Save IndyMedia!

Sunday August 04, 2002 14:24

by Jake from Canada

I am sick and tired of Indy Media and human Rights Groups being hijacked by the Pro Arab Lobby. There are already many many Arab sites that are Hate-Filled.

. As far as human rights go, Israel has the best human rights record of any Middle East country. I challenge any reader to dispute this fact.

Palestinian media and outside sources claim that Arafat has ordered or allowed the public execution of over 800 of his own people for political reasons. The Free Lebanon Web Site claims Arafat and the PLO massacred Lebanese villages. Syria massacred about 4000 Fundamentalists and Jordan killed hundred of them. Egypt is still torturing and killing hundred of people who belong to the Muslim Brotherhood. What kind of Human Rights are there in Saudi Arabia where not long ago a Canadian Woman working there was arrested by the religious police and taken to jail where see was beaten so badly her face was scared. Her crime? She was in a car with men. They were beaten also.

Why are the Indy Media and Humanitarian Groups almost silent in the face of all these massacres and human rights abuses? Why do they allow Pro Arab Groups to dominate their Web Sites with the same old Jew Bashing Hate Mongering. If the articles had something constructive to say in order to further the Peace Process than that is OK. And some of the articles do attempt to do that but the majority is just hate mongering and have no place on Indy Media.

So let’s save Indy Media for enlightened minds and constructive comments and fair coverage!