Israel warns Web sites on war coverage

by Raymondo Fri Mar 21, 2003 10:43

Ray is a member of the international website censorship forum. He probably knows the Israeli censor guy.

Get Ray or Dotty to call him and sort things out!

by Avi H. Fri Mar 21, 2003 10:46

Israel is a country at war, so war censorship rules apply. So what?

by the democrat Fri Mar 21, 2003 10:51

With whom is Israel at war ?
Please clarify - I was not aware that it had declared war on Iraq .....

by Ronan Fri Mar 21, 2003 10:56

Avi, stop whining. War is wrong, therefore "war censorship rules" are wrong.
The public's right to know is paramount.

by Avi H. Fri Mar 21, 2003 11:01

Just in case you didn't know, Israel is still technically at war with most of the Arab world, including Syria, Iraq, Saudi, Libya, etc. etc. There is also the not so small matter of different Palestinian terror gangs such as the Fatah, Hezbollah, Hamas, who regularly murder Israelis and who wish to destroy the country. There is also Iran that has stated the same intention, and several of whose government ministers have just been indicted by the Argentinian State Prosecutor for blowing up a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires.

Obviously, when a country is at war, giving out information useful to enemies is dangerous.

by inspector clouseau Fri Mar 21, 2003 11:07

Oh you mean like Sharon was indicted in Brussels for genocide .... ?

by incredulous Fri Mar 21, 2003 11:09

I cannot believe that Iranian ministers travelled to Buenos Aires just to blow up some jewish center there .... sounds completely far-fetched ....

by Ronan Fri Mar 21, 2003 11:21

"giving out information useful to enemies is dangerous"
That excuse is used regularly by governments to cover up their own wrong-doing, and also to stifle dissent. I don't think those web sites are giving out any tactical military information.
Israel certainly seems to have a talent for making enemies, perhaps they should reflect on how they have contributed to causing that situation. It cannot be entirely the fault of the Arab world.

by Avi H. Fri Mar 21, 2003 11:23

'It cannot entirely be the fault of the Arab world.' Why not?

by Avi H. Fri Mar 21, 2003 11:27

Anti-Semitism in Iran is well documented. However, it is now claimed by the Argentinian govt that the Iranian govt instigated and organised an atrocity against Jews in Buenos Aires. This is from the NY Times:

March 13, 2003, Thursday

FOREIGN DESK
World Briefing | Americas: Argentina: Iranian Envoy Recalled

By Larry Rohter (NYT)

The highest-ranking diplomat at the Iranian Embassy has been recalled as a result of a growing dispute over responsibility for the bombing at a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires in 1994, which killed 85 people. An Argentine judge issued arrest warrants last week for four Iranian government officials, including two former cabinet ministers, who he said had helped organize the attack. The Iranian government reacted angrily, warning that ''Iran will adopt appropriate measures'' unless Argentina revokes the indictments. The diplomat who was recalled is the chargé d'affaires, Mohammad Ali Tabatabai; with relations already downgraded Iran does not have an ambassador in Buenos Aires. Larry Rohter (NYT)

by Ronan Fri Mar 21, 2003 11:30

That's a good one! Everyone else is wrong except Israel!
Might take this up again later, but some of us have to go to work. See you all.

by Avi H. Fri Mar 21, 2003 11:35

You may also recall that in the last Gulf War, Iraq lobbed over 40 Scud missiles at Israeli cities when Israel wasn't even involved in that war.

By theway, in general, it would seem that the majority of Arabs have poisonous attitudes to Jews. They had them before Israel started. This reflects the backward nature of the Arab world, as it festers in ignorance and cruelty.

by FourWinds Fri Mar 21, 2003 11:51

... by recognising the legitamacy of the Palestinian State and by stopping the bulldozering of houses, Palestinians and American Peace Campaigners into the sand.

Just a thought.

by iosaf Fri Mar 21, 2003 12:22

since the beginning of the illegal invasion of Iraq by the USA assisted by the UK, I have attempted to contact by telephone my Israeli friends who still live in that state.

No contact has been achieved.
my thought: the telephones may work to journalists in Baghdad but to TelAviv the lines are dodgey.

by Avi H. Fri Mar 21, 2003 12:30

FourWinds, you're very naive if you think that if we gave the Arabs everything they want they would stop killing us.

by the sceptic Fri Mar 21, 2003 12:34

Sounds like a whacko conspiracy theory to me .... what evidence is there ?
A bit like saying that high-ranking Zionist agents engineered 09-11 .....
Or that they are behind the war with Iraq .....

by Judge Dredd Fri Mar 21, 2003 12:37

"An Argentine judge issued arrest warrants last week for four Iranian government officials, including two former cabinet ministers, who he said had helped organize the attack."

Oh I forgot you don't need any evidence when someone is accused of anti-semitism ......

by Avi H. Fri Mar 21, 2003 12:55

or rather, an Iranian defector, and is confirmed by Argentinian evidence.

Check out this link:

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/22/international/americas/22ARGE.html

by the informer Fri Mar 21, 2003 13:04

An Iranian defector - well I never - he must be telling the truth ......

Like the Zionist defector Israel Shamir:
http://www.israelshamir.net/english/discussionofantisemitism.shtml

by don't make me laugh Fri Mar 21, 2003 13:07

This guy sounds really credible ...

"Mr. Mesbahi, the Iranian defector who provided the testimony, met with Argentine investigators in Germany in 1998 and again in Mexico in 2000, speaking at various times in Persian, English, German and French with a Spanish-language translator present.

Argentine officials say that they are not sure of his current whereabouts, except that he remains under Germany's protection, and that they do not know if the name he gave is his real name."

Now if he was a Zionist defector revealing Mosaad activities we'd be hearing a different tune I think .....