One can really tell that the International Herald Tribune is the sister publication of the New York Times. Like the New York Times, the IHT never saw a liberal it didn't love or a conservative it didn't hate – or a fact its editors couldn't spin.
The Times generally uses the IHT as its international hit man, reserving its own pages to advance the policies of the Democrat Party.
The IHT ran a story entitled "Is Global Rebranding What Israel Needs?" The piece opened by recognizing Israel as the world's pariah state:
Its sports teams have met hostility and violent protests in Sweden, Spain and Turkey. Mauritania has closed the Israeli Embassy. Relations with Turkey, an important Muslim ally, have suffered severely. A group of top international judges and human rights investigators recently called for an investigation into Israel's actions in Gaza. "Israel Apartheid Week" drew participants in 54 cities around the world this month, twice the number of last year, according to its organizers. And even in the American Jewish community, albeit in its liberal wing, there is a chill.
Having established that everybody hates Israel (even liberal Jews), the columnist, Ethan Bronner, went on to build his case that Israel deserves it:
Of course, for Israel's critics, including those who firmly support the existence of a Jewish state, the problem is not one of image but of policy. They say that four decades of occupation, the settling of half a million Israeli Jews on land captured in 1967, the economic strangling of Gaza for the past few years and the society's growing indifference toward a Palestinian state are all reasons Israel has lost favor abroad, and that no amount of image buffing will change that....read more
Lori's news links and comments
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Iran's Revolutionary Guards dismantles unspecified number of Web sites
Iran TV: Domestic satellite 'completes mission'
US ready for any North Korean missile
America 'Moves Towards Abandonment of Israel'
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PA plans to fly glider painted in Palestinian colors over Jerusalem
Israel seizes Hamas political leaders
Netanyahu seeking BO meeting in May U.S. trip
Russia backs EU in pre-G20 stimulus debate
2.5 Million Protest Sarkozy Economic Policies
U.N. panel says world should ditch dollar
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The world economy is set to shrink... the first global contraction in 60 years
Europe plans to use its own carrier rocket Vega instead of Russian ones Vega is arabic for "falling vulture"
Russia and US discuss resetting of ties
Russian-Chinese exercises to be held in China in summer "dubbed Peace Mission 2009"
Values to form core of EU 'Eastern Partnership'
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