Manchester Evening News (City Edition)
Article 1
Headline: Israeli PM back a state for Palestine
Section: News
Written by: Peter Green
Page: 12
Outline: This article is so wrong it's hard to decide where to begin. Let's start with the headline, for those who know the detail of what Binyamin, referred to as "Benjamin" in this article, Netanyahu has said will know that his idea of a "State" doesn't actually equate to what a real State should be like.
The one thing that Green does get right is to refer to Netanyahu as "Israel's hard-line Prime Minister", although he is actually right wing and arguably an extreme one at that.
Green goes into some of the detail of Netanyahu's proposals i.e. that the proposed Palestinian state should not have an army nor should the refugees be allowed the right to return to their homes that they were driven out of when Israel was created. Although this crucial bit of information is not given by Green in the article.
Green then goes onto present Netanyahu in a positive light stating that Netanyahu "offered to talk to Palestinians immediately...with no preconditions", that he "wanted to live...as good neighbours" with the Palestinians and that he "...was willing to go to Damascus, Riyadh and Beirut in pursuit of a Middle East peace deal."
These statements inaccurately present Netanyahu as a reasonable figure out looking for peace, Green should have devoted valuable column inches to spelling out the finer detail of Netanyahu's proposal to show readers that what we was promising Palestinians was a so called State which would have no army and not have control of its airspace or land borders.
Green mentions that "Palestinians demand all the West Bank with East Jerusalemas capital. Israel captured both areas in 1967". The choice of words is significant by using "demand" and "all the West Bank..." it's almost like painting a picture that the Palestinians are perhaps being unreasonable i.e. almost saying to Israel 'Give me the West Bank!'. Whilst Green mentions that Israel captured both territories he fails to mention that this was in violation of International and UN law and that the Israeli occupation is considered illegal by every nation in the World except in Israel itself.
Green also remarkably fails to mention the very big problem of illegal settlements that Israel has contructed in the West Bank. These are conveniently left out.
The icing on the cake for this particular article is the closing paragraph where it is said of Netanyahu that "...he fears Palestinian militants will use the West Bank to stage attacks on Israel as Hamas militants have fired into Israel since it withdrew from the Gaza Strip in 2005". Green fails to mention the illegal Israeli blockade of Gaza which has turned the territory into the World's largest prison and the fact that Israel launched a brutal war there just 6 months ago where 1,400 Palestinians were killed including at least 430 children. This closing paragraph from Green is almost presenting justification for Netanyahu's ridiculous proposal for a Palestinian state.
If Green ever loses his job at the M.E.N I'm sure he'll be snapped up as a spokesman for the Israeli Government. In the meantime this serves as one of the most blatant examples of Hasbara in action.
Article 1
Headline: Israeli PM back a state for Palestine
Section: News
Written by: Peter Green
Page: 12
Outline: This article is so wrong it's hard to decide where to begin. Let's start with the headline, for those who know the detail of what Binyamin, referred to as "Benjamin" in this article, Netanyahu has said will know that his idea of a "State" doesn't actually equate to what a real State should be like.
The one thing that Green does get right is to refer to Netanyahu as "Israel's hard-line Prime Minister", although he is actually right wing and arguably an extreme one at that.
Green goes into some of the detail of Netanyahu's proposals i.e. that the proposed Palestinian state should not have an army nor should the refugees be allowed the right to return to their homes that they were driven out of when Israel was created. Although this crucial bit of information is not given by Green in the article.
Green then goes onto present Netanyahu in a positive light stating that Netanyahu "offered to talk to Palestinians immediately...with no preconditions", that he "wanted to live...as good neighbours" with the Palestinians and that he "...was willing to go to Damascus, Riyadh and Beirut in pursuit of a Middle East peace deal."
These statements inaccurately present Netanyahu as a reasonable figure out looking for peace, Green should have devoted valuable column inches to spelling out the finer detail of Netanyahu's proposal to show readers that what we was promising Palestinians was a so called State which would have no army and not have control of its airspace or land borders.
Green mentions that "Palestinians demand all the West Bank with East Jerusalemas capital. Israel captured both areas in 1967". The choice of words is significant by using "demand" and "all the West Bank..." it's almost like painting a picture that the Palestinians are perhaps being unreasonable i.e. almost saying to Israel 'Give me the West Bank!'. Whilst Green mentions that Israel captured both territories he fails to mention that this was in violation of International and UN law and that the Israeli occupation is considered illegal by every nation in the World except in Israel itself.
Green also remarkably fails to mention the very big problem of illegal settlements that Israel has contructed in the West Bank. These are conveniently left out.
The icing on the cake for this particular article is the closing paragraph where it is said of Netanyahu that "...he fears Palestinian militants will use the West Bank to stage attacks on Israel as Hamas militants have fired into Israel since it withdrew from the Gaza Strip in 2005". Green fails to mention the illegal Israeli blockade of Gaza which has turned the territory into the World's largest prison and the fact that Israel launched a brutal war there just 6 months ago where 1,400 Palestinians were killed including at least 430 children. This closing paragraph from Green is almost presenting justification for Netanyahu's ridiculous proposal for a Palestinian state.
If Green ever loses his job at the M.E.N I'm sure he'll be snapped up as a spokesman for the Israeli Government. In the meantime this serves as one of the most blatant examples of Hasbara in action.
Article Verdict: Negative
Metro
Article 1
Headline: Israel call for peace rejected & Israel's olive branch?
Section: Front page brief & page 5
Written by: Miles Erwin
Page: Front page and page 5
Outline: The Metro does one better than the M.E.N by not only placing a spun version of Netanyahu's offer on the front page but by also making the Palestinians out to be antagonists by rejecting this so called "peace".
On page 5 Erwin continues by calling Netanyahu's action "historic" and using the same sort of spin tactics as Green though to a lesser extent and also allowing for quotes from the Palestinian Authority.
However in closing a statement from the US administration is given in where it states that the US welcomed the gesture made by Netanyahu.
Erwin failed to mention the specifics of the proposal put forward by Netanyahu i.e. no control over borders, right of refugees to return to their homes and of course the illegal settlements which Erwin also completely ignored.
It's snoteworthy to see 2 different competing papers reporting the same story allegedly from different ends of the Political sphere in terms of their bias yet singing from pretty much the same Hasbara hymn sheet.
Article Verdict: Negative
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