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To: LindyBill who wrote (1708)11/1/2002 1:02:24 AM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) of 6901
 
Some musings on the reporting of the collapse of the Israeli unity government:

The Oct 30 NY Times editorial was good for a giggle. They praised Ben Eliezer's stand on principle (no Israeli commentator of whatever political stripe thinks principle had anything to do with it) and hoped the Labor Party would now have a chance to do great things for the peace process. Lofty sentiments indeed, considering that the peace process is dead as a doornail and the Labor Party will have its hands full just trying not to become an ex-party in the next elections. Its chances of regaining power are nil as things stand now.

The BBC likes reporting on phantoms. After rather gleefully reporting on the collapse of Sharon's government, musing whether he would try to "soldier on" or call elections, they asked several Israel commentators, in perfect seriousness, "Do you think this will hurt the peace process?" to which each replied with some variant of, "No. You can't hurt a corpse. There is no peace process." Doesn't make sense until you remember how often Yasser Arafat calls for a renewal of the peace process. Always enough time in a BBC report to imply that only Israeli intransigence stands in the way of peace and harmony in the Mideast.
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