer

P

21/10

6

Nuclear record played again

Gwynne Dyer

P

21/10

7

Israel halts building, releases prisoners

AFP

0

24/10

6

Pointless to poke Mideast peace corpse

Gwynne Dyer

1

17/10

7

Time for Palestinian state says Rice

AFP

0

28/9

9

Israel hardens Gaza stance

Reuters

P

12/9

7

Gaza attack wounds 57

AP

I

4/9

8

Babies evacuated

I

24/8

7

Violence may harm talks

Reuters

P

23/8

7

Militant killed

I

22/8

6

Hamas not to be ignored

Independent

P

7/8

7

Bravery, tears and broken dreams

Robert Fisk, Independent

P

21/6

7

Israel frees prisoners

0

21/6

7

Israel slates Iran - Syria alliance

AFP

I

17/6

7

Noted Palestinian poet in tirade against factions

AP

0

27/6

7

Olmert, Abbas agree to more negotiations

Reuters

0

21/6

7

Israel raids Gaza but talks to West Bank

Reuters

P

19/6

6

Israel must negociate seriously with Hamas - ^[9]

Independen

P

18/6

7

Fuel company cuts supplies to Gaza

AP

0

1/6

9

Israel adamant - ^[8]

P

1/6

6

Bad idea makes unwelcome return- ^[7]

The Independent

I

29/5

6

Gaza in flames, again

Chicago Tribune

0

26/5

7

Israel sstrikes as rockets fall

P

25/5

7

Israel seizes senior Hamas leaders

Reuters

0

18/5

8

Israel strikes at Gaza sites

Reuters

P

2/5

7

Israeli media says Olmert will resign- ^[6]

AP

0

20/4

7

Israel shows hit

0

20/4

7

Abbas claims deal

0

20/4

7

Lebanon boarder checks

0

20/4

7

Israel urges diplomacy

0

13/4

6

Influx of weapons into Lebanon - ^[5]

The Jerusalem Post

I

12/4

7

Israel responds

0

11/4

6

No clear road ahead for Israel - ^[4]

Gwynne Dyer

I

2/4

6

Israel keeps eye on Gaza activity

Reuters

I

31/3

9

Olmert: peace possible

I

28/3

6

An orderly protest

The Jerusalem Post

I

23/3

6

Hamas is preparing for war it will choose to start

The Jerusalem Post

I

21/3

8

Hamas carries out first attacks since truce

Reuters

I

19/3

6

Palestinian unity govt takes office after vote - ^[3]

Reuters

0

16/3

6

There may still be a chance for Mideast

Adrian Hamilton, Independent

I

15/3

7

Outburst provokes walkout

Reuters

0

9/3

6

An insider's guide to Israel - ^[2]

Michael Kuttner

I

22/2

B3

UN in strife over training for Fatah Presidential Guard - ^[1]

Tim Butcher Telegraph

P

17/2

4

Rice: Palestinian deal muddles peace efforts

AP

0

13/2

7

Dead soldier to have wish

Joel Greenberg, Chicago Tribune

I

8/2

7

Olmert to meet Abbas, Rice

0

2/2

8

Israel's Iran plan

0

30/1

B2

Suicide bomber kills 3 in Israeli resort

Reuters

0

16/1

8

Arabs look for an Iraq-for-Mideast peace deal with Washington

AP

P

12/1

7

Hamas says 'Israel Exists'

0

8/1

7

Citizenship revoked

I

8/1

7

Israel rejects Hamas soldier video offer

Reuters/AP

P

6/1

7

Palestinian meetings going ahead

Reuters

0

^[9] This was a very anti-Israel article by the NA - full of inaccuracies and untruths.

^[8] Refers to Israel refusing to negotiate with Hamas for a 'cease fire' (yeah right, who started firing the kassams anyway?!!)

^[7] This is the main editorial. It refers to and condemns the renewed boycott of Israeli universities by UK university teachers.

^[6] Although mainly internal, the NZH and the NA articles both mention the Arabs.

^[5] This is the main editorial today.

^[4] Gwynne Dyer usually writes articles with an anti-Israel slant, however, he takes the blame off Israel and puts it on the Arabs for the current impasse.

^[3] Article does say that 'Hamas sees it only as a stage towards the elimination of Israel'.

^[2] The name was changed from 'No, Prime Minister'

^[1] The hothouses refererd to in the article were wrecked by the Palestinians immiediatly after Israel withdrew from Gaza, and not the closing of the Karni crossing as the chief problem.

Date 07

Page

Title

Source

Bal.

27/12

B4

Life on the run for most wanted

AFP

0

19/12

B3

Peace deal needed for Mideast aid to work

Tim Butcher, Telegraph Group

P

19/12

B2

Retaliation threat after Israeli airstrike

Reuters

P

14/12

B3

Throwing a brick into peace process - ^[18]

Tim Butcher, Telegraph Group

P

11/12

B3

Provocateurs stir violence in Gaza's shadowy war

Newsweek

0

10/12

B3

Mock 'outpost' highlights issue thatÕs no laughing matter - ^[17]

AP

P

5/12

A12

Peace talks have long way to go - ^[16]

NZH editorial staff

0

3/12

A14

Dilemma for Arab world - ^[16]

Jerusalem Post

0

1/12

B9

Olmert says state of Palestine crucial

AP

0

29/11

B1

Ambitious goal in six decade feud

AP, Reuters, Independent, Telegraph

0

28/11

B1-B3

Rocky road in BushÕs push for Palestine - ^[15]

AP, Reuters

0

21/11

B5

Language eases border tensions

Abraham Rabinovich

0

17/11

B9

BillionaireÕs bid to unite Palestinians

AP

0

15/11

B2

Rhapsody for old rivals

AP

0

8/11

B3

Gas find can halt aid circus - ^[14]

Tim Butcher

P

30/10

B2

US backs violence and terror says Iran

Reuters

P

30/10

B2

UN watchdog slams Israel's 'bomb first, ask later' policy

Reuters

P

30/10

B2

Row over fuel supplies

Reuters

P

17/10

B3

Time for state of Palestine says Rice

AFP

0

9/10

B3

Bootleg tunnel the only way back

Reuters

0

6/10

B11

The face behind the bomber's mask - ^[13]

D. Macintyre Independent

0

29/9

B12

Israel the maverick in games of war

Dan Ephron, Newsweek

0

28/9

B2

Palestinians die in Israeli airstrike

Reuters

P

28/9

A16

A failure of statesmanship

The National Post, Canada

0

27/9

B1

Leader gets a university lecture

AFP

0

26/9

B3

Iran tells UN nuke concerns a non-issue

Independent

P

27/9

6

Mideast peace meeting

New York Times

0

25/9

B3

N Korean n-matter find behind Syrian strike

Abraham Rabinovitch

I

21/9

B2

Israel set to cut off Gaza - ^[12]

Telegraph Group Ltd

P

21/9

B1

Iran: WeÕll fight with oil and nukes - ^[11]

Reuters

I

19/9

B5

Israeli fly-by sparks rumours of Iran attack

Newsweek, Observer

I

12/9

B2

Rocket attack wounds 57 Israelis

Reuters

I

4/9

B2

Attack prompts child pullout

AP

I

27/8

B4

Hamas honeymoon ends with torture

Telegraph Group

0

24/8

B3

Treachery, Treachery, Treachery, now bring on the clowns.

Robert Fisk Independent

P

23/8

B3

Refugees scared of return to Israel

Independent, Reuters

I

22/8

B2

EU pulls plug on Gaza power

Reuters

0

7/8

B2

Olmert, Abbas agree to talk

Reuters

0

3/8

B2

Keep Hamas out of the game

Reuters

0

26/7

B3

Envoy Blair in town but no-one seems to care

Telegraph Group Ltd

P

23/7

B7

Outcry over word in schoolbook

Reuters

0

23/7

B4

Feared militant lived by the gun but dosent want to die by it

Telegraph Grp. ltd

P

23/7

B2

Envoy Blair starts search for peace

AFP

0

16/7

A15

Support for Hamas result of frustration - ^[10]

Alex Awad

P

10/7

B2

Back to basics after bruising

Reuters

0

10/7

B2

Israel welcomes Arab peace envoys

AP

0

4/7

B1

My son is religious but not a fanatic - ^[9]

Tim Butcher, Richard Alleyne

P

27/6

B2

Rift widens in support for Hamas and Abbas

Telegraph Group + Reuters

0

26/6

B3

UN soldiers' deaths stir feelings of Here we go again

Reuters

P

26/6

B1

Family distress mounts over treatment of captives in Gaza

Telegraph Group + Reuters

0

22/6

B2

Four killed as Israel attacks Hamas

Reuters

P

20/6

A15

Broader options could replace one-state plan - ^[8]

Mary Dejevsky Independent

P

19/6

B1

Gazans stockup as shortages threaten

Telegraph Group

0

18/6

A12

Holding back Hamas

Haaretz

0

18/6

B1

GazaÕs fate sealed: its devide and rule

Telegraph Group + Reuters

0

16/6

B16

Impoverished people caught in the middle

Telegraph Group

P

16/6

B16

Victory cry for Islamic rule

Telegraph Group

0

9/6

B16

In search of the invisible tow - ^[7]

Sarah Helm, Observer

P

9/6

B10

Military ordered to explain ÔapartheidÕ roads.

Donald Macintyre, Independent

0

6/6

B3

Golan HeightsÕ Druze Caught between two world - ^[6]

Diaa Hadid, AP

0

6/6

B3

Hard not to see checkpoints as a childish delay - ^[5]

Mohammed Assidi, Reuters

P

2/6

B12

Holy city looses faith in its future

Newsweek

0

29/5

B2

Israel retaliates for rocket fire

Reuters

0

26/5

B10

Airstrike narrowly misses PM's home

Reuters

P

25/5

B1

Round-up, strikes hit Hamas

Nidal al-Mughrabi, Reuters, AP

P

24/5

B3

Palestinian women line up to kill Israelis

Matt Kalman, Daily Mail, Reuters

I

22/5

7

Israel threatens to kill Hamas leaders

Reuters

0

21/5

B2

Israel air strikes pile on the pressure

Reuters

P

19/5

B10

Airstrikes add to Gaza death toll - ^[4]

Reuters

P

12/5

B10

Arab peace plan to be relaunched

MCT

0

8/5

A13

Divided we stand

Reuters

0

2/5

B3

Olmert set to become latest casualty of unpopular war

Telegraph

0

24/4

B2

Truce threatened by fighting

AP

P

12/4

12

Fickle Arab control inhibts peace deal

Gwynne Dyer

I

5/4

B2

Israeli Arabs rebel about being left out in the cold - ^[3]

Mike Smith / Telegraph

P

4/4

B2

Saudis call for action

AP

P

3/4

B1

Israel PM calls for talks with arabs

Independent

0

31/3

B10

Arab leaders promote plan

Reuters

0

30/3

B2

Stark Saudi warning for Israel over peace offer

Telegraph

P

30/3

B6

King attacks Iraqi 'foreign occupation'

Telegraph

0

19/3

B1

Olmert says Israel to shun new Palestinian coalition - ^[2]

Reuters

P

17/3

B10

Iranians help Hamas brace for attack

Abraham Rabinovich

I

12/3

B2

Troops accused of using girl as sheild

Telegraph Group

P

8/3

B3

Scraping a living on Gaza scrapheap

Reuters

0

22/2

A16

Mess not Israel's making

The Jerusalem Post

I

21/2

B2

Little progress towards peace - ^[1]

Independent

P

20/2

B2

US awaits coalition

Reuters

0

17/2

B10

US tries to spoil Palestinian party

AFP

0

17/2

B10

If we have to we will, Israel warns Teheran and the world

Abraham Rabinovich

0

14/2

A15

How we pay for a flood of bigotry

AP

I

13/2

B2

Controversial work continues at holy site

AP

P

13/2

A7

World press photo winners (photograph of destruction in Beruit, with flash car in front)

Spencer Platt

P

12/2

A15

World of walls to keep our neighbours out

Gwynne Dyer

P

10/2

B9

Rivals' unity pact set to bring an end to carnage

Telegraph Group Ltd

0

8/2

B2

Jerusalem near shrine stirs Arab fury

Telegraph Group Ltd

P

30/1

B2

Muslim in Cabinet

Telegraph Group Ltd

0

27/1

B9

Military curfew locks down Beirut

Reuters

0

26/1

B3

Israeli President resists pressure to quit

Telegraph Group Ltd, AFP

0

25/1

B4

Trying to talk on the same wavelength

Donald Macintyre, Independant

0

19/1

B2

Pressure on Olmert

Telegraph Group Ltd

0

19/1

B16 B15

Doing Jewish their own way

The Economist

P

18/1

B2

Military chief quits over war

Independent

0

18/1

B5

Secret talks first steps to peace

Independent

0

12/1

B2

Hamas says Israel a 'reality'

Independent

0

11/1

B1

Bush allows CIA to take on Hizbollah

Independent

0

9/1

B2

Analyst fuels talk of pre-emptive strike

Eric Silver, Ind.

0

9/1

B2

Monster drone to be unveiled

AFP

0

^[18]The body of the article is balanced, and for once Tim Butcher has got it right, however using the KBRM criteria, the title is very one sided.

^[17]This article is basically true, however it does not stand up to to KBRM's criteria for balanced reporting.

^[16]This is part of the main editorial and explains well Israel's position.

^[15]The body of the article is balanced, however the headline could be construed as one sided.

^[14]The blame for the current impasse is put on Israel only.

^[13]This is a balanced article about a new Israeli / German film-Shabbat Shalom Maradonna-and Donald Macintyre gives a truthful honest appraisal of the film. In doing so he gives hasabara for both sides in the conflict.

^[12]Whatever Israel does to defend itself it will be condemned.

^[11]Israel is used to threats from much bigger nations. This refers to the war of words with Iran.

^[10]The author is a well known Pastor in an East Jerusalem Baptist church. He has written 2 books on the ME conflict and should know better than to include such blatent one sided inaccuracies.

^[9]This article is about one the terrorists captured in the UK. It has nothing to do with Israel. However the author (no doubt Tim Butcher, famous for his anti- Israel slurs) could not resist a one sided punch at Israel, by saying that he 'comes from the Jordanian population of Palestinians made refugees by Israel.

^[8]The author only shows that she has a massive lack of knowledge about the Mid-east.

^[7]Again a very anti-Israel article. Lack of knowledge about the complexities (or ignoring the Israeli side of the situation) makes this a very one-sided 3\4 page article.

^[6]This article scrapes in a 0, it could be rated as a P but has some balance in it.

^[5]Extreemly one-sided and unbalanced atricle. Two thirds of the article is taken up by a schematic diagram of a checkpost. Much emphasis is devoted to the delaying of ambulances 'even on emergency calls' - no mention is given to the fact that these ambulances are delayed since they have been a favoured method of explosives and people smuggling.

^[4]The impression is given in the title and to a certain extent in the article that Israel is chucking a few missiles into the fray just to add 'fuel to the fire'.

^[3] Although Israel must take some blame for the current situation, the article is one sided. It does not say that the reason that only now after all these years do the Arabs have a minister in the Israeli government is because they refused to take the vows of allegiance. They are not conscripted (a few volunteer) and the Israeli Arabs enjoy the highest standard of living by far then any of the general Arab populations. But the thing that really knocks the article is the picture supplied by Reuters (not the Telegraph who supplied the text). It is supposed to be an Israeli policeman confronting an Arab. However it, upon examination, it clearly shows a policeman confronting a Jewish settler!

^[2]Blame on Israel

^[1]Israel is blamed as the one who blocking peace moves.

Date 07

Page

Title

Source

Bal.

(NOTE: The ratings below are from the Fairfax News web site under the banner of the Waikato Times)

18/12

Web

Israel kills top Gaza militant and five others

Reuters

P

15/12

Web

Top Palestinian govt aide abducted - ^[1]

Reuters

P

^[1] Although it does mention in its concluding paragraph, ‘But the Islamist group continues to say it will not formally recognise Israel and its 1988 founding charter calls for the destruction of the Jewish state’, Judea and Samaria are referred to as ‘the occupied west bank’ and reference is made to a funeral for ‘three militants killed in an Israeli air strike’ — that the militants were killed by Israeli action does not add anything to the main story.

Date 07

Page

Title

Source

Bal.

(NOTE: The top four ratings below are from the Fairfax News web site under the banner of the Dominion Post)

18/12

Web

Israel kills top Gaza militant and five others (Fairfax News web site)

Reuters

P

15/12

Web

Palestinians say Israel releases mayor (Fairfax News web site)

Reuters

P

15/12

Web

Top Palestinian govt aide abducted (Fairfax News web site)- ^[6]

Reuters

P

14/12

Web

Clamp down worsens Gaza, W.Bank crisis Red Cross (Fairfax News web site) — ^[5]

Reuters

P

26/4

Egypt in truce move

I

11/4

Car bomber plot arrests

AP

I

10/4

Bid to free 'Palestinian Mandela' - ^[4]

Telegraph

P

9/4

Gaza action

P

7/4

Speaker sees peace on road to Damascus

AP

0

4/4

Olmert's call treated with skepticism

Reuters

P

3/4

Israel invites Arabs to talks

AP

0

31/3

Real chance of peace, says Israeli PM

0

30/3

Israel rejects Arab peace plan 'diktat' - ^[3]

AFP

0

29/3

Beware the 'lords of war'

Telegraph

P

28/3

Peace meetings

0

21/3

Hamas launches attacks on Israel

Reuters

I

19/3

Olmert turns away from Abbas

Reuters

0

17/3

Palestine cabinet of hope unveiled

Defence Force

P

7/3

Kiwis clear fields of cluster bombs

AFP

P

27/2

Hizbollah rearms north of UN zone - ^[2]

Times

0

23/2

Mastermind killed after bombing fails

Telegraph

I

19/2

US, Israel reaffirm stand on Palestine government

0

17/2

US lays out its rules to Palestinians

Times

0

13/2

'Victory over nature' as dead Israeli soldier to father child

MCT

I

10/2

Palestinians agree power-sharing deal

LA Times

I

10/2

A sea of refugees latest Iraqi tragedy - ^[1]

P

6/2

Mosque warning

P

3/2

Olmert grilled on war

P

3/2

Israel's illegal use of cluster bombs

P

31/1

Bomber shows up Israeli security gap

Telegraph

I

22/1

Backlash over settlers' scorn

Reuters

P

^[6]although it does mention in its concluding paragraph, ‘But the Islamist group continues to say it will not formally recognise Israel and its 1988 founding charter calls for the destruction of the Jewish state’, Judea and Samaria are referred to as ‘the occupied west bank’ and reference is made to a funeral for ‘three militants killed in an Israeli air strike’ — that the militants were killed by Israeli action does not add anything to the main story.

^[5]The article opens with ‘Israeli restrictions have caused a humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the West Bank that is growing worse’ and continues in the same vein, citing the International Red Cross as the source of commentary. No accusations are laid against Hamas or Fatah for contributing to the misery of Palestinians living in Gaza.

^[4]Article was balanced, but the use of 'Palestinian Mandela' in the headline (instead of 'ruthless terrorist') tipped the scale.

^[3]Depends on how word 'diktat' in headline is taken. Could go either way.

^[2]It is made clear in the article that HizbollahÕs rearmament is defensive.

^[1]Mostly about Iraq, but refers to "worst refugee crisis since the Palestinian expulsions of 1948".

Date 07

Page

Title

Source

Bal.

31/12

Bin Laden takes shot at Sunnis, Israel

AP

I

28/12

Israel's policies in Galilee alienate its Arab citizens

Washington Post

P

24/12

Towards the path to peace - ^[4]

John Minto

P

22/12

B5

Not-so-silent night in Bethlehem city

AFP

P

22/12

B3

Israel considering Hamas truce proposal

NZP

I

14/12

B2

Peace talks open in discord

Reuters

P

13/12

B2

Israeli troops push into Gaza Strip

Reuters

P

11/12

B2

Human rights group slams abuse in Gaza

AP

P

5/12

B3

Israeli strike

'Agencies'

P

3/12

B2

Israeli rejection forces US U-turn - ^[3]

AP

P

6/7

Cartoon

Moreu?

I

29/6

Deadly raid

P

20/6

West to end embargo

Reuters

0

20/6

A Palestinian divide

editorial

0

19/6

Hamas will pursue extinction of Israel and its people

Barry Rubin

I

19/6

I'm hoping the playoff season will go on forever (cartoon)

Moreu?

0

18/6

Showdown with Israel looms

Uzi Mahnaimi

P

18/6

The Islamic Republic of Gaza

Gwynne Dyer

0

16/6

'No dialogue - Only the sword and the rifle'

The Times

0

16/6

Israel is illegitimate

Palestine Times

P

15/6

Now war is with the enemy within

The Times

P

15/6

NZ obliged to help

Kennedy Graham

0

14/6

Backlash grows against boycott

Washington Post

0

9/6

The tortured lives of torturers

Washington Post

P

8/6

Growing threat of 'Hamastan'

Washington Post

I

8/6

Who wants peace?

Shimon Peres

I

6/6

Troops withdraw

Agencies

P

28/5

Gaza offensive

0

25/5

Israel arrests Hamas politicians

AP

P

21/5

Israelis ready to settle scores

Observer

P

21/5

Deputy PM: Hamas force should disband

Reuters

0

19/5

Abbas death plot claim as Palestinian crisis worsens

AFP

P

15/5

Fighting breaks truce in Gaza

AP

I

12/5

Defining image of the conflict

Observer

P

12/5

Israel's war without end

Observer

P

5/5

How the Bush administration abandoned Israelis, Palestinians- ^[2]

W. Post/Reuters

P

3/5

Olmert fights to save his job

Fisher-Ran

P

2/5

Scathing criticism of Olmert

Reuters

P

30/4

Olmert blamed

Reuters

P

17/4

Gadaffi: Arab leaders 'half-wits'

Reuters

I

11/4

Arab offer looks too much like begging - ^[1]

Gwynne Dyer

0

7/4

SoldierÕs captors hand Israel list of demands

AP

0

5/4

Pelosi begins talks with Syrian leaders

0

29/3

Arab plan offers 'sea of peace'

Reuters

P

28/3

Militants killed

P

23/3

Israel kills two Palestinians

Reuters

0

23/3

Photo: An Israeli army dog attacks Yusra RabayaaÉ

Reuters

P

20/3

Crippling financial crisis

Times

P

19/3

Israel snubs Palestinian coalition

Observer

P

10/3

Top general takes secrets to the West

Times

I

3/3

Borders sealed

P

17/2

Jewish settlers make inroads in JerusalemÕs Muslim quarter

Wash. Post

P

13/2

Contrast of drive-by luxury amidst devastation in Beirut voted image of the year

Reuters

P

12/2

No recognition of Israel

Reuters

I

10/2

Palestinian rivals sign deal

AP

I

6/2

Mossad may have killed scientist

Observer, Reuters

P

5/2

We're victimized like Jews by the Nazis, says Muslim leader

Bird & Jenkins

P

31/1

Suicide bomb campaign feared as blast kills three

Times

I

31/1

Three Killed

I

26/1

Carter's Jewish problem

Wash. Post

I

^[4] Minto, a regular Press columnist, starts with the lie that ‘hundreds of thousands of Arabs were driven from their homes’ by the Jews, and concludes that ‘a single state is the only path to peace ’ - which is another way of calling for the destruction of Israel as a Jewish state.

^[3] While the article itself is balanced, the accompanying large photo by Reuters of a Palestinian woman crying because five ‘Hamas militants’ were killed by an Israeli missile strike puts the emphasis on Palestinian suffering.

^[2]A large (250 sq cm) photo tipped the scale in this otherwise well-balanced article.

^[1]There has been a recent shift in Dyer's opinion columns. He used to be quick to put most of the blame on Israel.

Date 07

Page

Title

Source

Bal.

24/12

lsrael move is sure to enrage Palestine - ^[30]

AP Jerusalem

0

22/12

11

lsrael willing to deal

AFP DPA Reuters

5/12

8

Abbas cracks down on Hamas charities

AP Ramallah West Bank

0

4/12

8

Olmert dampens hopes

Reuters AFP

0

4/12

7

Israel

Gwynne Dyer

P

3/12

8

lran's president slaps Mideast peace talks

AP Tokyo

P

29/11

10

Peace conference

Reuters AP

0

28/11

8

Bush nudges lsraelis, Palestinians toward peace

Reuters Washington

0

27/11

8

Mideast peace hopes

Reuters

P

26/11

10

Push for peace in Mideast

AFP Washington

0

20/11

10

lsraelis debate release

Reuters AP AFP

0

19/11

8

U.S. not happy with lsraeli positions

AP Jerusalem

P

10/11

10

US shows double standards in Middle East - ^[29]

Gwynne Dyer London

P

9/11

10

Call for UN chief to go - ^[28]

AP Reuters

0

7/11

10

Let there be peace

World briefs AP Reuters

0

6/11

8

Rice road-show in search of elusive peace

Reuters Ramallah

P

5/11

8

Seeking Mideast Peace

World briefs AP AAP

0

27/10

11

Gaza strip clash

AP AAP World Briefs

0

20/10

6

No Arab-lsraeli peace deal this decade

Gwynne Dyer

17/10

10

U.S. says it's time for Palestinian state

AFP Ramallah West Bank

P

16/10

8

Low key talks from Rice

Reuters Jerusalem

0

15/10

8

lsraeli air strike was on Syrian reactor

Reuters New York

0

12/10

10

lsraeli troops enter Gaza

World Briefs

0

10/10

8

Olmert grilled in corruption probe - ^[27]

AFP Jerusalem

3/10

8

Prisoners for release

Reuters AP

0

25/9

8

Pre- requisites on U. S. peace talks

Reuters New York

0

24/9

8

lsrael releases 90 Palestinians

Reuters Jerusalem

0

22/9

12

Rice expresses optimism on lsrael - Palestine peace talks.

Reuters Shannon lreland

0

21/9

8

lsraelis undermining peace efforts - Rice.

AP Ramallah

P

20/9

10

Gaza 'enemy entity'

AP Reuters AFP

0

20/9

10

lsrael and Syria take a step back

Rueters Jerusalem

0

13/9

8

Nuke sell-off - ^[26]

AP AFP Rueters

0

12/9

10

30 lsraelis hurt in attack

Reuters Zikkim lsrael

0

8/9

11

lsrael remains silent

AFP. Reuters

0

5/9

9

Barrier to move

AP. AAP. Reuters

0

5/9

9

Shot for throwing stones - ^[25]

AP. AAP. Reuters

0

8/8

8

Olmert, Abbas meet

Reuters AP. AAP

0

7/8

8

Olmert, Abbas meet

Reuters Jerico West Bank

3/8

10

Rice shows support to Abbas

Reuters Ramallah West Bank

P

2/8

10

Peace talks welcomed

Reuters Jeddah

P

1/8

8

Rice, Gates in Egypt to get support from Arabs - ^[24]

Reuters

0

1/8

7

Opinion - George Galloway ( British Left Wing M.P. ) - ^[23]

P

21/7

9

Israel frees prisoners as goodwill gesture

Reuters Jerusalem

0

21/7

10

Israel denounces alliance.

AFP Jerusalem

0

18/7

10

Blair to meet EU officials ahead of mideast talks.

AP Brussels

0

11/7

10

Olmert in direct talks offer

Reuters Dubai

0

9/7

8

Israel agrees to free Palestinians prisoners - ^[22]

Reuters Jerusalem

0

7/7

11

Ambulance Hit (Photograph) - ^[21]

unknown

P

6/7

10

Hamas says Johnston's Release brings New Era - ^[20]

AP Gaza City

P

30/6

7

Too Late to Fix the Mess in the Middle East - ^[19]

Gwynne Dyer London

P

26/6

8

Israel reluctant to end curbs - ^[18]

Reuters - Jerusalem

0

25/6

8

Israel may free up funds for Abbas

Reuters - Jerusalem

0

23/6

12

Abbas prepares to meet Olmert

Reuters - Ramallah

0

22/6

8

UN's Ban faults rights council over Israel

Reuters - New Yorks

I

18/6

7

What others say

Editor's view - New York Times

I

18/6

7

Opinion

Gwynne Dyer

P

15/6

7

No International force

Briefs

0

9/6

10

Opinion Israel - Palestine

Project Syndicate article

I

7/6

8

Abbas-Olmert talks off - ^[17]

AFP Ramallah, WB

P

4/6

10

Hamas 'may consider; truce with Israel

AP Cairo

0

30/5

8

Abbas to meet Olmert soon - photo - ^[15]

Reuters

P

29/5

8

Israel wounds two

AP Reuters

P

28/5

7

Israel pushes offensive

P

26/5

11

Israel ignores truce call from Palestine - ^[14]

AFP Gaza City

P

25/5

10

Israel arrests politicians

AP Nablus, West Bank

0

24/5

10

Israel hits Gaza with more air strikes - emotive photos of child - ^[13]

Reuters Gaza

P

22/5

8

Israel pounds Hamas fort (including photos) - ^[12]

Reuters Gaza

P

21/5

8

Olmert warns Hamas of further strikes - ^[11]

Reeuters Jerusalem

0

19/5

11

Israel to decide in days on their reply to rockets (including photos)

Reeuters Tel Aviv/Gaza City

0

16/5

8

Palestinian fighting spirals, eight die

AFP Gaza City

0

15/5

8

Interior minister resigns

Briefs

0

4/5

10

Further heat on Olmert

Reuters Jerusalem

0

3/5

8

Pressure rises for Israel's PM to resign

Reuters Jerusalem

0

30/4

8

Calls for Olmert to resign

AP Jerusalem

0

26/4

10

Hamas, Israel weigh next steps after rockets

Reuters Gaza

0

14/4

8

Dilemma for Israel in trying to find peace - ^[10]

Gwynne Dyer

0

10/4

8

Gaza border tunnels - ^[9]

I

31/3

12

Arab leaders urge Israel to take peace offer - ^[8]

Reuters Riyadh

P

30/3

8

Arab peace plan rejected as is - ^[7]

AFP

0

28/3

8

Israeli, Palestinian leaders to meet

Reuters

0

23/3

8

Palestine factions clash in Gaza - ^[6]

Reuters

I

22/3

8

General strike threat as talks break down in Israel - ^[5]

Reuters

0

18/3

8

US to keep ban on Palestinian aid

Reuters WB

0

27/2

8

West Bank curfew

Reuters WB

0

26/2

8

Israel denies collusion with US over aerial action

Reuters

I

20/2

8

Rice struggles to inject hope in talks

AP Reuters

0

17/2

11

Way cleared for unity govt + photo

AFP Reuters

0

15/2

8

New military chief

0

12/2

8

Work resumes

0

9/2

9

PM spurns bid to stop Jerusalem dig + Photo ^[4]

Reuters

P

9/2

6

ISLAM - ^[3]

NZ Jewish Chronicle

I

5/2

11

attempt at Gaza truce - ^[2]

0

3/2

11

Dozens wounded in mortar attack - ^[1]

AFP

0

31/1

10

Israel retaliates after suicide attack

AFP

I

30/1

8

Attack kills three

I

26/1

10

Katsav facing impeachment over rape claim + photo

AP

0

25/1

8

Palestinian Killed

Reuters

P

22/1

8

Israelis losing faith in leaders

AP

0

12/1

7

Bad leaders, nuclear weapons, watch out!

Opinion - Chris Trotter

0

10/1

8

Olmert seeks tough stance on Iran + photo

Reuters

I

8/1

8

Plans for strike on Iran

Reuters

P

6/1/07

12

Palestinian leaders call for Gaza peace

Reuters

P

^[30] lsrael never promised to halt construction within the municipal borders of Jerusalem, whose eastern sector lsrael annexed after capturing it in the 1967 Mideast war.

^[29] The same old nonsence from Mr Dyer anti west and pro Arab.

^[28] A just and valid request by lsrael.

^[27] This was nothing to do with Palestine and lsrael, it may be just a dig at Olmert and who is to say its balanced.

^[26] Also in this item U.S. defence officials confirmed lsrael carried out an air strike well inside Syria warning Damascus not to rearm Hizbollah in lebanon.

^[25] Are there such things as steel covered rubber bullets? As reported in the item.

^[24] Claims by Syria that Palestinian cause would be betrayed.

^[23] Mr Galloway thumping his pro palestinian/muslim drum

^[22] So Israel hands over 250 prisoners what exactly are the Palestinians conceding?

^[21] Palestinian ambulances are notorious for conveying weapons, terrorist personnel and explosives.

^[20] Hamas' next step to be freeing Israeli soldier Cpl Shalit????

^[19] Typical Gwynne Dyer, this well-established prophet of doom and gloom, very negative towards Israel with his usual denegration of anything to do with the Jews.

^[18] Although the article may be balanced reporting of the subject, the content of the article is as usual, ie all the conceding is being undertaken by the Israelies. What are the Palestinians conceding? NOTHING!!!

^[17] Just a point not mentioned; Israeli's Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert had been prepared to visit the volatile and dangerous Palestine territory to attend the meeting.

^[16]An article from TIME magazine from June 1967, after the conclusion of the six day war came my way today. Accompanying the article were these words, the absence of cynicism and bias in this piece is a very marked contrast to the TIME magazine of today. Reading TIME magazine's account of the Six Day War, written in June 1967 shortly after it finished, is an amazing experience. And notice: not once are the Arabs who lived in the area referred to as Palestinians.
What a contrast to Dyer also. Muslim Arabs have been kept poor and used by Islamist extremists to gender sympathy from the West and we fall for it hook line and sinker.

^[15]If it were not for yet another photo of damage to a Palestinian compound this would have been considered an even article. We are not shown the damage caused by rocket fire into Israel.

^[14]Headlines, 1st paragraph and photo clearly carry more weight than the actual space in the rest of the blurb, and this would lead readers to blame Israel. How many ordinary readers, take in the whole article anyway?

^[13]An emotive photo of a young Arab boy injured and crying. At last a small mention of the woman who was killed in Israel.

^[12]Another photo of Palestinian damage! I have looked in vain for a news item on the Israeli civilian woman, Shirel Friedman, 32, of Sderot who was was killed from one of the rockets fired from Islamic jihad militants into Israel.

^[11]Once again the photo is of Palestinian damage which made the decision difficult. Perhaps it should have received a P for this reason. Not one photo has appeared of Israeli damage in spite of 47 rockets being fired into Israel last week. More than 1,300 rockets have been fired into Israel since the Gaza withdrawal.

^[10]The situation for Israel is tenuous and recent difficulties within the present Israeli government don't help. I feel Gwynne Dyer looks ahead to the demise of Israel.

^[9] Two Tunnels used by militant Palestinians to smuggle arms into Gaza, have been discovered by Egyptian authorities.

^[8] Palestinian President threatens Israel with more violence if the proposed peace plan is rejected. Israel is taking the offer seriously but in my opinion cannot afford to accept the plan as is. That would be suicide.

^[7] Israel cannot afford to accept the plan as is. Just as Palestinian Arabs left Israel at the time the UN voted Israel into existence, an almost equal number of Jews also fled Arab lands and were integrated into Israel. Since then many Jews have been murdered in Arab lands, especially under Saddam Hussein's reign in Iraq. Those Arabs who left, chose to leave, believing that the Arabs were going to drive the Jews into the sea. Sixty years have now passed and it is up to the Arabs within those countries where they now live (Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and other countries), to allow the descendants to live in peace in their Arab lands. Arab policy kept them as refugees for propaganda purposes.

^[6] I gave this one a I. Although it was mostly about Palestinans' infighting between Fatah and Hamas using violence and killing, there was no blame on Israel and the last paragraphs stated that Hamas' armed wing is attacking Israel again and that they do not recognise Israel nor will they renounce violence etc. ( Notice the violence between Palestinian factions as compared with the peaceful means used in the Israeli dispute of yesterday's "General strike threat as talks break down in Israel."

^[5] Israel is a democracy which allows people to differ and openly voice and use peaceful means when they differ with government. Municipal workers who have not been paid for months are intending to strike.

^[4] Israel is installing security cameras at the Mughrabi excavation which will broadcast real-time footage of the work outside the Temple Mount.
The Mughrabi ramp collapsed in 2004! Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Tzipi Livni made the following comments:
"The Temple Mount is the site most holy to the Jewish people. The State of Israel will never to anything to harm the freedom of worship of members of all religions - in Jerusalem or anywhere in Israel.

There are irresponsible elements, who know full well that no harm is being caused here to any holy site, who are exploiting Israeli democracy to fan religious feelings for political gain. This is true of both political groups within Israel and extremist elements outside Israel." Statement by FM Livni on the Mugrabim ramp construction work 7 Feb 2007

^[3] Opinion column. Former Israeli Defence Force chief, Moshe Ya'lon, outlines the dangers Islamic Jihadists represent to the sleeping West with Islam's goal of a world adhering to its ideological beliefs. This began before Israel existed. Education is the key.

^[2] Fatah and Hamas officials agree to peace but there is none.

^[1] Palestinian infighting between Fatah and Hamas.

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