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Revision as of 17:38, 5 September 2006 by Ecki~enwiki (talk | contribs) (→Critics)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)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 carrear 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. Template:He icon 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
- "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.
- http://www.nfc.co.il/archive/0019-D-1068-00.html?tag=14-23-47
- "Criticism of Israel Is not 'anti-Semitism'". 2006-09-05
publisher=Arab News.
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External links
- Interview with Levy on PBS (2003)
- Selection of articles by Levy
- Critical review of Gideon Levy Historical and Investigative Research
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