tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5196447065691555971.post9065401953449578058..comments2024-03-29T04:18:03.298-07:00Comments on Philosemitism: Israeli journalists ousted from International Federation of JournalistsPhilosemitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05738171878498147967noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5196447065691555971.post-8794654142367015092009-07-15T01:38:54.179-07:002009-07-15T01:38:54.179-07:00On 7 June 2009 the IFJ Executive Committee at its ...On 7 June 2009 the IFJ Executive Committee at its meeting in Oslo, Norway, agreed unanimously to expel the National Federation of Israel Journalists from membership of the IFJ. The IFJ wrote to the NFIJ confirming the decision and offering them the opportunity to appeal the decision which can be heard at the Congress of the IFJ in Spain in May 2010.<br /><br />A Financial Decision, not a Political Decision<br /><br />The decision to expel the NFIJ was based upon financial matters alone. There was no political element in the decision. It was taken unanimously.<br /><br />The NFIJ has not paid any fees to the IFJ for more than five years. (The last payment made was on 26 April 2004.) The IFJ systematically warns all unions more than three years in debt for non-payment of fees of the danger of expulsion if fees are not paid.<br /><br />The Israeli union was offered a generous deal - to waive the debt for the last three years and to pay normal fees for 2009, but they refused.<br /><br />They offered no payment towards the debt and said they would only pay the equivalent of a "third world" fee (available only to the poorest countries) which is a quarter of the normal amount. Lower fees are paid by unions in countries classified below United Nations poverty indicators. Israel is one of the richest countries in the region with the highest average living standards in the Middle East. <br /><br />The Executive Committee had no choice but to expel them in these circumstances.<br /><br />The IFJ has applied its rules regarding fees fairly in this case. The financial management rules are transparent and well known. In recent years unions from France, Serbia, Kenya, Thailand, Korea, Chile, and Moldova are among those expelled for non-payment of fees.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5196447065691555971.post-32748847649047040162009-07-13T12:14:46.813-07:002009-07-13T12:14:46.813-07:00One can easily replace jew by israeli 1934-2009......One can easily replace jew by israeli 1934-2009... repetition in 65 years<br /><br />The Changing Face of Jewish Journalism in Nazi Germany<br />Source: Der Morgen . Berlin. 10 (1934/1935), 2 (May 1934), p. 49-52.<br /><br />Jewish Journalism Today , Arno Herzberg<br />The new circumstances in which German Jewry now finds itself after 1 April, 1933, has also heralded a new era for the Jewish press. This new era has ushered in far-reaching tasks for Jewish journalism. Beforehand, the Jewish press led a quiet existence. It was peripheral to the concerns of the average German Jew, just as all Jewish activities were… All this has changed fundamentally in the era in which Jews are excluded from broad German intellectual and social circles. Judaism has now become something that one can no longer subjectively accept or reject. It is an objective condition, which, when joined to outlooks and ways of life, poses important problems for everyone. Thus, there exist two types of Jewish newspaper readers: those who already chose in former years, albeit with caution, to read the Jewish press in the form of their favourite paper on Saturdays or Sunday afternoons; and the 'March Jews', who have only now turned to Judaism, a connection they had hitherto known little or nothing about [...] This altered reality has posed great tasks for Jewish journalists. They have had to adapt to the changing circumstances in the environment and in Jewish life. They had to satisfy both types of readerships, and provide something to each. They must always adopt the right tone when speaking about the present and about the future. Taking on this role as an essential means of orientation for the Jewish people, as well as the source of Jewish mentality and Jewish knowledge, has been a difficult task [...]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com