ARABS SOFT ON JEWS (BUT NOT REUTERS)

Hogan's Arabs (WSJ-BOTW)
Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya, the Arab TV networks, are under fire for allegedly sympathetic coverage of Israel's evacuation of Jewish neighborhoods from Gaza, Agence France-Presse reports:

"We understand when the international media fall into the trap of the Jewish settlers and run live coverage of the evacuation," said Abdel Bari Atwan, editor-in-chief of the London-based newspaper Al-Qods Al-Arabi. . . .

The criticism stemmed mainly from footage of the Jewish settlers crying over their lost homes, scenes which were seen as depicting the Israelis as victims, explained Atwan.

And the images of Israeli forces evacuating angry settlers without violence were seen as portraying the army as a powerful and disciplined institution.

Thank goodness for Reuters, which hews to the anti-Semitic hardline.  In an article entitled, Israel shows moving settlements is not so hard, Reuters ignores the sympathetic images broadcast by those Jew-loving Arab broadcasters, ignores the woman who set herself on fire and the people dragged out of synogogues, and reports that "In a few long days, Israeli forces have buried any idea that giving up settlements on land Palestinians want for a state would be impossibly traumatic."

Meanwhile, the Arab News reports on a scandal in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia:

Paper cups with Hebrew writing disturbed both employees and medical staff at King Khaled National Guard Hospital on Saturday. The catering subcontractor for the hospital coffee shops began using them on Saturday after their usual supply ran out.

"We were shocked and angry," said an employee. "How can Israeli products be allowed and how did they enter this hospital?" he asked. . . .

The paper cups were quickly withdrawn from use but might there not be other, less obvious, Israeli products in our shops and marketplaces?