tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718120950252476804.post3052672765625129554..comments2023-12-28T09:21:30.579-05:00Comments on Adam Holland: It' s difficult to take Max Blumenthal seriously on IsraelAdam Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06245468599571473818noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718120950252476804.post-68087753231206971642012-05-03T06:16:35.294-04:002012-05-03T06:16:35.294-04:00Adam,
In the UK we have Ben White and Jonathan Co...Adam,<br /><br />In the UK we have Ben White and Jonathan Cook, who follow the same tack if you can smear Isreal do so. There is no balance, context as long as it gets to their agenda.<br /><br />I apprecaite your work please keep going<br /><br />RobRobhttp://www.artisanmc.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718120950252476804.post-13880068096082531902011-05-20T09:06:50.718-04:002011-05-20T09:06:50.718-04:00I tried to find any mentioning to this speech in M...I tried to find any mentioning to this speech in Maariv (in hebrew) and I couldn't find any. <br /><br />I suspect this all thing is a fabrication.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718120950252476804.post-79299906528614831232011-05-20T08:31:33.604-04:002011-05-20T08:31:33.604-04:00This may be unnecessary, but I want to make clear ...This may be unnecessary, but I want to make clear that, by defending Benjamin Netanyahu against a spurious charge, I am in no way endorsing him or his policies. I just want the debate to take place in a way that accurately reflects the views of all parties. Distortions help no one.Adam Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06245468599571473818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718120950252476804.post-87951991446684012412011-05-20T08:27:53.528-04:002011-05-20T08:27:53.528-04:00Looking closer at the Haaretz article you linked t...Looking closer at the Haaretz article you linked to, I see that it referred to the Maariv coverage of the same 2001 comment by Netanyahu that the Times reported on. That Haaretz headline is a serious breach of journalistic standards. I am shocked to see Haaretz' operating at the level of Fox News. That is much more distressing than the Blumenthal column is.Adam Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06245468599571473818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718120950252476804.post-59018703709450214912011-05-20T08:19:26.728-04:002011-05-20T08:19:26.728-04:00Blumenthal's headline indicates that Netanyahu...Blumenthal's headline indicates that Netanyahu believes 9/11 to be "very good". Blumenthal does not say "very good for Israel's standing with the U.S.", which would be a truthful way to say it. He essential cherry-picked a quote without the context that indicated what it actually meant. It is such a clear distortion that I find it difficult to see any defense for it other than to say it was a poor attempt at humor. <br /><br />I have no doubt that Netanyahu believes that the 9/11 attacks helped Israel's standing with the U.S. The Haaretz article, citing Maariv, indicates that he said as much in a forum in 2006. That is hardly controversial.<br /><br />Considering how much real controversy exists, what's the purpose of manufacturing controversy out of whole cloth? Fox News does it on a daily basis, and I object to that. I object to Breitbart doing it, and Drudge, and James O'Keefe. Why shouldn't I object when Blumenthal does the same thing?Adam Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06245468599571473818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718120950252476804.post-16008966582856744442011-05-20T04:32:11.141-04:002011-05-20T04:32:11.141-04:00I don't know if it's true but he was quote...I don't know if it's true but he was quoted saying: "We are benefiting from one thing, and that is the attack on the Twin Towers and Pentagon, and the American struggle in Iraq."<br /><br />http://www.haaretz.com/news/report-netanyahu-says-9-11-terror-attacks-good-for-israel-1.244044Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718120950252476804.post-50345364218170776852011-05-06T13:04:31.914-04:002011-05-06T13:04:31.914-04:00Evan:
Have you actually read the article you link...Evan:<br /><br />Have you actually read the article you linked to? Blumenthal took the two word quote out of context in order to distort its meaning. Netanyahu was clearly answering a question about U.S.-Israel relations, not about 9/11 itself. Do actually believe that Netanyahu supported 9/11?Adam Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06245468599571473818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718120950252476804.post-30366997913931949402011-05-06T10:44:28.478-04:002011-05-06T10:44:28.478-04:00I don't know. There's a whole lot of disto...I don't know. There's a whole lot of distortion going on, but I think you're in on a lot of it. Read <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/12/us/day-terror-israelis-spilled-blood-seen-bond-that-draws-2-nations-closer.html" rel="nofollow">the original NY Times article</a>.<br />You can argue that Blumenthal unfairly seized on a gaffe by Bibi, but he got the quote right. Blumenthal sited the quote in his article.Evanhttp://www.qlineorientalist.com/Evannoreply@blogger.com