Studies show that US coverage is Israeli-centric. The main bureaus for CNN, Associated Press, Time, etc. are located in Israel and often staffed by Israelis. The son of the NY Times bureau chief is in the Israeli army;"pundit" Jeffrey Goldberg served in the IDF; Wolf Blitzer worked for AIPAC. Because the U.S. gives Israel over $8 million/day - more than to any other nation - we feel it is essential that we be fully informed on this region. Below are news reports to augment mainstream coverage.

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Palestinians in Israel rally against evictions, home demolitions

Ma'an
Hundreds of Palestinian living in Israel rallied in Lod's city center following Friday prayers to protest the Israeli policy of home demolition and eviction of Palestinians.

... included [Christian and Muslim] clerics, leaders of Palestinian Israeli political parties, members of Knesset and Palestinians from Ramla, Jaffa and Lod.

The orators asserted that Palestinians in Israel were neither guest nor "passerby," but an indigenous people, and expressed their refusal of Israel's policy of house demolitions and displacement....

On Friday morning Israeli settlers began an illegal squat in a Palestinian home in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem, following a court order expelling the elderly Palestinian occupant and granting settlers partial access to the building.  Full story
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