Another Point of View

The buzz from the Christian Right is that our media is drenched with pro-Palestinian, anti-Israeli propaganda.

At the the Zoo, we keep in touch with Sam Bahour, an American of Palenstinian descent now residing in Ramallah. He is a businessman and has been trying to wade through Israeli red-tape and investor reluctance to get a small shopping center started.

He maintains a newslist which you can subscribe to here. Or you can just "find out about it" here.

Sam is a decent guy, moderate enough that he'll be interviewed by NPR from time to time (and is tickled when you email him to say you heard him).

If you are interested in a Palestinian voice that (a) is from "the front"; (b) is not awash in rhetoric; (c) that realistically conveys the nature and scope of Israeli activities on the West Bank and the consequent suffering of the Palestinians and (d) with an "American accent", give Sam a try. If there is a future for Israel and Palestine that doesn't involve bloodshed, it will involve folks like Sam.

Try his posts and see if they sound like everything else you get in the msm.