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Livni to al-Jazeera: Don't present just one side of events
Ali Waked
Published: 29.12.08, 17:29
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1. YOU TELL 'EM GIRL
lildoobird ,   Jerusalem   (12.29.08)
2. Don't present just one side of events
Fami ,   Gaza   (12.29.08)
Livni should be the next PM of Israel
3. Good for Livini. Now we need more
Lior ,   Israel   (12.29.08)
blasting of the networks world wide with our truth. Moreover when world leaders once and for all stand up and speak truth without CARE of hurting the sensibilities of those who wish us ill this will be a better world. TRUTH ALWAYS WINS. We have far too long coddled and appeased out of fear. Time to stop once and for all.
4. livni
Ilana   (12.29.08)
Good for her. We need to drone this over and over and maybe someone somewhere will finally see the light!!!
5. lol....watta joker.. she the Bernie Winters o Politics.
R Hitchings ,   Methil   (12.29.08)
when does she ever view Gaza from Gaza... Let her walk a mile in my shoes.
6. #5, so says the man from Scotland
Danny   (12.29.08)
you ever been outside your village?
7. #5 You live in Scotland LOL!!
Cynthia ,   USA   (12.29.08)
Certain she knows more about Gaza than you.
8. asking al jazeera to be objective
Arie ,   BaGolan   (12.29.08)
is the same as asking the BBC, guardian, CNN or haaretz: they all have the same defined goal in their presentation - to vilify the Jews and legitimize every act of terror against us
9. same goes about israeli media coverage of Israeli arabs..
Rami of Nazareth ,   Israel   (12.29.08)
It is biased, mileading, inciting, stereotyping and only leads to hatred and misunderstand
10. turkey
alexi   (12.29.08)
turkey is full of crap. erdogan wears a nice suit to hide his islamic roots. What normal person hangs out wtih ahmadinejad and assad.Ataturk is rolling over in his grave.
11. It's Paliwood!
yeiel ,   israel   (12.29.08)
You can't believe everything you see from al Jazeera. It's Hollywood of the Arabs. Most of what you see on the news is staged. You only see very short cuts of the scenes so as not to depict any falsehoods in the film footage. My son saw the same guy in three different scenes, but wearing a different shirt. Check out paliwood on you tube.
12. Livni is worth her weight in gold
daniel   (12.29.08)
13. Al Jazeera isnt going to help your election campaign
zionist forever   (12.29.08)
Al Jazeera is a propoganda channel. They are not interested in both sides only Israel bashing. They would blame the jews for the holocaust if they had been around during WW2 and that idiot Livni things they will present both sides. This is the woman that thinks she has what it takes to be the next PM
14. what a whoman
Alex ,   UK   (12.29.08)
..beauty, smart, and golden heart. Livni for Israeli PM!
15. Livni will always be the dhimmi
Yael ,   israel   (12.29.08)
and the dhimmi cannot have an upper hand over the Muslim, like the Koran says. There's no way Al Jazeera will show the view of the dhimmi over the Muslim, it would be offensive to Islam. She's talking to deaf ears.
16. She's good and speaks the truth.
Ypip ,   Canada   (12.29.08)
17. So, where is www.Tzipi-TV.gov.il?
Bill ,   France   (12.29.08)
I was actually looking for an English-spoken live Internet streaming Israeli TV for days... no way, so far. The most populated Web site I found (thanks to G00gle) is "fr0mil", but lots of its links are broken or blind, Channel 1 is off, the rare which agree to work (including Knesset) are in Hebrew only. Any idea? Or is it the next project for the Israeli MFA PR?
18. You cannot dismiss al-Jazeera
Avinoam ,   Tel Aviv, Israel   (12.29.08)
World Arab opinion matters. And for Livni to challenge them head on was bold and precisely what we need.
19. I find it funny...
Alex ,   San Diego   (12.29.08)
that they post this interview only on Al Jazeera Arabic and not on Al Jazeera English. Go to youtube and search for both sites. Just comes to show you how "unbiased" Al Jazeera.
20. 2 rulebooks
Bird ,   Cape Town SA   (12.30.08)
There are double standards applied. Imagine what would happen if Mexico periodically sent a few rockets into the US.
21. Livni is useless!
Freejew2U ,   Israel   (12.30.08)
What a waste of time ....she is just sucking up for votes and the idiot leftists in Israel lap it up. She is the queen of surrender and her past record is abysmal. She looks like a bullfrog abd talks like a russian olah chadeshah! WHy doesnt she attack the Israeli media which are more anti Israel than AL Jazeera. YNet and Haaretz would be a good start!
22. Livni is Useless
Mike ,   USA   (12.30.08)
If Freejew2U has such negative opinions about the objectivity of this site then maybe he should avoid it. Israel is at war and all he can do is rant partisan politics. Why cant he take example from Mr. Netanyahu and act as a partisan for Israel.
23. livni is the best
israel ,   san diego,ca   (01.03.09)
she can be the best for to be PM . go livni , you are the best
24. The western media plays on racism and stereotypes
Shamoon Bhana ,   Blackburn, England   (01.05.09)
Those of you who have actually been treating the situation in Gaza seriously will know that the western media have the most biased and unfair media portrayal of the Arab suffering in Gaza. Most western media is funded by big corporations who use official and government only sources for their own personal goals. For those of you who watch Sky News, every 5 minutes there seems to be a breaking news story about a national crisis such as a health scare or the environment instead of international news. When they have reported on the Gaza siege they have Insisted that this is a "you attack us so we attack you" situation. Not once have they acknowledged the fact that the whole purpose of the 6 month ceasefire, was to open the borders and allow the Palestinian people in the Gaza strip free access in and out. What the Israeli’s did was create a concentration camp by preventing aid and supplies getting through and using the excuse that Hamas was a terrorist organisation and that it was firing rockets across the border. The latter was as a result of the humanitarian crises that has been created due to the blockades, something that the western media simplify and dumb down. The humiliating circumstances that the Israeli’s have put them in has left them with no choice. Furthermore Jimmy Carter himself the former president of the United States has always acknowledged the fact that Hamas is a democratically elected government in one of the fairest election victories that took place in the Middle East for years. And let me use the US's claim that Saddam possessed weapons of mass destruction before the Iraq War in 2003 (which was proven to be false by UN weapons Inspectors and once the troops got into Iraq) as an example. The western media, jumped onto the political band wagon, and made people believe that a threat actually existed. A famous journalist John Pilger has written that in the UK for example MI6secret service had manipulated the press into thinking that WMD's actually existed. This plan was called "Operation Mass Appeal" and created a atmosphere of fear around the country. What I find worrying is that the media could have prevented this war from ever happening had it challenged and argued everything that was brought before it and even now many journalists acknowledge this as fact. Unfortunately I feel that history is repeating itself once more an the western media is once again creating this atmosphere of fear for the political gain of others. They rarely speak to Arabs who talk negatively about the west. Surely knowing your enemy (if you want to call them that) is important (even Saladin and King Richard had talks during the Crusades), yet Political leaders and their representatives are rarely allowed on screen by the west unless they agree with western values. In fact Gordon Brown the British Prime Minister, recently criticised UK Channel 4's recent decision to air a goodwill Christmas message from Mahmood Ahmadinejad. Yes I know what you’re all thinking. Ahmadinejad! The most evil politician to walk the face of the earth. And how do we know this? Because that is what our government has been telling us for the past few years. Tell me who is Gordon Brown to tell us who we can and cannot speak to? But know our leaders insist of putting ridiculous preconditions before they will even think of taking to countries they don’t agree with. And I am sorry to say that western media will always back this up with lies and propaganda. I therefore find it very worrying that Tzipi Livni, is asking that Al Jazeera be banned. Regardless of whether or not the Israelis like it or not they should still have the option of viewing different perspectives from around the world. By doing this Livni is demolishing the very foundation of the democracy that Israel is claiming to represent.
25. THAT'S ALL AMERICAN MEDIA SHOWS
Fadi ,   Florida, US   (01.06.09)
That's all american media shows is one sided events god forbid someone shows the other side
26. The world has woken up to Israels 'truth'
lydia ,   Brisbane   (07.19.09)
Israel with its sophisticated weaponry and targeted assassination and collective punishment slaughters innocent civilians. The wanton murder of 1400 defenseless civilians, as depleted uranium, white phosphorus etc etc rained down on them is not DELIBERATE however, Hamas, the rag tag, legitimate, resistance to Israels occupation, with it's limited unsophisticated rockets is ever so DELIBERATE in its attack on civilians.
27. No man as blind as he who refuses to see
(07.19.09)
Hamas, targets civilians when it lobs unsophisticated rockets in resistance to Israelis occupation and subjugation of it people. But Israel doesn’t target civilians when it rains down depleted uranium, cluster bombs, and white phosphorus on the defenseless Palestinians, whose only crime is that Israel covets their land.
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