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The Jerusalem Post points at shortcomings of leading BBC and Associated Press
18:26, 13 May, 2013
YEREVAN, MAY 13, ARMENPRESS: The popular Israeli The Jerusalem Post
website defined the mistake of the BBC correspondent and criticized
one of the world leaders in the media field Associated Press News
Agency. As reported by Armenpress, quoting the Jerusalem Post, the BBC
correspondent Jeremy Bowen, who lived in Jerusalem for five years and
visited often, gave incorrect information about the Jewish holiest
places and the districts. To the question - what is the first thing
you do when visiting Jerusalem - he answered: `You should go to the
Old City, home to the Western Wall (the holiest place in the world for
Jews to pray), the Aq sa mosque and the Dome of the Rock, not to
mention the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. I like to visit the Old
City's various quarters - Jewish, Palestinian and Armenian'.
As defined by the website, that is not quite correct. In fact, Bowen
makes two errors. First, the Western Wall is not the holiest place for
the Jews to pray. The Temple Mount is. Jews, as he should know, are
prohibited from praying there by the Israel government since Muslims
will riot and engage in violence. It's a sort of territorial
compromise. Jews can be there but can't be Jews there. They must
shed any religious/national identity. Second, there are four
"Quarters" in Jerusalem's Old City: Arab, Jewish, Armenian and
Christian. There is no Palestinian Quarter.
The Jerusalem Post criticized Associated Press as well for
non-consistent coverage. The thing is that `the Pope Francis on Sunday
gave the Catholic church new saints, including hundreds of
15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to
Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed
St. Peter's Square. The "Martyrs of Otranto" were 813 Italians who
were slain in the southern Italian city in 1480 for defying demands by
Turkish invaders who overran the citadel to renounce Christianity...
Shortly after his election in March, Francis called for more dialogue
with Islam, and it was unclear how the granting of sainthood to the
martyrs would be received. Islam is a sensitive subject for the
church, and Benedict stumbled significantly in his relations with
Muslims', - wrote the Associated Press.
The Associated Press should get acquainted with the coverage of Fox
News, which says in particular: `A mass exodus of Christians is
currently underway. Millions of Christians are being displaced from
one end of the Islamic world to the other. The flight of Christians
out of the region is unprecedented and it's increasing year by year."
In our lifetime alone "Christians might disappear altogether from
Iraq, Afghanistan, and Egypt', - says The Jerusalem Post, emphasizing
that the agency should be very careful in giving such comments.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/718558/the-jerusalem-post-points-at-shortcomings-of-leading-bbc-and-associated-press.html
18:26, 13 May, 2013
YEREVAN, MAY 13, ARMENPRESS: The popular Israeli The Jerusalem Post
website defined the mistake of the BBC correspondent and criticized
one of the world leaders in the media field Associated Press News
Agency. As reported by Armenpress, quoting the Jerusalem Post, the BBC
correspondent Jeremy Bowen, who lived in Jerusalem for five years and
visited often, gave incorrect information about the Jewish holiest
places and the districts. To the question - what is the first thing
you do when visiting Jerusalem - he answered: `You should go to the
Old City, home to the Western Wall (the holiest place in the world for
Jews to pray), the Aq sa mosque and the Dome of the Rock, not to
mention the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. I like to visit the Old
City's various quarters - Jewish, Palestinian and Armenian'.
As defined by the website, that is not quite correct. In fact, Bowen
makes two errors. First, the Western Wall is not the holiest place for
the Jews to pray. The Temple Mount is. Jews, as he should know, are
prohibited from praying there by the Israel government since Muslims
will riot and engage in violence. It's a sort of territorial
compromise. Jews can be there but can't be Jews there. They must
shed any religious/national identity. Second, there are four
"Quarters" in Jerusalem's Old City: Arab, Jewish, Armenian and
Christian. There is no Palestinian Quarter.
The Jerusalem Post criticized Associated Press as well for
non-consistent coverage. The thing is that `the Pope Francis on Sunday
gave the Catholic church new saints, including hundreds of
15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to
Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed
St. Peter's Square. The "Martyrs of Otranto" were 813 Italians who
were slain in the southern Italian city in 1480 for defying demands by
Turkish invaders who overran the citadel to renounce Christianity...
Shortly after his election in March, Francis called for more dialogue
with Islam, and it was unclear how the granting of sainthood to the
martyrs would be received. Islam is a sensitive subject for the
church, and Benedict stumbled significantly in his relations with
Muslims', - wrote the Associated Press.
The Associated Press should get acquainted with the coverage of Fox
News, which says in particular: `A mass exodus of Christians is
currently underway. Millions of Christians are being displaced from
one end of the Islamic world to the other. The flight of Christians
out of the region is unprecedented and it's increasing year by year."
In our lifetime alone "Christians might disappear altogether from
Iraq, Afghanistan, and Egypt', - says The Jerusalem Post, emphasizing
that the agency should be very careful in giving such comments.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/718558/the-jerusalem-post-points-at-shortcomings-of-leading-bbc-and-associated-press.html