- Banned
- #301
Arab Muslim Israeli Journalist Khaled Abu Toameh.
Israel is a free and open country with a democracy, that respects the freedom of the media. You can basically write any anti-Israel story and still walk in downtown Jerusalem or Tel Aviv without having to worry about your safety. Anyone can be a journalist in Israel.
We dont have a free media in the Palestinian area, we didnt have one when I was working there in the late 70s and early 80s, we didnt have one when the PLO came here after the signing of the Oslo accords and we still dont have one under Fatah and Hamas.
Israel is a free and open democratic country. I enjoy living here and I would rather live as a second class citizen in Israel, even though Im not, than a first class citizen in any Arab country.
Im not pro-Israel, Im not pro-Palestinian and Im not pro-American. But as a journalist, Im pro the facts and pro the truth.
http://www.frumforum.com/abu-toameh-what-the-western-