The View From Haaretz

[Herschel]

During the Israeli workweek of Sunday, January 18 to Friday, January 23, I kept track of the opinion pieces published on the English website of Israel’s left-wing daily Haaretz. The paper, which goes back to pre-statehood days, is actually thought by some to have moved toward the political center since the start of the intensified terror war launched by the Palestinians in September 2000.

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But with these exceptions, the paper was in typical form. The main theme of the left-wing columnists was, as always, that peace with the Palestinians and the Arabs is there for the taking, and it is only Israel’s pig-headedness that keeps the conflict going.

Special targets of these pundits’ spleen were the separation fence, Ariel Sharon, and Israeli society itself. One would not guess from their writings what is understood by more and more people of goodwill: Israel, however foolishly and recklessly, offered the Palestinians a state in 2000 and has kept offering them one ever since, and the Palestinian reaction has been one of constant terror and incitement.

Even though being an Israeli means being someone whose children have been targeted for murder by Yasir Arafat and the entity over which he presides – the large majority of whose members favor, if not celebrate, the slaughter of Israeli civilians of all descriptions – this changes nothing for the Haaretz columnists and the leftist fringe of the population they represent. Their instinct is to exonerate the Palestinians and the Arabs, perceiving in them virtue and moderation, and to accuse and vilify Israel.

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http://www.thejewishpress.com/news_article.asp?article=3354


For those that consider Haaretz impeccable. They have leftist biases. I will leave it at that.

[tinnypriv]

1. That explains Ha'aretz's suppression of a nazi-style incident

Yesterday, in which the Hebrew edition¹ news flash reported that soldiers are turning up for duty in Rafah wearing the inscription:

"Every Palestinian mother should know that the fate of her children is in our hands" ²

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1. 17:30 update, citing the Voice of Israel. The story says that the Colonel in charge of the Givati battalion involved stopped this practice.
2. If Ha'aretz English is indeed "left-wing", this isolated example simply proves that the Hebrew edition must be downright communist.