Friday, March 7, 2008

Letter to my email list

Friends,

On the same day that The Washington Post printed another in their continuous series of profiles of Palestinians inconvenienced by Israel’s defensive barrier, Israel suffered a major attack on its civilians ( 8 dead, many maimed in Jerusalem attack)- proof of why the security barrier is so necessary.

I have written quite a few letters as you know but what would really be helpful is if we all wrote letters, even short ones, showing outrage at the Post’s anti-Israel bias as exhibited by out-of-context articles – the same day of the horrendous murders and maiming of Israeli youth. The Post needs to hear from more voices - the cause for Israel is truly a fight of public and world opinion as is disseminated in newspapers and other news sources. When they hear from the same voices over and over it is easy to filter us out. There are several hundred people on this email list – we all need to write a letter – have your friends write one, too. I would be glad to help.

Main strategies:
-be concise
-be clear
-be cordial (despite how hard it might be)

They need to be held accountable for their bias. They are complicit in shaping world opinion.

Regards,

Michael