Reporting the Middle East: A Snapshot of the Hungarian Daily Press in April 2002

János Gadó

2002

[Introduction]

What follows is an account of how the daily newspapers in Hungary reported the Israeli response to one of the “high points” of the new Intifada, a series of Palestinian attacks that left 124 people dead in March 2002.

Following the acts of terror, the Israeli army, Tzahal, on March 29, 2002 launched “Operation Protective Shield” with…

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János Gadó

b. 1958

János Gadó is the editor of the Hungarian magazine Szombat, established in 1989. Gadó writes on and participates in conferences about antisemitism, the Middle East, and issues pertinent to Jews living in Hungary.

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