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Sunday June 11, 2006 - page 30 headline
PALESTINIAN VOTE ON STATEHOOD PLAN SET FOR JULY

LA Times Insists On Misleading The American Public

The LA Times is not interested in honest journalism when it comes to Israel. It is committed to advocating the extremist Arab line and does not waver in its blatant bias. Today's report "Palestinian Vote On Statehood Plan Is Set For July" is rife with pro-Arab distortion and outright misrepresentation (6/11/06, p. 30 - read TEXT).

Most significantly, the LA Times continues to minimize and excuse PLO rocket attacks as "relatively ineffectual", insisting on the outright misrepresentation they published on May 31, that such attacks "rarely cause casualties on the Israeli side" (5/31/06, "Israelis Enter Gaza To Confront Rocket-Firing Attackers", p. 18 - read TEXT). In fact PLO rockets, a weapon of terror, are taking an increasingly severe toll on Israeli lives and property, and nearly always cause damage of some kind: see JPost, Insider 2, Insider 3, Insider 4, and Watch Oct 5 '04

"Most of the more than two dozen crude projectiles fell inside Gaza, however, and those that struck Israel caused no casualties or damage, the Israeli military said.
Homemade rockets are a relatively ineffectual weapon in Hamas´ arsenal. But at the height of the Palestinian uprising, or intifada, the group was feared and reviled for its campaign of suicide bombings inside Israel, which left hundreds of people dead or maimed. ." see Palestinian Vote

Don't believe the claim the LA Times makes about what the Israeli military said. It certainly is not the military view after today's barrage of rockets. see Arutz, Israel Insider It is their interpretation of what the military said. They routinely paraphrase Israel's military statements to serve their PLO propaganda purposes, i.e. in order to mislead their readers. A good example is their frequent use of the word "militants" when Israel uses the word "terrorists".

Note also that the LA Times recognizes that Hamas rockets frequently fall on Gaza, yet they automatically attribute the weekend deaths of several family members on a Gaza beach to "what apparently was an errant Israeli artillery shell". Israel itself is now regretting its statements on that family tragedy following automatic media accusations, and is pursuing its investigation. It appears increasingly plausible the tragedy was the result of an explosive launched in Gaza, very possibly by Hamas. see JPost, Arutz, and Gaza Beach "Attack"

The very fact that the LA Times includes a statement that rockets are "ineffectual" is an obvious attempt to excuse Hamas and to imply that any Israeli response is unjustified. As if we in the US would fail to respond if terrorists fired rockets on Santa Monica! The fact that the LA Times repeats this assertion over and over is a measure of its determination to mislead the American public and poison the minds of Southern Californians against Israel.

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UPDATE 6/12/06 - Yet Again! - In today's report "Israel, Hamas Trade Strikes In Gaza Area" the LA Times repeats the assertion yet again that "relatively few [rockets] have resulted in injury" (6/11/06, p. 11 - read TEXT). But almost all of the rockets cause damage of some kind. see JPost, Insider 2, Insider 3, Insider 4, and Watch Oct 5 '04
We ask you again to consider - what is the LA Times purpose in including this statement, and repeating it over and over? It is to imply that Hamas does not kill, maim, and terrorize enough Israeli civilians to justify an Israeli reponse! Note also the deliberate phrasing of the headline to equate Hamas' indiscriminate firing of rockets at Israeli civilians and Israel's carefully targeted self-defensive measures against the armed terrorists.
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Wednesday July 5, 2006 - Special Report
LA Times Again Sinks To Its Worst

The last couple of weeks have seen a steady escalation of the LA Times propaganda war against Israel. On Thursday of last week (6/30/06), they returned their World News to the front of the main section after briefly experimenting with placing it at the back, behind the National News. That effectively amplifies their recently raised anti-Israel rhetoric.

In addition, a major scandal broke out over the NY Times and LA Times leaking the details of a secret Government anti-terrorism program. see E&P US Congressman Peter King called the NY Times "treasonous" and demanded they be prosecuted. see CBC and Register The blogoshpere is justifiably full of scorn and derision for a mainstream media which continues to do its utmost to undermine American anti-terrorism efforts. see Patterico and LA Observed

With Israel's response to the Hamas abduction of one of its soldiers still in progress, the media's latest pro-terrorist machinations are; attempting to distinguish between "the military wing" of Hamas and Hamas "leaders", repeating the outright lie over and over that "Hamas observed the cease-fire"; blaming the crisis on Israel; and glorifying and encouraging Hamas' defiance etc. In fact just one LA Times sub-heading on Monday summed up their nonsensical anti-Israel distortions on Gaza (7/2/06, "Both Sides In Gaza Standoff Have Much To Lose", p. 9 - read TEXT):

"Israel's Incursion Deals A Blow To Hopes Of The Territory Becoming A Test Model For Palestinian Statehood Even As It May Bolster Hamas." see Both Sides

Note their characterization of Gaza's terrorist-run, rocket-firing, war criminal, regime as a "test model for Palestinian Statehood". This sub-heading essentially says - Gaza's problems are Israel's fault and defending itself against Hamas helps Hamas. The only question is, which supporter of Israel is so lacking in self respect as to buy this PLO garbage?

The Rabidly Anti-Israel Tracy Wilkinson Reappears... Briefly

As Hamas stepped up its terrorism in the middle part of June, the LA Times most rabidly anti-Israel reporter, Tracy Wilkinson, suddenly reappeared reporting from Israel (6/15/06, "Palestinian Government Workers Attack Parliament Over Paychecks", p. 20 - read TEXT). Wilkinson's intimate familiarity with the most violent anti-Israel elements of the PLO, to the point of boasting on their behalf, makes her a menace to peace. see Watch Dec 31 '02, Aug 20 '04, Nov 11 '04 Join the Boycott immediately sent out an alert to warn readers. Thankfully she has not been heard from since.

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Wednesday July 12, 2006 - Special Report
ISRAELI FORCES LEVEL HAMAS SAFE HOUSE; 6 SLAIN

Extremist LA Times Fights For Hamas

The Hamas building Israel allegedly attacked yesterday was a "safe house" according to today's report in the LA Times (7/12/06, "Israeli Forces Level Hamas Safe House; 6 Slain", p. 5 - read TEXT). In their view, Hamas, an organization that fires rockets indiscriminately at Israeli civilians (a war crime), is entitled to designate its terrorist's house a "safe house". This alone exemplifies the LA Times extreme compulsion to defend the most violent of PLO terrorists and demonize their Israeli victims.

Of course it only starts at the headline. Under the authorship of Rushdie Abu Alouf and the viscerally anti-Israel Laura King the LA Times went on to issue a veiled threat against Israel on behalf of its Hamas ally:

"Though it would be something of a coup for Israeli intelligence to pinpoint and target a gathering of senior Hamas operatives, the strike carried the danger that the captive soldier, a 19-year-old tank gunner, could suffer some form of retaliation. As recently as last weekend, Israeli officials had said they believed he was alive and in relatively good physical condition." see Israeli Forces

Cleverly diluted with a flattering remark about Israeli intelligence, they casually suggest Hamas will harm the soldier if Israel makes a move. As if Hamas could be entrusted to treat poor captive Corporal Shalit well, make him comfortable, show him their hospitality, if Israel just refrains from acting. What an insult to our intelligence! As today's tragic events on the Lebanese border demonstrate, it is Israeli inaction ("restraint") which has led to fighting Arab terrorism on two fronts with two more Israeli soldiers now captive. see JPost

The story as a whole contrasts sharply with the LA Times front page report on yesterday's despicable violence in Mumbai, India, which killed over 200, and which they properly labeled a "terrorist attack" (7/12/06, "India Calls For Calm As Rail Bombing Kills At Least 190", front page, 12) see FOX. But it is "militants" bombing Israelis.

In Search Of Jewish "Human Rights"

The LA Times talks almost daily about Arab human rights. But they do not credit Jews with human rights.

"On Tuesday, Israeli human rights groups appealed to the nation´s Supreme Court to force the army to stop bombarding civilian infrastructure and allow more supplies into Gaza." see Israeli Forces

The daily propaganda war the LA Times is fighting for Hamas is intensifying and growing ever more extreme. Just take a look at today's article see Israeli Forces and the previous two days, all fanatically focused on the Arab side of the story; (7/11/06, "Israel Says Only Hand-Over Will End Fight", p. 4 - read TEXT; 7/10/06, "Threat To Civilians Burgeons In Gaza", p. 4 - read TEXT). The front section attacks on Israel have again become daily and shrill.

Is Israel Learning To Ignore The Media?

The one positive media related development is that Israel actually appears angry enough in this current hostage crisis to start ignoring what the PLO media is saying. That does not allow us to become complacent however. We must be vigilant in countering the Arab extremism expressed by their friends and allies such as the LA Times.

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Saturday July 15, 2006 - front page main headline
MILITANTS WARN OF 'OPEN WAR'

Disproportionate Anti-Israel Bias From The LA Times

It is to be expected that coverage of the current security crisis in Israel will be considerable. Contrary to the LA Times claim that Israel's response to unprovoked Lebanese aggression has been "disproportionate", it is the anti-Israel bias in LA Times coverage that is disproportionate, and demonstrates their commitment to Arab interests, not the US.

Despite the outrageous Lebanese attack that started the current crisis see VOA, AFP, the LA Times consistently portrays Israel as the aggressor (7/14/06, "Israel Blocks Lebanese Coast", front page, 8 - read TEXT), excuses and glorifies the terrorists by calling them "militants" (7/15/06, "Militants Warn of 'Open War'", front page, 9 - read TEXT) and by paying homage to Hezbollah leader Nasrallah (7/15/06, "Leader Banks On History Of 'Resistance'", p. 8), and criticizes Israel for having "over-reacted" with a "disproportionate" response (7/14/06, "Israel's Risky Response", page B12 - read TEXT).

Here's an example of an outrageous LA Times distortion of the facts, suggesting that Hezbollah's raining rockets on Northern Israel was "retaliation" for Israeli aggression. Most of Israel's attacks, and in particular the one on Southern Beirut, came after Hezbollah rained down rockets on Northern Israel:

"Israel blockaded Lebanon´s coastline, bombarded its international airport and this capital´s southern suburbs and staged hundreds of air raids in a wide-ranging assault Thursday aimed at forcing the Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah to free two captured Israeli soldiers.
A defiant Hezbollah retaliated by raining more than 100 Katyusha rockets on northern Israel, killing two people and injuring dozens. At least one rocket hit the large coastal city of Haifa, which previously was out of range of the projectiles, causing no injuries but raising alarm at the prospect of deadly strikes on major Israeli urban centers." see Israel Blocks

The LA Times Is Speaking For Arab Interests, Not The US

LA Times criticism of Israel is disproportionate, their commitment to Arab interests palpable. Despite noting that Israel is tired of being asked to exercise restraint, their suggestion is .....that Israel exercise restraint:

"The counsel to caution still makes sense, especially at a time when the United States, Israel´s ally, is fighting an insurgency in Iraq and trying to rally Arab and Islamic nations to pressure Iran not to develop nuclear weapons. There is never a good time for another Middle East war. But this is an especially bad time, from both the Israeli and U.S. vantage points." see Israel's Risky

It is obviously in the US interest to have an extremist US-hating terrorist group like Hezbollah destroyed. see CBS The LA Times which, along with the NY Times, has recently been condemned for its treasonous exposure of a US counter-terrorist program, is speaking for Arab interests, not the US. see CBC, Register, and Patterico

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UPDATE 7/16/06 - More Arab-Centric Coverage - Today's major coverage was again centered on Beirut and even more intently than previously (7/16/06, "Israel And Hezbollah Widen Strikes; Civilians Bear Brunt", front page, 12 - read TEXT; "Dream Is Over In Lebanon", p. 13 - read TEXT), despite the massive Lebanese missile bombardment of towns all over Northern Israel see Israel Insider Today, a Hezbollah missile killed 6 Israelis in Haifa train station, Z"L.
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UPDATE 7/17/06 - Talk Of Arab Responsibility Is Insincere - An insincere LA Times editorial entitled "Response And Responsibility" (7/17/06, p. B10 - read TEXT) contritely acknowledges Arab responsibility for the current crisis, but in 4 pages of today's front section reporting, the same editorial board expresses a very different, anti-Israel conviction; the conviction it has demonstrated throughout its close to 20 years of slanted, non-stop, anti-Israel coverage. Just like yesterday (and the day before, etc.), today's lead articles portrayed Israel as the aggressor, focusing intently on Beirut and other Lebanese suffering (7/17/06, "Mideast Fighting Escalates", front page, 8 - read TEXT). They glorify Hezbollah again, claiming its popularity among Arabs has increased (7/17/06, "A Divide Deepens In The Arab World", front page, 10). The Jerusalem Post asserts that the opposite is true. see Arab World Fed Up With Hizbollah
There was some coverage of the Israeli side (7/17/06, "A Deadly Day That Changed Everything", p. 9) but far less, and less dramatic. When you repeatedly emphasize the Arab side over the Israeli side, the bias is crystal clear. Another article is critical of Israel's approach to the crisis (7/17/06, "Tempted By Opportunity Israel Gambled On Force", front page, 10 - read TEXT). Get your news from more accurate, responsible, ...and friendly sources... Join the Boycott

UPDATE 7/18/06 - LA Times Anti-Israel Extremism - Today's extensive crisis coverage was even more Arab-centric. The front page and double spread on pages 8 and 9 were, as usual, dominated by large photos of suffering on the Arab side. On the front page it was 2 to 1, and on pages 8 and 9 it was 3 to 1, in favor of the Arab side. In both cases the picture of suffering on the Israeli side was smaller. The lead article "Cease-Fire Efforts Stepped Up" (7/18/06, front page, 8 - read TEXT) was a masterpiece of immoral equivalence - the scurrilous equating of Arab terrorists intentionally targeting Israeli civilians (a war crime) and Israel targeting the terrorists (the internationally recognized legal right of self-defense). That corrupt LA Times message is straight from the extremist anti-Israel camp.
We recommend you judge the LA Times for yourself by reading the rest of their coverage at the pro-Israel website of United Jerusalem (we boycott the LA Times website) - click on the Los Angeles Times link for a list of articles.
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UPDATE 7/19/06 - Saturation Coverage From The LA Times - Today's even more massive coverage offers the same bias on even more pages - front page, 5, 6, 7, 10, B12, B13! Check it out at the pro-Israel website of United Jerusalem (we boycott the LA Times website) - just click on the Los Angeles Times link for a list of articles... and don't forget to tell all your friends about Join the Boycott. Thank you.

UPDATE 7/20/06 - Screaming Support For Hezbollah - The LA Times screamed its support for Hezbollah on the front page of today's paper with the headline "Bombs Rain On Bunker In Beirut" (7/20/06, front page, 10 - read TEXT). For the fifth day successive day, the LA Times chose to lead off its front page with a large photo of Arab suffering, a zoomed-in close-up of an Arab woman appearing to be screaming, rather than Israeli suffering, demonstrating its wholehearted commitment to Hezbollah and the extremist anti-Israel cause. Tragic as it is, the suffering in Lebanon is the result of the massive suffering Arab terrorists have inflicted on Israel where the missiles really are raining down. The bombs on the Hezbollah bunker were few and precisely targeted, so to use the term "rained" is simply inappropriate. Their writing is as bad as their intention.
There were a couple of Op-Ed concessions to the Israel side buried in the B section, but overall, today's saturation coverage (front page, 10, 11, 12, B12, B13) was, as usual, blatantly anti-Israel. Check it out at the pro-Israel website of United Jerusalem (we boycott the LA Times website) - just click on the Los Angeles Times link for a list of articles. Subscribers, please call 1-800-252-9141 to cancel and let us know at jointheboycott@inbox.com and let all your friends know about Join the Boycott. Thank you.

Saturday July 22, 2006 - Special Report
Non-Stop LA Times Propaganda For Hezbollah

Today was the ninth straight day of LA Times front page saturation coverage with a blatant pro-Hezbollah bias (see above for previous reports). Saturday's paper was full of the suffering Lebanese while almost bereft of coverage of the equally suffering Israelis. see JPost Megan Stack writes prosaically on Arab suffering, a style that often seems like she is making it up, and maybe she is (7/22/06, "Fleeing For Their Lives Into The Grim Unkown", front page, 10 - read TEXT). Stack pointedly omits any analysis of the connections of 'civilian' victims to Hezbollah terrorism. In contrast Israelis are pictured allegedly having fun on the beach in Tel Aviv (7/22/06, "With War On, Shoppers' Small Talk Not So Small", p. 12 - read TEXT). This is straight out character assassination.

As cover for their continuing Arab propaganda onslaught the LA Times includes another Op-Ed on the Israel side, buried in the B section of the paper (7/22/06, "'Civilian Casualty'? - That's A Gray Area", p. B17 - read TEXT), an excellent Dershowitz piece well worth the read. This, the LA Times figures, gives them plausible deniability of the blatant pro-Hezbollah bias in their extensive daily front section reporting.

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UPDATE 7/24/06 - LA Times Turns Israel Rally Into Arab Propaganda - It was the ninth successive day on which the LA Times has led off its front page with a large inflammatory photo of a suffering Arab, and a particularly bloody picture today. Suffering allegedly caused by Israelis, while they barely mention the equally traumatic and bloody suffering the terrorists have inflicted on Israel (7/24/06, "Israel Open to NATO Troops Along Border", front page, 9). They also showed on the front page a much smaller photo of Sunday's Rally for Israel in Los Angeles see JtB, but they used the accompanying report as another opportunity to score Arab PR points, giving almost half the article over to extremist Arab criticisms of Israel (7/24/06, "'A Real Defining Moment'", front page, 11 - read TEXT). We recommend you read it to understand the vitriolic cunning and skill with which the LA Times turns the message against Israel. In addition, on the page 11 continuation of the article, they showed a photo of a tiny handful of Arab terrorist supporters and their hateful anti-Israel messages. This tiny side-show did not merit a mention. It was similar to the NY Times slander of the rally for Israel in 2002. see NY Times Protest archive Julius Streicher would be proud of the skill and persistence of the LA Times in slandering Israel.
Sunday's highlight was another phoney LA Times Editorial which mentioned Arab responsibility (7/23/06, "'Into The War" (the title online was "Peace Abhors A Vacuum"), p. M4 - read TEXT). Thing is, the same Editorial board publishes daily front section reports that focus intently on Israeli responsibility.
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	Sunday July 30, 2006 - Special Report Israel's Side Of The Story Not Told At The LA Times
The volume of LA Times coverage of the current strife in Israel and Lebanon is so overwhelming that it would take a team of boycotters, akin to their overstaffed foreign desk, to cover it all. Suffice to say that after a mountain of almost exclusively Arab-centric coverage, the public in Southern California can have little concept of the degree of suffering going on in Israel. see Israel Insider They surely know what is going on in Lebanon because the LA Times has shoved it in their faces for two weeks without break. In the last several days though, they have interspersed it with pictures of Israeli soldiers, such that the impression is either one of Lebanese suffering or Israeli aggression (7/29/06 "Israel Rejects Peace Offer", front page, 13 - read TEXT). Israel's daily suffering under a constant barrage of Hezbollah rockets fired indiscriminately at civilians has been minimally covered. In major articles it is usually confined to a few lines at or near the end (see e.g. 7/28/06, "Israel Begins To Mobilize Reservists", front page, 10-11, - read TEXT). On Saturday they did report on Israelis living in shelters, with accompanying pictures (7/29/06, "Keeping Faith Underground", p. 12 - read TEXT), a belated token piece. However, when giving minimal coverage to one side while exaggerating the other, over a sustained period of time, the propaganda effect is clear. The familiar conclusion is warranted that Israel's side of the story is simply not told at the blatantly pro-Arab LA Times. see Watch 4/1/04, letter Another Trick Of The LA Times Propaganda Machine Another trick in the seemingly limitless arsenal of propaganda weapons is the LA Times repetition of the ludicrous Arab claim that it is biased in favor of Israel (7/30/06, "O.C. Rally Calls For Halt In Lebanon", front page B Section, 10 - read TEXT). We would understand an Arab claim that the LA Times is not pro-Arab enough for the extremists who rally in support of terrorism. But the reality is, the LA Times is that extremist pro-terrorist. ADL Violates LA Times Boycott - Squanders Funds On LA Times Ad Yet another communal organization, the ADL, has violated the LA Times Boycott and squandered valuable Tzedaka funds on an ad in the paper (7/28/06, page B5). In a half page ad that likely cost thousands, the ADL printed messages of support for Israel made by Governor Schwarzenegger and Mayor Villaraigosa at the July 23 Federation Rally for Israel. The LA Times rewarded the ADL for its foolishness. Above the ad, the Editors decided to place a picture of two anti-Israel protesters, one carrying a placard stating "Jews Against Zionist Aggression", the other a placard giving contact information for the extremists. The effect was to greatly diminish the message of the ADL ad, showing it a mocking contempt. And since a picture is worth a thousand words, it may even have trumped the ADL ad. We can only pity the ADL for its naivety, and advise boycotters never to donate to the ADL because of the possibility it will again violate the LA Times Boycott and squander donations on this contemptible newspaper. Bottom line: Cost of the ADL's pro-Israel message - thousands. Cost of the anti-Israel extremists' message - gratuitous. Friends of Israel cannot win when dealing with the anti-Israel LA Times. Solution - Join the Boycott. Mel Gibson's Anti-Semitism Exposed We can however point to one good thing the LA Times did. They reported the anti-semitism in Mel Gibson's abusive behaviour following his DUI arrest on PCH, a story that was exposed by a website known as TMZ (7/30/06, p. 32). Gibson's anti-semitism became apparent in his recent The Passion of The Christ movie. But he argued vociferously that he, and the movie, were not anti-semitic despite its classic slurs of Jews. Now Gibson has nowhere to hide after his cowardly tirade against Jews upon his arrest. Join the Boycott advises a total boycott of all Mel Gibson movies. Say goodbye to Mad Max. But Seattle Terrorist Excused And Explained But in a more familiar terrorist sympathizing mode, the LA Times eulogized Naveed Haq, a Pakistani who walked into the Seattle Jewish Federation and shot and killed 1 lady, Pam Wechter, and injured 6 others (7/30/06, "Friends Had No Idea He Was Violent", p. 22 - read TEXT). see Seattle Times The LA Times portrayed Haq as a pitiful, but not a violent man. They devoted as much attention to him as to his many victims. No-one has an excuse for buying (or advertising in) a non-stop anti-Israel propaganda machine like the LA Times. Subscribers, please call 1-800-252-9141 to cancel and let us know at jointheboycott@inbox.com and let all your friends know about Join the Boycott. Those who want to continue reading LA Times articles while boycotting the paper, you can catch most of the articles at the pro-Israel website of United Jerusalem (we boycott the LA Times website) - just click on the Los Angeles Times link for a list of articles. Please direct letters of protest to the LA Times to letters@latimes.com and dean.baquet@latimes.com and CC to jointheboycott@inbox.com Thank you.

Thursday August 3, 2006 - Special Boycott Report
Favor For Israel Reserved For Boycott Day At The LA Times

On Tisha B'Av, the day of Join the Boycott's latest campaign to boycott the anti-Israel media, the LA Times suddenly placed on its front page, the first significant headlines favorable to Israel of the three-week old Lebanon War. In "Most Back Israel, Split On US Role", the LA Times published a poll showing that a majority of the US public backs Israel, but is divided over what role the US should play (8/3/06, front page, 14). And in a second front page article "Hezbollah Steps Up Barrage" the LA Times reported on yesterday's barrage of over 200 rockets (there were 150 more today) which killed 1 and injured hundreds see Israel Insider (8/3/06, front page, 12 - read TEXT).

But favorable headlines notwithstanding, consideration for Israel was superficial. The content of the reports remains flawed. Despite the fact that Hezbollah is a recognized terrorist organization which intentionally fires rockets at civilians with intent to cause maximum death and injury, it is Israel, defending itself against these lawless criminals, which is the sole object of LA Times criticism on so-called "human rights". On the recent Kana tragedy they write:

"The [Israeli] army repeated regrets over civilian deaths but said it had no reason to believe civilians were in the area, and pointed out that noncombatants had been told to leave. Human rights groups, however, have denounced the strike as a possible war crime." see Hezbollah

What a despicable anti-Israel, anti-semitic distortion this is. They pointedly omitted Human Rights condemnation of Hezbollah's tactics of (a) firing intentionally at Israeli civilians and (b) using their own population as human shields. see Aish and HRW This is an outrage. Even Amnesty International, certainly no friend of Israel NGO Monitor, recognizes that the intentional targeting of civilians by terrorists is a "crime against humanity". see AI

Don't be fooled by the despicable anti-Israel LA Times. Thursday's favorable headlines were an aberration, another furtive manipulation. Subscribers, please call 1-800-252-9141 to cancel and let us know at jointheboycott@inbox.com and let all your friends know about Join the Boycott. Please direct letters of protest to the LA Times at letters@latimes.com and dean.baquet@latimes.com and CC to jointheboycott@inbox.com Thank you.

Saturday August 5, 2006 - Special Report
Virulently Anti-Israel Tracy Wilkinson Again Sneaking Into Israel

There are too many hostile LA Times reporters in Israel already with little to do but write daily anti-Israel propaganda. However, the LA Times had now added its most reviled and most virulently anti-Israel reporter, Tracy Wilkinson, to its inflammatory mix, and she is already agitating against Israel. In a carefully chosen assignment meant to cover her real purpose for being there, Wilkinson covered funerals of recent victims of Hezbollah rockets (8/5/06, "Unnerved Israeli City Buries Its Dead", front page, 12 - read TEXT). But unable to resist her natural extreme anti-Israel impulses, she exploits her assignment to agitate against Israel's conduct of the war with these carefully selected quotes, the first of which was highlighted in large text in a box in the middle of the article:

""War only brings more war. The Israelis have been fighting this for 24 days, and this isn´t working," said Younis Khorshid, an Israeli Arab engineer and father of two whose bright yellow house sits atop the village´s highest ridge.
"We understood at first, but now they [the Israeli armed forces] are overreacting. I can´t see the end of this one."" see Unnnerved

Wilkinson A Menace To Peace

Wilkinson is a lightning rod for protesters of the media's anti-Israel bias. She has made several brief attempts to infiltrate Israel again since her long stint there in the 2002-2003 period. The most recent attempt was just a few weeks ago around July 5 of this year. see above Jul 6 '06 She is typical of the most anti-Israel of propagandists who cloak their agitation in the cause of "peace", a cover for their promoting terrorism against Israel. Wilkinson's intimate familiarity with the most violent anti-Israel elements of the PLO, to the point of boasting on their behalf, makes her a menace to peace. see Watch Dec 31 '02, Aug 20 '04, Nov 11 '04 She is despised among friends of Israel.

That the LA Times continues to try and infiltrate Wilkinson into Israel is a sign of their intent to play an increased role in anti-Israel activities. The LA Times is a big part of the media war against Israel, a covert, underhand, propaganda war, about which Join the Boycott has been trying to raise public awareness for almost 20 years, the last 4 years online. see origins The situation is urgent. Subscribers, please call 1-800-252-9141 to cancel your anti-Israel LA Times and let us know at jointheboycott@inbox.com and let all your friends know about Join the Boycott. Please direct letters of protest to the LA Times at letters@latimes.com and dean.baquet@latimes.com and CC to jointheboycott@inbox.com Thank you.

Tuesday August 8, 2006 - Special Report
LA Times Assembles Team Hezbollah

Tracy Wilkinson and Megan Stack are the two most hostile anti-Israel reporters at the LA Times. Add to them Ashraf Khalil filing daily reports from Gaza that the PLO would be proud of see Israel Is Accused, Kim Murphy with her hostile anti-Israel reports from Syria, and Paul Richter's often acerbic remarks on Israel on the home front, and you can see the LA Times has assembled a veritable Team Hezbollah. A custom-made propaganda force glorifying the Hezbollah terrorists and demonizing Israel, and burying the truth under a mountain of distortion.

We are already seeing the results. Wilkinson reporting from Northern Israel and Stack continuing her Hezbollah propaganda campaign from Southern Lebanon teamed up to put together today's report (how?) which cunningly and calculatedly refers to an Israeli attack on Beirut as "terrifying", a clear attempt to score PR points for Hezbollah and turn the truth on its head (8/8/06, "Israel Vows To Widen War On Hezbollah", p. 5 - read TEXT). The implication is that, in the LA Times view, Israel is the terrorist and Hezbollah is just defending itself.... another outrageous distortion:

"Israel´s attack on the Shiyah neighborhood was especially terrifying because it was an area considered safe; refugees from bombings elsewhere had taken shelter in the neighborhood, which is not part of the Hezbollah-dominated suburban band that rings Beirut´s southern edge." see Israel

Also necessary to note is the return of more oppressive Arab-centric coverage after a slight improvement in the proportion of coverage of Israel over the last several days, though it never reached an acceptable level of balance. Today's coverage was fanatically focused on Arab interests. Of the five major front section articles, only one looked at Israel's side, four at the Arab side. And it is only likely to get worse. An Editorial "Diplomatic Semantics" (online the title was "Bush's Change Of Heart") was typical of the LA Times, preaching to Israel that it should put more faith in diplomacy (8/8/06, p. B12 - read TEXT). Perhaps the same faith it put in UN Resolution 1559, under which Lebanon was supposed to, but failed to disarm Hezbollah, with UN complicity, thereby setting up today's conflict.

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	Sunday August 20, 2006 - front page headline ISRAELI INCURSION STRAINS TRUCE
A Mocking Contempt For Jews At The LA Times The gross imbalance in LA Times reporting in favor of the Arabs shows no sign of letting up. Day after day we see large photo displays of damage in Lebanon while the extensive damage in Israel is seldom shown. There are consistently three or four times the number of articles dealing with the Arab side of the story than with Israel's side. There is an endless stream of articles on Lebanese suffering and promoting Hezbollah (8/17/06, "Trading Guns For Bulldozers", front page, 6 - read TEXT). Articles on Israel lay blame on it for negative developments, impliedly excusing Hezbollah's criminal acts (8/20/06, "Israeli Incursion Strains Truce", front page, 15 - read TEXT), portray Israel as the aggressor (8/13/06, "Hezbollah OKs Truce; Israel Pushes North", front page, 18 - read TEXT), or otherwise negatively image Israel in any way possible (8/10/06, "Old Feud Over Lebanese River Takes New Turn", p. 12-13 - read TEXT). Adding further insult is the special treatment meted out to those with a pro-Israel message. They are afforded the Editors' mocking contempt. Two recent examples illustrate this graphically. In one, an ADL ad supporting Israel was overshadowed by a gratuitous LA Times photo of anti-Israel demonstrators above the ad see above 'ADL Violates'. In the other, a published letter from Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, decrying LA Times anti-Israel coverage and announcing the cancellation of his subscription (8/13/06, "Times Coverage Is Full Of Holes", p. M2 - read TEXT), was accompanied by a pro-Hezbollah response (8/13/06, "What The Times Isn't Telling You About Hezbollah", p. M2 - read TEXT) by anti-Israel fanatic Salam Al-Marayati, and a display of three cartoons, two anti-Israel and one anti-Hezbollah. In other words, there were 3 anti-Israel features to two pro-Israel on the same page. That is the way the LA Times allows a pro-Israel message while, at the same time, drowning it out. Join the Boycott commends Rabbi Cooper for canceling. However, we are compelled to ask why a man who has devoted his life to fighting anti-semitism has been buying a newspaper that is anti-semitic and has been pursuing an aggressive non-stop propaganda war against Israel for the last 19 years. see Origins We urge all remaining subscribers to follow Rabbi Cooper's, albeit belated, example, and cancel their anti-Israel LA Times. Only one article during the war truly captured Israel's side of the story. It was the story of the heroic sacrifice of Michael Levine, an American who made Aliyah and was killed fighting in Lebanon, Z"L (8/12/06, "Soldier Was Determined To Fight For Israel", p. 12 - read TEXT). Surprisingly, it was written by Laura King, another compulsive writer of anti-Israel propaganda. However, in this presentation, she captured Levine's love for Israel. Otherwise, the LA Times has little sense of (and shows little desire for) Israel's side of the story - Iranian and Syrian support of the terrorists, Hezbollah's liability for war crimes and the UN's failure to prosecute them, Hezbollah's use of their own population as human shields, the media's complicity in Hezbollah's propaganda (a recent Tim Rutten piece at the back of the paper was a notable exception see Lebanon Photos, but is insincere, coming from a person who has steadfastly denied media bias for years ), UN complicity in Hezbollah's activities, the failure of the UN and the Lebanese government to implement its mandates, the support of World Jewry, record Aliyah, etc. The LA Times does not belong in the home of a friend of Israel. Please call 1-800-252-9141 to cancel your paper and let us know at jointheboycott@inbox.com and let all your friends know about Join the Boycott. Please direct letters of protest to the LA Times at letters@latimes.com and dean.baquet@latimes.com and CC to jointheboycott@inbox.com Thank you.