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נפגשים במבואות יריחו ביום ראשון  ז' אדר (21/02) ב- 16:30. משם - צעדה רגלית
ושיירת מכוניות. לפרטים באשר להגעה מירושלים: גרעין יריחו- 052-6071528,
052-6737562.

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Warning: Certain JTA stories about Israel may not be truthful

You will remember that last year, we all approached the JTA, a news agency
serving the American Jewish press, and asked them to correct a story about
Israeli settlers who purportedly "threw acid at soldiers". But the JTA, in
extensive email correspondence with Mattot Arim, coldly refused to check up
on the story adequately – such as, by simply asking a police or army
spokesperson for the names and medical records of the "soldiers" purportedly
hurt by the "acid."

The JTA was even impertinent enough to put out a special post entitled
"We stand
by our story":
http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2009/10/02/1008266/the-acid-test-we-stand-by-our-reporting

Other media had written the same thing the JTA did, the JTA boasted, citing
the Jerusalem Post, among other media.

The JTA's response gave Mattot Arim an interesting idea. Since the Jerusalem
Post has a very good name, we contacted the Post about *their* "settlers
throw acid" story, to see what a good news outfit does when challenged. Was
the JTA's poor standard everyone's standard?

No. The Jerusalem Post was fair and professional, unlike the JTA. The Post
DID look into our complaint about the seeming falsity of the report. The
Post DID contact the Israel Police. And they DID manage to find out that the
story was false. Instead of "standing by their story", the Jerusalem Post
published a detailed correction, entitled " Claim settlers used acid against
police in Hebron unsubstantiated":
http://209.85.129.132/search?q=cache:PuRNSiRRETIJ:www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite%3Fcid%3D1260447442232%26pagename%3DJPArticle%252FShowFull+jpost+acid+susie+dym&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=il

Mattot Arim politely brought the Jerusalem Post's hard work and good findings
to the attention of the JTA. Here is the JTA Editor's response:

*From:* Ami Eden <aeden at jta.org>

*Sent:* Tuesday, December 15, 2009 10:53 PM

*Subject:* Re: attn Ami Eden – (…) inappropriate for you to continue
standing by your acid story

I saw the JPost article and plan to write about it in some way.

Since the JTA editor gave that undertaking, many months have gone by.  Has
the original story been corrected by the JTA, and has the JTA's "stand by
our story" post been pulled? No. The "settlers threw acid" allegation, which
can by now only be termed a falsehood, still adorns the JTA website.
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/06/24/1005829/behind-the-headlines-radical-jewish-settlers

Conclusion: *Please do not automatically believe press reports about
"settlers".*

And the JTA is not the only example of this problem. For example, a
front-page New York Times report a few years ago said that 86% of the land
of an Israeli city called Maale Adumim was built on private Palestinian
land:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/21/world/middleeast/21land.html?ex=1321765200&en=fcdc2fa8abaf254e&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

The New York Times was forced to grudgingly admit later, however, that "some
differences" between the original story and "new data" did "complicate the
picture… The earlier data showed Maale Adumim containing 86 percent private
Palestinian land…. According to the new data, however, only 0.54 percent of
the settlement is listed as private land." Aha. Not 86% - half a percent and
even that, in a list which is not court-tested.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/14/world/middleeast/14israel.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

So, it cannot be said too often: Do NOT blindly believe JTA, NYT, and many
other news media when they write about Jewish communities in Judea and
Samaria. Sometimes news media's political beliefs may overcome their
journalistic skills, making their stories unreliable fare for readers.
Please pass this on.

March to Jericho Sunday 7 Adar/21 February

Meet in Mevoot Yericho (see below for how to get there) at 16:30. Proceed to
Jericho by car and on foot For particulars: Garin Yericho – tel 052-6071528,
052-6737562..

Getting to Mevoot Yericho from Jerusalem: Take Highway 1 to the Jordan
Valley; turn north to Highway 90 following the signpost to Beit Shean. After
some 20 km, turn left towards Yitav inside the Arab village of Uja which
straddles Highway 90 and travel some 5 km. Opposite the entrance to Yitav,
turn left again (signposted towards Jericho), travel some 5km and watch for
signs to Mevoot Yericho .(There are roadworks in the area, so watch signs
carefully.

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http://mattotarim1.blogspot.com

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