If you consider the NY Times a relaible source, they just had a story about various Israeli citizens being imprisoned for liking facebook posts the government didn't like.
Which in no way detracts from anything Ken is saying, but let's not pretend that Israel gives its population extensive freedom of speech protections to criticize the government or its military. It does not.
I think the point is that Israel has some freedom of speech (it used to have more, before Netanyahu--in those days, it was easier to criticize the Israeli government in Israel than in the United States) while the surrounding countries have no such concept.
Point to a single objective source in all the media on this issue. additionally you need to point to the falsehoods of the articles claims not a broad brush dismissal if you care about honesty.
Even if Al Jazeera isn't objective, that is just one of four links.
Besides, inside Israel, all you have to do is read Haaretz. Which the Israeli government hates.
Hates it about as much as the US dems hate Fox News. But neither one bans either. Not yet, anyway.
Can anyone cite (alive) dissent from Hamas government?
If you consider the NY Times a relaible source, they just had a story about various Israeli citizens being imprisoned for liking facebook posts the government didn't like.
Which in no way detracts from anything Ken is saying, but let's not pretend that Israel gives its population extensive freedom of speech protections to criticize the government or its military. It does not.
I think the point is that Israel has some freedom of speech (it used to have more, before Netanyahu--in those days, it was easier to criticize the Israeli government in Israel than in the United States) while the surrounding countries have no such concept.
More extensive freedom than in any of the neighboring lands.
Neither is Israel!
Point to a single objective source in all the media on this issue. additionally you need to point to the falsehoods of the articles claims not a broad brush dismissal if you care about honesty.