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An interesting piece at Israel Insider about the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI): MEMRI provides window into the Arab media.
MEMRI exposes the West to the real sentiments of the Arab regimes as expressed in their respective government controlled press. Carmon said it was an “uphill battle” to get the press of democratic nations to report on the “vile ideology” uncovered by his organization. Even the Jerusalem Post practiced self-censorship and refused to report on the contemptible propaganda against Jews revealed in the Egyptian press, Carmon said.
“It contradicts the idea we are going toward peace. The western mind does not believe there’s such a thing as undeserved hatred… Americans keep asking ‘why do they hate us?’”
Carmon said that for MEMRI, “there is a role… to expose as much as we can.”