Comments on: Drug Libel

By: Update al Dura « Letters from Rungholt

Update al Dura « Letters from Rungholt — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:31:06 +0000

[...] es gibt auch Leute, die glauben, die Anschläge vom 11. September waren unser Werk. Und Brunnen vergiften wir [...]

By: Israellycool » Blog Archive » Drug Libel Reporter’s New Job

Israellycool » Blog Archive » Drug Libel Reporter’s New Job — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:12:52 +0000

[...] I posted about ABC Australia’s admission that a report blaming Israel for palestinian drug woes did contain inaccuracies and was in breach of its own editorial standards for balance. Although the [...]

By: Israellycool » Blog Archive » Drug Libel IV: The Admission of Wrongdoing

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:25:13 +0000

[...] I am happy to report that Israellycool correspondent Dr Sam has managed to help reverse at least some of the damage caused by the ABC’s drug libel, first posted here. [...]

By: Israellycool » Blog Archive » Drug Libel II: The Stand

Israellycool » Blog Archive » Drug Libel II: The Stand — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:59:58 +0000

[...] reader and friend Dr Sam finally received a reply from ABC Australia regarding the David Hardaker drug libel against Israel (after almost 3 months without a response, Dr Sam finally received a reply within a [...]

By: Dr Sam

Dr Sam — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:28:54 +0000

No follow up yet. aliyah06, perhaps you could get my email address from Dave so that I could contact you?

Thanks

By: elixelx

elixelx — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:35:15 +0000

When I smoke hash I just get the hungries and an inexplicable tickle in my groin.

When Arabs smoke hash they get the jihadis and an inexplicable desire to committ suicide!

By: aliyah06

aliyah06 — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:37:08 +0000

Any followup from these media geniuses yet? I’m very curious because this propaganda flies in the face of reality: my husband is a Jerusalem cop and he and the Border Police just interdicted a car full of hashish about a week ago–coming from Ramallah INTO Jerusalem, NOT the other way around.

By: Dr Sam

Dr Sam — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:51:03 +0000

Update:

I spoke with the head of Audience and Consumer Affairs, Kirsty to find out what is going on:

1. Hardaker has placed in the post a large bundle of documents
2. They could not say when they were posted or when they will arrive

So I asked them to pull the story. They said they couldn’t do this without seeing his documents. I therefore asked as follows:

What would a document look like that proved that Jews were getting palestinians addicted to drugs to steal their houses? She said she couldn’t answer such a question on the phone, but understood why I was so angry.

By: Eyal

Eyal — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:34:51 +0000

Hey, you should also mention that most of the drugs bought by Israelis are sold in Israeli Arab towns, ie, most of the drugs sold in Tel Aviv are bought in Jaffa; Lod and Ramla which have large Arab populations are major trafficking centers. Not to mention that almost all the drugs that enter Israel come from Egypt (and used to come from Lebanon). The above is common knowledge in Israel, and I doubt many credible Arab Israelis would dispute these facts. So if anything, Pals are buying drugs supplied by their Arab friends abroad. And Israeli Arabs are the main suppliers to Israeli Jews. So this piece was total hogwash.

By: Calev

Calev — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:02:29 +0000

DAVID HARDAKER: From what you know, are the Israelis deliberately allowing drugs to come into the Palestinian area, or are they simply being neglectful?

This is a loaded question which clearly displays the ABC journalist’s bias against Israel. Either Israel is to blame because it’s complicit in the supply of drugs - or it’s to blame because it is neglecting it! IF the story is true that the supply of drugs to Arabs in the territories is booming then maybe a reason could be that Israel’s resources - already stretched because of vital day-to-day security concerns - simply can’t cope with the increase in those types of crime that do not existentially threaten the country.