Thurs. 14 Jul. 2011 @ 14.49 - Reporting of controversial Museum of Tolerance repeatedly states new centre will be built on cemetery, whereas actual location is car park. The Times today reports on the latest developments for the Simon Wiesenthal Centre's Museum of Tolerance, which is scheduled to be built in Jerusalem. 'Mayor backs plan for Jewish museum on Muslim cemetery', by Laura Pitel, opens by alleging that a Muslim cemetery is at the heart of the controversy surrounding the construction: 'The Mayor of Jerusalem has defended a decision to allow a museum to be built on a Muslim graveyard.' The article continues to assert the 'historical and religious importance' of the graveyard: 'The construction of the Museum of Tolerance, a project of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, based in the US, has been the subject of a dispute between Muslim and Jewish groups due to the historical and religious importance of the centuries-old site.' Thurs. 14 Jul. 2011 @ 17.06 - Article highlights 'gender-segregated bus lines' as evidence of growing religious influence in Israel, ignoring significant protection of women's rights by state. The Independent today reports on an incident where a business event in Jerusalem run by an ultra-orthodox Jewish newspaper barred several women from entering the venue. Catrina Stewart's 'Israel: Religious paper bans women from event' gives the details of what is reported to have occurred: 'The ultra-orthodox Jewish newspaper Hamodia, which was running the event, had instructed security to prevent all women, including female reporters, from entering the venue.' Stewart then links the incident to rising tensions between religious and secular citizens in Israel, citing 'gender-segregated bus lines' as one key example of this trend: 'The row underscores the tensions between Israel's religious and secular communities, which have clashed over issues such as the closure of streets to traffic in Jerusalem's ultraorthodox neighbourhoods on the Sabbath, and gender-segregated bus lines.' Mon. 11 Jul. 2011 @ 17.46 - Office of Palestinian news agency targeted in apparent arson attack, continuing trend in violence against media outlets in Gaza. The Gaza office of the Palestinian news agency Ma'an has been subjected to an apparent arson attack. The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) noted on Sunday that: 'This morning, unknown persons set fire to the entrance of Ma'an News Agency's office located on the fifth floor of Shawa and Hussari tower building in al-Wihda Street west of Gaza City causing damage, according to information available to Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR).' Ma'an reported this morning that the attack had been widely condemned by a variety of Palestinian political figures. The article also noted that this was the second such incident in the last few months: 'Months earlier, a homemade bomb was placed at the entrance of the office. Ma'an opted not to publicize the incident at the advice of police, who said disclosing that threat would harm their investigation.' Mon. 11 Jul. 2011 @ 17.48 Recent events highlight extreme anti-Israel sentiment in Arab Spring states, including Holocaust denial by leading Egyptian politician. Following previous coverage by Just Journalism of extreme anti-Israel and anti-Jewish sentiment in emerging Arab democracies, further evidence has emerged of this issue in Egypt and Tunisia. An article by Ben Birnbaum in The Washington Times featured an interview with Ahmed Ezz El-Arab, vice-chairman of the secular Wafd Party - 'arguably the second-most powerful political party to the Muslim Brotherhood' in Egypt. The senior party member is quoted as saying: 'The Holocaust is a lie [...] The Jews under German occupation were 2.4 million. So if they were all exterminated, where does the remaining 3.6 million come from?'
July 14, 2011 The Wire Times misrepresents Museum of Tolerance construction plans
The Wire Independent overstates gender segregation in Israel
The Wire Ma'an office targeted in apparent arson attack
The Wire More evidence of anti-Israel sentiment in Egypt and Tunisia
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