three articles worth reading! Israeli IDF hospital raid, Organ Trafficking, Ramadan and TV

[mary <humdrum2 at libero.it>]

Would like to bring your attention to three new posts that are very 
important. The first is the next in the series by Kawther Salam. 
There are many things that are important about this article, which 
will be evident upon reading it, but the critical point is this: 
Palestinian journalists have never had press freedom. All of their 
articles first had to pass through NOT only a standard praxis of 
editorial vetting, which contains a level of self-censorship, but 
also of ISRAELI MILITARY CENSORSHIP. You can see in the photo that is 
included, the original article, dated 1994, where Ms Salam tells 
about her personal experience and includes interviews with other 
witnesses, of a night-time raid by the IDF in a Jerusalem hospital in 
the search of... a slain Palestinian, who was not found. But this did 
not prevent them from sowing horror and terror in the night of the 
unfortunate men, women and children who happened to be patients or 
visitors at the hospital. Not even medical personnel was spared.

On the article, you can see the Israeli stamp from the Israeli 
Military office where the publisher was forbidden from publishing 
this article.

It is of vital importance for all of us to bear in mind, this sort of 
information, of the IDF having familiarity with civilian hospitals 
and being on the search for a dead body (Palestinian) is not 
something that has been cooked up now. This information was known to 
many many people, but the Israeli censorship rules prohibited the 
creation of documents to corroborate the things people were 
eyewitnesses to. We have, thanks to the courage, dedication and 
steadfastness of Kawther, proof and evidence that violent events such 
as this are not inventions and that there are specific dates, names 
and places attached to them. Investigators are able to obtain much 
needed information, and the public is able to judge for themselves, 
once they have pushed away the smokescreen and filters.

http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/08/27/kawther-salam-night-of-israeli-horror-in-jerusalem-hospital/


The second article is by Kristoffer Larsson, published on Dissident 
Voice. It discusses the issue in terms of mass media and the Israeli reaction.

http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/08/the-organ-theft-affair/

The third article is a fascinating and very entertaining article 
about the Mass Media in the Arab world in the moment of Ramadan 
written by Iqbal Tamimi.

http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/08/26/iqbal-tamimi-arabic-drama-politics-and-palestine-at-ramadan/

www.palestinethinktank.com