ALGEMEINER
by Adam Levick
January 5, 2014

A January 1 article published in the Guardian’s Global Development section by Liz Ford started off promisingly enough, with a rare look into the culture of misogyny, rape, spousal abuse, and honor killings in Palestinian society……Are we to believe that Palestinian men can’t control themselves when faced with the sudden urge – following “military strikes on Gaza” – to assault women and girls? More broadly, it’s quite telling that, out of 560 words of total text, an article ostensibly about violence, rape, honor killings, and misogyny within Palestinian society devotes 117 words (more than 20% of the total) to criticizing Israel. READ MORE