I
Accuse
By Mike
Levine
I,
Mike Levine, citizen of Israel and the United States, accuse you, NY
Times, LA Times, Boston Globe, Denver Post, Atlanta Constitution, CNN,
Times of London, and thousands of other newspapers and TV networks
worldwide I accuse you of gross bias against, and naked hatred towards the
Jewish state of Israel.
For
years most of you have shown a clear bias in favor of the Arab Muslims and
Palestinians, taking every opportunity to demonize
Israel
, the only Democracy in the
Middle East
, and the only Jewish state in the world.
But
in the past two weeks you have raised your hatred to a new high, while
your journalistic standards have fallen to new lows.
While
coverage of the earthquake and tsunami in Asia has been extensive, and
your reporting of international fund raising and rescue efforts has been
massive, you wrote hardly a word about the fact that Israel was one of the
very first to offer substantial aid and send medical rescue missions to
the stricken areas! Within hours planeloads of well trained rescue people
and experienced trauma doctors were on their way.
Israel
is one of the tiniest nations on earth, with a total population far less
than many cities of the world, yet in the first hours following the
earthquake and flooding, Israel assembled hundreds of doctors and other
medical personnel, many planeloads of medical supplies, tents, food,
blankets, even baby diapers. While other, much larger, much richer
nations, were still rubbing their eyes in disbelief,
Israel
was already setting up many aid stations in the worst hit areas.
Nor
did you report the unbelievably hateful refusal of
Sri Lanka
, and a couple other Muslim states, to accept the entry of Jewish medical
and rescue personnel, although they did cynically accept the supplies and
equipment sent by
Israel
.
I
accuse world media of gross incompetence.
I
accuse world media of abrogation of journalistic integrity.
I
accuse world media of sheer and transparent prejudice against
Israel
and the Jews.
I
accuse world media of pandering to the Islamic nations, hatred of anything
Jewish.
Only
a few publications outside
Israel
mentioned the major contribution being made by
Israel
. Only a very few pointed out that
Israel
’s per capita contribution of manpower, equipment, supplies, and money
WAS THE HIGHEST IN THE WORLD!
Only
a few bothered to mention that only a tiny trickle of aid was offered by
all of the world’s Muslim nations, nations sitting on half of the
world’s oil reserves, nations raking in billions of dollars daily,
nations whose elite live lives of such opulence as can hardly be imagined
by most of the world’s masses.
Saudi Arabia
sat unmoved for a week
while the world scrambled to raise funds and send massive aid, then
magnanimously pledged a measly ten million dollars, a pledge which has yet
to be paid! Imagine, this from a brother Muslim state, a state that
provided families of Palestinian suicide bombers with $150,000,000 (one
hundred fifty million dollars) during the past year alone!
Kuwait
, the second richest
Muslim nation, pledged an equally paltry ten million!
You
people in
Chicago
: did you read any of this in your newspapers?
How
about you good people in
Dallas
?
Paris
?
Berlin
?
Melbourne
? Did any of you read or hear of
Israel
’s incredible generosity of spirit, manpower, and money? Did
you read one editorial praising the fact that the Jewish state unselfishly
came to the immediate aid of Muslim nations that have long called for the
destruction of
Israel
?
No,
chances are you did not. Maybe you ought to let your editors know how you
feel about their treatment of
Israel
and the Jewish people. Because if you don’t speak out, they
will continue to believe no one gives a damn about
Israel
, and they will continue speaking of
Israel
only in negative terms, writing only about how the Jewish state mistreats
the Palestinians and their terrorists.
Join
me when I say to world media loud and clear: I ACCUSE
What Mike Levine
says is sadly true.
Israel
was one of the first to offer help to the victims of earthquake in
Iran
in December 2003 that killed 50.000 people. Many lives could have been
saved if the Israeli rescue team were allowed to assist. But the hatred of
the Islamic goons in
Tehran
for the Jews was far greater that their concern for the lives of the
innocent people who remained trapped under tons of debris and slowly died
of dehydration, hypothermia and their injuries.
Israel
's humanitarian contributions, especially to
Muslim countries must be highlighted if we really want to change the
hearts and the minds of the Muslims and make them see the folly of their
hatred towards this tiny population.
Ali Sina
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