On Saturday, July 27, Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets at northern Israel, hitting the Druze town of Majdal Shams on the Golan Heights. At least one of the rockets hit a soccer pitch where children were playing. Twelve children and young teenagers were killed; 44 were wounded. The BBC had a most peculiar way of […]
How Le Monde, ‘The Paper Everyone Reads,’ Discusses Israel and the Palestinians
Le Monde is the paper read by the French elite. It was founded in 1944 by the distinguished journalist Hubert Beuve-Méry at the behest of Charles De Gaulle. For a long time it deserved its reputation, for the excellence of its reporting and the elevated language (langue soutenue) in which it was written. But starting in […]
France’s ‘Le Monde’ says of Afghan migrants, ‘Being a member of the Taliban does not necessarily pose a threat’
Not necessarily! So relax! “Reception of Afghans in France: the Taliban do not necessarily constitute a terrorist threat,” translated from “Accueil d’Afghans en France : les talibans ne constituent pas forcément une menace terroriste,” by Jacques Follorou, Le Monde, August 25, 2021 (thanks to Will): France’s reception of Afghans fleeing the Taliban regime which came […]