Al Jeezera Arabic/English and Israeli response to Gaza

[Allen Ivey]

Here is the Al Jeezera view of the incident off Gaza. The video there is kind of scary and discouraging.

Al Jeezera is, of course, censored by both our government and the cable channels, thus is not available in the US and you can see why.   It was available when we were in Australia. It has a very consistent anti-US frame of reference. Perhaps you might call them the Glen Beck's of the middle east. Nonetheless, it seems too bad that we do not have easy access to their TV. Seeing alternative points of view, even if one strongly disagrees, is informative and important.

http://english.aljazeera.net/  ( in Arabic)

Translation into English with many video reports from their television stations.

http://www.aljazeera.net/portal  in Arabic

You will find that Tel Aviv Israeli opinions at

http://www.haaretz.com/ 

One thing that they are very good are the politics and problems in the undeveloped world. While their stories are undoubtedly biased, they contain information that we never hear in his country. Take a look at one or two.

What a world!!

Allen