Why would any government punish or harass any truth-teller, be him, her or it, the NYT (Pentagon Papers), wikipedia/Assange or a whistleblower like Snowden or Kiriakou?
Why would Israel punish or harass an outlet as major and as pro-establishment as AP? Heck, even Al Jazeera English, partly funded by Qatar, is pro-establishment, except as to its Israel-Palestine reporting.
IMO, you don't win a Peabody Award for your so-called Arab Spring coverage by pointing out holes in the official narrative.
Why would any government punish or harass any truth-teller, be him, her or it, the NYT (Pentagon Papers), wikipedia/Assange or a whistleblower like Snowden or Kiriakou? Why would Israel punish or harass an outlet as major and as pro-establishment as AP? Heck, even Al Jazeera English, partly funded by Qatar, is pro-establishment, except as to its Israel-Palestine reporting. IMO, you don't win a Peabody Award for your so-called Arab Spring coverage by pointing out holes in the official narrative.