interesting article on media bias in the israel/palestine conflict and its impact...
this was hidden-on about page 5 of the business section-in the observer last sunday...
"[when] groups of British students [were] interviewed in 2001 and 2002 only about 10 per cent knew it was Israel that occupied Palestine - most believed the Palestinians were the settlers and it was they who occupied Israel. In 2002, only 35 per cent of the British students questioned knew that the Palestinians had suffered far greater casualties than the Israelis"
this was hidden-on about page 5 of the business section-in the observer last sunday...
"[when] groups of British students [were] interviewed in 2001 and 2002 only about 10 per cent knew it was Israel that occupied Palestine - most believed the Palestinians were the settlers and it was they who occupied Israel. In 2002, only 35 per cent of the British students questioned knew that the Palestinians had suffered far greater casualties than the Israelis"
