MicroBalrog
09-03-2007, 07:05 PM
jtobin@jewishexponent.com
letters@jpost.com
Dear Sir!
I am an avid reader of the Jerusalem Post, which I normally buy at stands near the Tel-Aviv University. I also read it on your website. I especially enjoy the columns by Daniel Doron, who is undoubtedly one of Israel’s greatest economic minds. However, recently, something happened that caused me to lose my faith in the Jerusalem post.
Namely, I have dug through the Jersualem Post website to find – very belatedly – an article titled ‘View fromAmerica’, by Jonathan Tobin. It read, as follows:
On Israel itself, outside of fringe candidates like the wacky right-wing libertarian Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) and the leftist Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), there isn't too much daylight between the candidates on support for Israel's right of self-defense…
I am surprised at this misrepresentation of Ron Paul’s views. Congressman Paul did not in fact ever make a statement questioning Israel’s right of self-defense, or the right of any nation for self-defense. The fact that he opposes American ‘aid’ to Israel does not mean, by any stretch of the imagination, that ‘Ron Paul hates Jews’.
American ‘aid’ to Israel is not beneficial to Israel – Israel could achieve the same results by cutting the disastrous overspending in its military budget on various bureaucratic fat. That would be ever better, because then Israel would be able to spend the money on any products the IDF saw fit, rather then simply allow Congress to subsidize America’s military industries by buying shiny (and completely useless) military toys like the F-22 for Israel.
It amazes me that anybody would seriously believe that ending handouts from the US government equals opposing Israel’s right to self-defense. The Israeli government does not subsidize the Jerusalem Post. Does this mean the Jerusalem Post has been denied it’s right to freedom of speech?
Binyamin Netanyahu, the leader of the Likud party, lobbied in Washington for a reduction of American aid. Moshe Feiglin favors a reduction in American aid and 30% reduction in Israel’s own defense budget. Are you implying that Netanyahu opposes Israel’s right to self-defense?
What this amounts to is not a mere biased report of a candidate’s political view. This amounts to a complete departure from facts and truth intended to smear a legitimate candidate.
While we are at it, what exactly is it that makes Ron Paul – who raised more money and does better in the polls then McCain – a ‘fringe’ candidate? What is it that makes him so ‘crazy’? Is it his libertarian views? Is it the Post’s editorial stance to imply that it’s libertarian viewers – and its own libertarian contributors, like the esteemed Daniel Doron – insane?
This is not the standard of quality reporting I am familiar with from the Jerusalem Post. I am extremely disappointed. I believe I am not the only reader of the Post who is.
Sincerely yours,
Boris Karpa,
Ashdod, Israel
letters@jpost.com
Dear Sir!
I am an avid reader of the Jerusalem Post, which I normally buy at stands near the Tel-Aviv University. I also read it on your website. I especially enjoy the columns by Daniel Doron, who is undoubtedly one of Israel’s greatest economic minds. However, recently, something happened that caused me to lose my faith in the Jerusalem post.
Namely, I have dug through the Jersualem Post website to find – very belatedly – an article titled ‘View fromAmerica’, by Jonathan Tobin. It read, as follows:
On Israel itself, outside of fringe candidates like the wacky right-wing libertarian Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) and the leftist Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), there isn't too much daylight between the candidates on support for Israel's right of self-defense…
I am surprised at this misrepresentation of Ron Paul’s views. Congressman Paul did not in fact ever make a statement questioning Israel’s right of self-defense, or the right of any nation for self-defense. The fact that he opposes American ‘aid’ to Israel does not mean, by any stretch of the imagination, that ‘Ron Paul hates Jews’.
American ‘aid’ to Israel is not beneficial to Israel – Israel could achieve the same results by cutting the disastrous overspending in its military budget on various bureaucratic fat. That would be ever better, because then Israel would be able to spend the money on any products the IDF saw fit, rather then simply allow Congress to subsidize America’s military industries by buying shiny (and completely useless) military toys like the F-22 for Israel.
It amazes me that anybody would seriously believe that ending handouts from the US government equals opposing Israel’s right to self-defense. The Israeli government does not subsidize the Jerusalem Post. Does this mean the Jerusalem Post has been denied it’s right to freedom of speech?
Binyamin Netanyahu, the leader of the Likud party, lobbied in Washington for a reduction of American aid. Moshe Feiglin favors a reduction in American aid and 30% reduction in Israel’s own defense budget. Are you implying that Netanyahu opposes Israel’s right to self-defense?
What this amounts to is not a mere biased report of a candidate’s political view. This amounts to a complete departure from facts and truth intended to smear a legitimate candidate.
While we are at it, what exactly is it that makes Ron Paul – who raised more money and does better in the polls then McCain – a ‘fringe’ candidate? What is it that makes him so ‘crazy’? Is it his libertarian views? Is it the Post’s editorial stance to imply that it’s libertarian viewers – and its own libertarian contributors, like the esteemed Daniel Doron – insane?
This is not the standard of quality reporting I am familiar with from the Jerusalem Post. I am extremely disappointed. I believe I am not the only reader of the Post who is.
Sincerely yours,
Boris Karpa,
Ashdod, Israel