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I would counsel - and urgently - that this article be vigorously policed by mods and others seeking to maintain cautious editing judgment and even-handedness. My experience on other talk-boards and discussion forums regarding Israel/Palestine is not good. Even a respected newspaper like the Guardian is allowing itself to be cowed by pro-Israeli lobbies and its comments pages on the topic are an absolute nightmare. To be honest, what I perceive is pro-Israeli partisan lobbies viewing web forums and discussion pages as an extension of the propaganda war. The Guardian is not the only site being bombed the the Israeli lobby, but it\'s certainly most blatant here. to be honest I\'ve been commenting on its news and opinion articles for a long time now and I\'ve never seen anything like it. Critical comment is being reported to the moderators who seem to be under instructions to take down anything critical of Israel\'s actions, and both the Israeli lobby and the more rabidly right-wing Americans (politically and religiously) appear to be out in vast numbers skewing the comments in support and baying for Palestinian blood. I\'ve had comments pulled where I\'ve called out pro-Israelis on blatant misrepresentations and outright inaccuracies. I don\'t know if it\'s co-ordinated - certainly concerted - I\'m concerned articles like this could also be under threat. Let\'s keep watch....
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I would counsel - and urgently - that this article be vigorously policed by mods and others seeking to maintain cautious editing judgment and even-handedness. My experience on other talk-boards and discussion forums regarding Israel/Palestine is not good. Even a respected newspaper like the Guardian is allowing itself to be cowed by pro-Israeli lobbies and its comments pages on the topic are an absolute nightmare. To be honest, what I perceive is pro-Israeli partisan lobbies viewing web forums and discussion pages as an extension of the propaganda war. The Guardian is not the only site being bombed by the Israeli lobby, but it\\\'s certainly most blatant here. To be honest I\\\'ve been commenting on its news and opinion articles for a long time now and I\\\'ve never seen anything like it. Critical comment is being reported to the moderators who seem to be under instructions to take down anything critical of Israel\\\'s actions, and both the Israeli lobby and the more rabidly right-wing Americans (politically and religiously) appear to be out in vast numbers skewing the comments in support and baying for Palestinian blood. I\\\'ve had comments pulled where I\\\'ve called out pro-Israelis on blatant misrepresentations and outright inaccuracies. I don\\\'t know if it\\\'s co-ordinated - certainly concerted - I\\\'m concerned articles like this could also be under threat. Let\\\'s keep watch....
