Bar TV Cameras in Israeli Riot Areas, N.Y. Mayor Suggests
Mayor Edward I. Koch of New York wrote in an Israeli newspaper today that television cameras should be barred from the occupied territories.
In a signed column published in the Jerusalem Post, Koch said that in view of what is happening elsewhere in the world, Israel would be justified in taking steps to bar TV crews from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
“Many other nations throughout the world are experiencing troubles similar to those now taking place in Israel. Should Israel be the only nation to allow full television coverage of these troubles?
“This creates a false impression in the minds of television viewers that such events are happening only in Israel,” wrote Koch.
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