And anti-Israel publication +972 may just have helped him (hat tip: Benjamin Tudela).
But first, some background.
Joseph Dana is an anti-Israel writer and BDSHole, who has written for the likes of Electronic Intifada, Mondoweiss, and +972.
But it seems Dana has apparently “sold out” – by writing an EasyJet mag article promoting tourism & business in Israel (from p52-53).
A serious crime for a BDSHole to be sure, brought to our attention by Electronic Intifada’s Asa Winstanley.
Sad news: @ibnezra has sold out w/ this hideous EasyJet mag article promoting tourism & business in Israel (p. 53) http://t.co/WoJ0Hy6e1C
— Asa Winstanley (@AsaWinstanley) September 30, 2013
Winstanley is clearly devastated…and furious.
Winstanley’s scorn extends to +972, which has clearly deleted any evidence of Dana’s articles there.
“I worked tirelessly for years at 972 and never made a single pound” – @ibnezra denies shame at @972mag work, despite having it deleted — Asa Winstanley (@AsaWinstanley) September 30, 2013
I mean he wrote articles for us too, but I guess he thought better of asking us to delete — no way we would do that http://t.co/UdPO5DIF9E
— Asa Winstanley (@AsaWinstanley) September 30, 2013
His work on @Mondoweiss still up too: http://t.co/6Vyh6BtMa8 — shame on @972mag for agreeing to to delete @ibnezra‘s old work for career — Asa Winstanley (@AsaWinstanley) September 30, 2013
I think the decision of a BDS proponent to write a tourist piece on Israel, and the decision of a publication like +972 to enable him to pursue this career, constitutes another BDS fail.
Update: Dana responds via Twitter:
In less than 24 hours, I will be leaving Israel/Palestine after living here for seven years.
— joseph dana (@ibnezra) September 30, 2013
Despite having brought countless important stories about Palestine to light, I am now the subject of attack by certain segments of the left
— joseph dana (@ibnezra) September 30, 2013
This is because I have written a piece for East Jet about Tel Aviv #pt
— joseph dana (@ibnezra) September 30, 2013
My role here for the past number of years has been as a journalist and so I have done countless stories about Israel and Palestine.
— joseph dana (@ibnezra) September 30, 2013
The most recent attack has highlighted how difficult that role is in Israel/Palestine and this underlines one reason why I am relocating #pt
— joseph dana (@ibnezra) September 30, 2013
972 Magazine is a Hamas front group
What is the background on Mondoweiss?
I have seen articles on Israel’s electronic warfare activities, at least what is not classified. Compared to that, Electronic Intifada is nothing more than an amateur sitzkrieg. It’s important to keep this in mind in order to retain proper perspective.
Tee hee. And this is official.
He’s probably instructing young white people how to smuggle car bombs into Israel.
Perhaps most troubling for Dana is that he has described his own article for easy jet as “not my best piece of work” and said he understands the anger at the piece. What kind of clueless amateur criticizes the publication that just hired him, especially his own piece for it? If you would like easy jet to reconsider their hiring of such a controversial and sloppy writer you can contact them here :
http://traveller.easyjet.com/contact/
please note that dana has undergone attacks from the “right” for years and never thought to leave israel or fakestine
yet, he says he must leave now because of attacks from the left
hmmmmmmm