RMEW Wins a Round; Reuters ‘Adapts’ Racist Rhetoric
Middle East • January 2011 • Views: 624
In our post just below, we noted Reuters use of the racist and anachronistic appellation, Arab East Jerusalem, designating the Old City of Jerusalem where Jews were driven out by Arab armies in 1948-49, their homes gutted, synagogues turned to rubble, and cemeteries desecrated. Of course, Reuters doesn’t provide the historical context under which Jerusalem became (overnight) “Arab East Jerusalem” — a trophy name celebrating the ethnic cleansing of Jews from the city… cont’d