Israel Should Bar TV Cameras From Occupied Territories, Koch Writes
Mayor Edward I. Koch of New York wrote in an Israeli newspaper Tuesday that television cameras should be barred from the occupied territories.
In a signed column published in the Jerusalem Post, Koch said that in view of what is happening elsewhere in the world, Israel would be justified in taking steps to bar TV crews from the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
“Many other nations throughout the world are experiencing troubles similar to those now taking place in Israel. Should Israel be the only nation to allow full television coverage of these troubles?
“This creates a false impression in the minds of television viewers that such events are happening only in Israel,” wrote Koch, a longtime supporter of Israel.
More than 90 Palestinians have been killed during the unrest that started Dec. 9 in the territories occupied by Israel in the 1967 Middle East War. The territories are home to 1.5 million Palestinians.
Koch said Israel should use whatever force necessary to put down the Palestinian uprising in the occupied lands.
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