Three posts elsewhere that might be of interest to you:

1) “As a TV producer I am aware of how programmes like this are normally put together. What made observing the techniques of the people behind this particular show so interesting, was seeing how they veered from the normal practice of keeping every element as balanced as possible so as to encourage an interesting and respectful debate.”
Jonathan Sacerdoti’s superb dissection of the ridiculous Alan Hart Press TV ‘debate’ which I wrote about on Friday.

2) “Which brings us to the Haredi community, who feel that their values, hundreds of years old, are being marginalised and subjected to mockery. The Haredi element of Israeli society is perceived as becoming increasingly extremist in reaction to safeguard themeslves from the rest of Israeli society. Rioting against the gay pride parade is merely one example; now it is not unheard of to hear of women being verbally and/or physically assaulted for unwittingly taking a seat in the male section of a (de-facto) gender segregated bus. Similarly, women have been beaten up and had rocks thrown at them because their dress sense is deemed immodest by Haredi vigilantes.”
Elan Miller’s thoughts on my article about Jerusalem Pride.

3) “Mahmoud Abbas admitted that the previous Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, offered him 97% of the West Bank, a recognition of the right of return and the actual resettlement of thousands of Palestinian refugees inside Israel, yet he still turned the proposal down.”
Hold the front page: a good response to Bibi’s speech and the hopes for peace, on Comment Is Free. (Don’t worry, the assembled Jew-bashers and terror-groupies give Jeremy Sharon’s reasonable post short shrift.)

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