Moving to Israel

There was a fantastic article on the Valley Reporter web site today. It  is a local site serving the Mad River Valley since 1971 (Vermont) and the piece responded to a previous article that had been published on the same site. The original article was the “heartbreaking story of the poor Arab woman who had to wait at the terrible Israeli checkpoint for over two hours” and Yehezkel Laing wrote the retort.

Aside from the fantastic job the article does in responding to the original story I found it fascinating that this local site was even willing to print the response. It was a powerful, inspiring article that calls out the Valley Reporter for becoming yet another vehicle for anti-Israel propaganda. While I was disgusted with the original article and was in awe of the new piece, I must give the Valley Reporter credit for accepting the submission and then publishing it. Perhaps steps like this will encourage other news outlets to listen to the whole story instead of spewing much of the usual anti-Israel rhetoric we’ve become accustomed to hearing. Let’s hope individuals follow Mr. Laing’s initiative and continue to respond to the seemingly endless criticism that Israel so often has to absorb.

 Ari

An absolutely fabulous article over at israelnationalnews.com today by Barry Rubin entitled “Drowning in Solutions.” I wanted to mention it as I thought it really summed up the state of the Middle East as well as the Arab-Israeli “conflict” and how everyone seems to be chasing after something that is just not there. Great insight Barry.

Ari