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Gideon Levy is known to be using translators that are affiliated with the ] movement. His critics say that for this reason too his reports do not reflect the Palestinian society correctly. Journalist and feminist activist ] said: "Gideon Levi's whole career is filled with shoddy work, because he's one of the only journalists in the world dealing with Arab issues, who doesn't speak Arabic, doesn't understand Arabic and doesn't read Arabic. They simultaneously translate for him and it's enough for him. In my opinion, that's amateur journalism. <ref>http://www.nfc.co.il/archive/0019-D-1068-00.html?tag=14-23-47</ref> {{he icon}} Gideon Levy is known to be using translators that are affiliated with the ] movement. His critics say that for this reason too his reports do not reflect the Palestinian society correctly. Journalist and feminist activist ] said: "Gideon Levi's whole career is filled with shoddy work, because he's one of the only journalists in the world dealing with Arab issues, who doesn't speak Arabic, doesn't understand Arabic and doesn't read Arabic. They simultaneously translate for him and it's enough for him. In my opinion, that's amateur journalism. <ref>http://www.nfc.co.il/archive/0019-D-1068-00.html?tag=14-23-47 {{he icon}}</ref>
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Gideon Levy is an Israeli journalist for Ha'aretz and former spokesman for Shimon Peres A recurring theme of his articles is what he calls the "moral blindness" of the Israeli society to the effects of its acts of war and occupation, an attitude which he attributes to the systematic dehumanization of Israel's neighbours. During the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, he joined a distinct minority of Israeli commentators by rejecting the view that this was a "just war" whose civilian casualties were inevitable and acceptable.

In 1996 he was awarded the Emil Grunzweig Human Rights Award by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel.

Critics

Gideon Levy is known to be using translators that are affiliated with the Fatah movement. His critics say that for this reason too his reports do not reflect the Palestinian society correctly. Journalist and feminist activist Irit Linur said: "Gideon Levi's whole career is filled with shoddy work, because he's one of the only journalists in the world dealing with Arab issues, who doesn't speak Arabic, doesn't understand Arabic and doesn't read Arabic. They simultaneously translate for him and it's enough for him. In my opinion, that's amateur journalism. In 2006 his articles about the 2006 Israel-Lebanon War had such titles like the "IDF's war on children" and "The crime of looking a bit too Arab"? Levy blames Israel for demonizing and dehumanizing the Palestinians.

References

  1. "Gideon Levy, Shimon Peres's former personal aide and one-time Labor Partyspokesman." Honig, Sarah. "Brains in deep freeze." The Jerusalem Post, Pg. 8B. Friday, October 20, 2000.
  2. http://www.nfc.co.il/archive/0019-D-1068-00.html?tag=14-23-47 Template:He icon
  3. "Criticism of Israel Is not 'anti-Semitism'". 2006-09-05 publisher=Arab News. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Missing pipe in: |date= (help); line feed character in |date= at position 15 (help)

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