Urgent: Responses needed!
In this week's opinion section of York's Excalibur, Ghada Taweel writes:
York students should not stand idly by while things like this are being written. We need to respond to articles like this so that people see there is another side to the story.
Email letters toletters@excal.on.ca.
These facts indicate one thing: The arrest of Palestinians is not a rare act reserved for so-called “security threats”. The abuse detainees face is not random or the result of poor training. Rather, Israel’s detention policies and the use of torture form a conscious state policy. It is an integral part of a colonial system designed to quash resistance to occupation.
York students should not stand idly by while things like this are being written. We need to respond to articles like this so that people see there is another side to the story.
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posted by Aliza @ 4:42 p.m.
2 Comments:
At 9:41 p.m.,
Marc said…
York students should not stand idly by while things like this are being writtenI'm afraid the problem is deeper than the content of the article. Editors should not be allowing people to use the cover of an opinion piece to pass on misinformation without the fear of being fact-checked. "Everybody is entitled to their opinion" doesn't cut it here.
Freedom of speech doesn't mean that excalibur has to print everything that they receive. The paper needs to be held responsible for what they print. The Opinions section is for opinions, not lies disguised as facts.
Dan Maloy is abusing his position and he needs to be either reprimanded or removed. If he can't do his job fairly, he shouldn't be doing it at all. And, if the Editor in Chief continues to allow this junk to be published, this is going to get really serious, really fast.
At 1:26 p.m.,
Anonymous said…
I am neithe Jewish nor of Arabic extraction. As a Christina I abhor violence on both sides of the Middle East conflict. However I am concerned about biased reporting both in the media and our our university campuses. Opinion is one thing, but material presented without definite proof of being factual should not be permitted. Ghada Taweel obviously has some very strong feelings, but should only write factual information. Anything less can be viewed as biased or inflammatory.
W. Hutchinson
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