World Cup and the digital switchover
Following appeared in the Jordan Times Newspaper If all goes as planned, this could be the last World Cup that the general public in most Arab countries, including Jordan and Palestine, will not be able to watch for free. According to FIFA laws and regulations, TV broadcasting of the game should not be monopolised by any […]
Israel opens gates to collective reprisals for youth murders
By Daoud Kuttab Twelve days of constant media coverage, often 24-hour live reporting and repeated accusations from the very top of the Israeli government of the involvement of Hamas in the kidnapping and killing of the three Israeli youths, have reached the level of hysteria. The Israeli army, well-armed Jewish settlers and even members of the press have taken […]