Seth Mandel@SethAMandel

Is Jodi Rudoren the worst major-outlet reporter covering the Arab-Israeli conflict? Is anyone even close to this bad?  http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/19/world/middleeast/in-jerusalem-war-of-neighbors-the-differences-are-not-negotiable.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0 …

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Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:18:05

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— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel)Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:18:05

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Attack "underscored growing indications that extremists on both sides are turning the stalemated battle..into a full-throated religious war"

Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:20:11

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— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel)Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:20:11

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Yes Jodi. The spilling of Jewish blood in a shul by Palestinian terrorists deserves the mealy mouthed "on the one hand on the other" garbage

Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:21:10

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— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel)Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:21:10

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Also, time to end this nonsense about the Temple Mount "status quo." It's the Palestinians who are trying to change it. Bibi made it clear..

Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:23:29

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— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel)Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:23:29

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...that Israel isn't changing the status quo. But Palestinians now don't want Jews to even visit, let alone pray. So for Rudoren to accept..

Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:24:00

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— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel)Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:24:00

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..the idiocy that Israel is disrupting the status quo shows the kind of aggressive, astounding ignorance you rarely see outside of, say, Vox

Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:24:58

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— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel)Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:24:58

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Rudoren puts her thumb on the scales: "Jewish vandalism against mosques is a regular occurrence." Citation Jodi, or are you not a reporter?

Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:26:20

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— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel)Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:26:20

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And is there vandalism against Jewish property? Of course there is. Might have made a good sentence to follow up with.

Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:27:50

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— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel)Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:27:50

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But that would be "balance," & balance is only important to Rudoren when she can draw equivalence between Jewish prayer & Islamic terrorism.

Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:28:59

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— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel)Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:28:59

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How did the Temple Mount status quo come about? Oh right, Israel could have exercised full control but handed the keys back to the waqf.

Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:30:22

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— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel)Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:30:22

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So Israel created the status quo that gives more rights to Muslims than Jews on TM, & Israel is upholding that status quo.

Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:31:11

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— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel)Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:31:11

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So why the violence then? Rudoren wants us to believe it's "extremists" on both sides. What she means is Jews minding their business...

Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:31:55

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— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel)Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:31:55

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...and getting murdered in cold blood for it. By whom? Angry hatchets? Sentient cars? Come on, Jodi, say it.

Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:32:41

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— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel)Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:32:41

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The fact is, Jewish "extremists" pray, Palestinian "moderates" incite mass violence against men, women, and children.

Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:34:50

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— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel)Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:34:50

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Jodi has trouble saying anything close to the truth. It would be inconvenient 2 her agenda (It would also require a modicum of intelligence)

Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:36:03

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— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel)Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:36:03

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Perhaps my favorite part tho is where she repeats like a parrot Khatib's complains that life is so much worse for Arabs in J'lem than in WB

Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:37:38

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— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel)Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:37:38

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Really? Well why don't we ask the Arabs of Jerusalem whether they prefer Israeli government or to live under the Palestinian Authority?

Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:38:05

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— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel)Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:38:05

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Ah right. We do ask them. And they say they prefer Israel. I wonder why that is? It's a question a decent reporter might have thought to ask

Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:38:30

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— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel)Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:38:30

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But we are not dealing with a decent reporter, we are dealing with Rudoren, so we simply get told that life is better for Arabs in WB

Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:39:02

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— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel)Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:39:02

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Basic reporting 101 should have had Rudoren challenging so much here. Does she not consider what she does "reporting"? She should say so.

Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:41:20

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— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel)Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:41:20

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So if you're playing along, CAIR, the Bahraini gov't, & the Turkish gov't all took a tougher line on the terror than Rudoren and the NYT.

Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:43:51

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— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel)Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:43:51

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If Rudoren can't control herself then she should at least wait until the blood is dry before her degraded equivalence.

Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:45:54

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— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel)Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:45:54

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Also: what makes Rudoren think this is turning into a religious war? Where the hell has she been? It's always been a war against the Jews.

Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:46:56

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— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel)Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:46:56

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And that's why the Temple Mount stuff is important. The agreement over the TM proves the Jews can and will compromise their own rights...

Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:47:33

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— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel)Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:47:33

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...in order to privilege the rights of Muslims so the two can share the same plot of land and live together in peace.

Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:48:09

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— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel)Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:48:09