Gaza: On the Way Out
August 19, 2005
In November of 1967, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 242, which called for the “withdrawal of Israeli armed forces from territories occupied in the recent conflict.” The “recent conflict” was a six-day war between Israel and its Arab neighbors, and the UN resolution asserted that Israel - in exchange for a recognized right to security and sovereignty - should give back the occupied land. This week, the world’s media covered the departure of Jewish settlers, sometimes forcibly, from the Gaza strip, as Israel withdrew from the territory. Brooke talks with J.J. Goldberg, editor of The Forward, about coverage in the Israeli and Jewish press.
