ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS DISCUSS "MEDIA AND HUMAN RIGHTS"
As part of the Basic Trust Film Festival a panel came together in Ramallah on Feb. 8 to discuss "Media and Human Rights." Daoud Kuttab, director of the institute, television producer and columnist, opened the talk with his remarks that "people expect too much from the media, thinking they have the magic solution for all problems," and that while the media do wield a considerable degree of power in world events, undemocratic leaders will "go ahead and do whatever they do, anyway."
He then introduced the panelists: Amira Hass, West Bank correspondent for the Israeli daily Ha'aretz; Bill Orme, Jr., New York Times special …