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.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Palestinian Committee in Israel denounces Netanyahu’s speech

Wafa- The High Follow-up Committee for Arab citizens in Israel denounced on Wednesday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s lies in his speech to the US Congress Tuesday.

The committee said in a statement that “ Netanyahu is exploiting the circumstances that the Arab nations are going through in order to market Israel’s false democracy lie .”

It said that the Arab nations suffer from Israel’s racist discrimination and hardships of its fascist institute, which is based on ethnic cleansing policy. In addition to the seizures, arrests and oppression imposed on Palestinians. Read more
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