Israel seeks airwave supremacy

[DogPoundPup]

Israel has been aiming for total air supremacy in more than one way in Gaza - it wants to dominate the airwaves of the news organisations with its own narrative.

An Israeli military policeman orders journalists to move location on the Israeli side of the Erez border crossing - 8/1/2009
The Israeli military has exercised tight control over international media

To that end it has prevented foreign correspondents from entering Gaza - so too, for its own reasons, has Egypt from its border with Gaza.

The Israeli military and the government press office have got round a ruling by the Israeli Supreme Court that a pool, or controlled group, of media be allowed in by saying that it is too dangerous.

Israel did give a cameraman brief access with an Israeli patrol and that has been all. Instead, the Israelis have been providing their own video, much of it taken from aircraft.

rEAD MORE: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7823887.stm

[ShadesOfGrey]

1. Only one side of this situation MUST be shown...

the Israeli side.

Too late Israel, you've already lost your PR campaign.