Independent Media Center, Israel http://indymedia.org.il Haaretz has one (1) Arab reporterTuesday 15 Oct 2002 author: Iris

Since the beginning of the Intifada, and after protest that included even one demonstration, Haaretz finally hired one Arab reporter - Jalal Banna, who mainly covers the issues of Arabs inside the greenline. Haaretz have more 2 reporters who can speak Arabic,one of them is responsible for the west bank + Gaza strip coverage. 1/3 of the issues that the newspaper is coverning are related to Palestinian issues - but they have just 2-3 reporters working on this issue continously. All Haaretz news about the other parts of the middle east(most of the middle east) are translated from British & American newspapers. AlJazeera - for the other hand, have a reporter in any sight... they have 2 reporters in Palestine, who are concerened, also, in Israeli issues, and both can speak Hebrew. This media resource is known as one of the best all over the world, and played during the Afghanistan war the same role as the C.N.N. played during the first golf war. There is also Abu Dhabi satelite that have not bad news at all.

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