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.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Palestinian woman prisoner: 'rape-threats, beatings'

ISM
'The 23 year old Palestinian women, Somod from Nablus, was recently released after having been imprisoned in Israel for four and a half years... suffered from ...rape-threats, isolation, and denial of access to basic sanitation facilities.. went to court .. 18 times before she was released...

“...beat me badly... threatened me by saying that they would ‘make me a woman’ if I refused to give them information. ...

... On her scheduled release date, she was told by the warden that she will be detained for an additional 6 months... her parents waited outside the jail for two days and were unable to get any explanation as to why their daughter was not being released. Four days after her scheduled release Somod was sent out of the prison with nothing. She found a man on the street that allowed her to borrow a phone... Full story

Information on Israeli & Palestinian prisoners
at 6/30/2009 03:06:00 PM