Journalists call Livni 'terrorist' during press conference on Gaza operation

[bemildred]

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni had a testy press conference Friday in Washington, D.C., moments after she signed an agreement with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meant to combat arms smuggling to Gaza.

From the starting moments of the press conference, Livni was beset by a less-than friendly barrage of questions, with a number of journalists asserting that Israel's military operations in Gaza will only make Middle East peace more distant.

Some journalists went so far as to compare the Israeli government to that of dictator Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe, due to Israel's decision to bar journalists from Gaza. One of the more tense moments came when one journalist began to quote at length a Human Rights report on the situation in Gaza, before asking Livni to comment on "the murder of innocent civilians in the Strip."

When the man was asked to finish his question, he yelled "you are letting her speak for an hour, and you aren't allowing us to ask questions. Since when have you hosted terrorists here?"

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1056185.html

[Idealism]

1. Where did these journalists come from? Was it Helen Thomas?

The rest of them seem to have no back bone in D.C.

[Behind the Aegis]

2. Doesn't sound much like journalism.

Sounds more like agenda-based propaganda.

[Windy]

3. Women in Pink? Is that Code Pink mentioned in the article as protesting outside the conference? nt

[EFerrari]

6. Ha! Yes, they did.

:woohoo:

[bemildred]

4. Some more:

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Security guards stood tensely in front of the press podium while Livni answered strident questions from reporters from Al-Jazeera and other Middle East news organizations, CNN and NBC.

One reporter was physically removed from the microphone when he charged Livni was a terrorist.

A moderator from the National Press Club, where the event was held, tried to cut off another reporter who read at length from a Human Rights Watch report detailing the killing and 'murder' of Palestinian children.

But Livni insisted on answering the question. She said the 'loss of a child is terrible to any family,' but noted that international law draws a difference between someone killed deliberately and someone killed by mistake.

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1453959.php/US_Israel_sign_agreement_Livni_faces_down_US_press__2nd_Roundup__

[EFerrari]

7. She sounds like a felon laying down a defense, doesn't she?

[IndianaGreen]

11. She is a war criminal and human rights abuser, and she should be at The Hague

alongside the two Ehuds, Olmert and Barak. This troika of criminals make Ariel Sharon look like a boy scout.

[Karenina]

15. According to Sir Gerald Kaufman

Her father was also a terrorist.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMGuYjt6CP8

[DogPoundPup]

10. always a Butt

>She said the 'loss of a child is terrible to any family,' but <

[azurnoir]

13. So I guess international law covers

350+ mistakes at least that was the number of children killed the last time I read, but no suprise the olsd "its one thing to know and another to show" is being relied on

[livvy]

5. Oh, crap...I read the headline too quickly...gave me a start...

I read, "Journalists call Livvy 'terrorist'"... :rofl:

[EFerrari]

9. And I bet that camo'd combatant is a frog. Yeah, right!

:)

[livvy]

12. Disguise I use for subversive activities.

:hi:

[Tempest]

8. Livni has said she doesn't believe in cease fires

She wants the Gaza war to continue until every Palestinian is dead.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

14. Google hudna...

[cali]

16. patently ridiculous

Can't stand Livni, but that's an absurd claim- if only because she's not an idiot and knows that's an impossibility. Beyond that, forgive me if I have no faith in your amazing mind reading abilities, dear.