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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
38 Friday, October 3, 1980
Washington Post Coverage of Israel's West Bank Policy Criticized
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Near East Report
Almost everyone in the two days after their original Alexandra Johnson, docu-
ments accusing Israel of
news business will admit appearance.
Because of its influence, systematic torture of Arab
that two papers — The New
York Times and The Wash- therefore, it is unfortunate prisoners. Buried in the
ington Post — influence that in covering the Arab- lengthy story were the cru-
other newspapers' coverage. Israeli conflict The Wash- cial facts that Johnson was
Some observers even claim ington Post is so biased in a disgruntled foreign serv-
that editorials from these its reporting. ice officer who was engaged
The Post, it is recalled, to a convicted terrorist.
papers can be seen in re-
The Post, however,
struck again recently
with an extensive study
MODERN DELICATESSEN
of Israeli policy on the
West Bank written by
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William Claiborne and
AND STILL LOCATED AT
Edward Cody. The arti-
cles themselves are
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worthy of study for their
omissions and subtle
shadings of the truth.
The correspondents
charge, for instance, that Is-
Dick & George Gunsberg
rael has "bought, exprop-
riated, 'closed' or otherwise
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"The settlements alone
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