Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: Alice Walker Kills Hebrew ‘Color Purple’ Deal Citing ‘Apartheid’ [View all]oberliner
(58,724 posts)He is trying to make a point, apparently, that Walker is not boycotting Hebrew translations of her book but rather Israeli publishing companies doing so - but who other than an Israeli publishing company would be interested in translating her books into Hebrew? Israel is the only country where Hebrew is the dominant language.
Really odd, I think, that instead of a "hats off to Alice Walker" post (like Mondoweiss) he decided to accuse JTA and Ha'aretz of "distorting Alice Walker's position" - even though about a hundred news outlets (NY Times, Daily News, Huffington Post) reported the story exactly the same way (with a similar headline).
I am starting to think that this is part of his MO. He likes to be able to give the appearance of a scoop, or a "gotcha" moment of some kind. Remember all the work they put into "outing" that fake lesbian Syrian blogger - until it turned out to be the work not of some kind of pro-Israeli "hasbarista" but rather a somewhat deranged pro-Palestinian activist fellow from the UK. Then they sort of dropped the concern.