Going to Gaza. Advice?

[Panag]

Originally posted by Evil Knevil
I'm sorry to be a bit humourless, but I don't want to talk about it right now. I just posted to say that I'm alive.

hi ,


why , .........


now you know what you are getting into , .........


now you have seen a bit of our world , .......

problems dealing with the experience > talk about it (!) or it eats you alive , ..........

have a nice day & welcome back

[Sava]

Going to Gaza. Advice?

kevlar....

darnit MattH beat me to it

[MattH]

I'm quick!

(super smash brothers announcer)
WELCOME BACK!

[Sava]

WELCOME BACK!

heh thanks... super smash bros. owns!!!

[Dinner]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
PBS is pro-Israel? - thats news to me.

They're not but they did write a few things they should have clarified better. For instance they reported that "the Israelis have shot 40 journalists since the intifada began" then several paragraphs latter we learn that all but one of them was shot with rubber bullets and we never find out the Israeli side of the story at all. That's just crappy journalism. They should have made the distrinction between rubber bullets and real bullits right up front and if they're going to interview a Palestinian so he can tell his side then they should speak with an Israeli to get the other side. If the Israeli government won't comment then interview a soldier on the street or find someone who just got out of the Army and ask him about the situation.

Edit: Spelling.

[MattH]

bullets.

And that's anti-Isreal

[Az]

Why are all news agencies cameramen palestinian? Isn't that unfair?

[Evil Knevil]

1/ I was betrayed by my company.
2/ I was shot at.
3/ I saw kids being shot at.
4/ I tasted tear gas.

Funny story though, after my 'liason' (a nice woman who could speak Hebrew) left for home they wanted me to be attached to a group of ISM. First thing I said when I saw those kids in their yellow jackets "I am not ****ing believing this...". They wanted me to hang around with the protestors/bullet magnets.

I will talk later. I guess Rafah isn't so bad it was more the bad treatment I got from my company. They're even disputing my buying a torch in my expenses.

[muxec]

You'd better film Tel-Aviv... A lot of intresting stuff: parks, sea, museum...

[Evil Knevil]

I'm not a cameraman, sadly I've got a really cool photo of me staring down an Israeli bulldozer, which I'll show when I get my SM card back from work --as well as get the picture cleared.

[Dinner]

So you really weren't there in a journalist capacity? I can't think of a single reason for a journalist to stand infront of a bulldozer unless he is really an activist and not an impartial journalist. If you were doing bone headed stunts like that then you'd have deserved to be shot at with rubber bullets.

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Evil Knevil
1/ I was betrayed by my company.
2/ I was shot at.
3/ I saw kids being shot at.
4/ I tasted tear gas.

Not bad for 6 days

[Evil Knevil]

I was reporting on the bulldozing. I only stood in its way briefly, to take the picture. There were plenty of ISM to be rubber/lead fodder.

Some silly woman called Rachel Corrie was mushed by one in March and I wanted to take a picture of how freaking cool/bigass/scary the things looked.

I even said thankyou to the driver, much to the disgust of the protestors

See, your accusing me of bias already!

[MattH]

Betrayed by your company? Wow.

[Panag]

Originally posted by Azazel
Why are all news agencies cameramen palestinian? Isn't that unfair?

hi ,

there are others , they just dont get attention , ......

it aint *news* if it aint filmed by a pal cam men , .....

have a nice day