Vice started off in 1994 as small, government-funded, indie magazine in Montreal. Since then it has spawned a global empire with 900,000 readers spanning 22 countries. Vice publishes 12 foreign editions and has expanded to include book publishing, a record label, a clothing line, a couple of bars in London and a Web site that disseminates it’s own news videos. In that respect, Vice has traveled all over the Middle East. They have played paintball with Hezbollah in Lebanon, hung out with Israeli Settlers, the Israeli radical left, given a hand job while on Birthright and, well, read about it yourself. Here’s everything Vice has done that relates to Israel.
At the top of that list is a two-part report by Simon Ostrovsky called Open Season in the Holy Land – (click here for Part 1 and here for Part 2). Ostrovsky actually put together a fairly well balanced piece that sticks to the facts and asks a lot of questions about the 8 day attack on Gaza (Pillar of Defense). For instance, was the timing of the recent Gaza attack related to the upcoming elections? Is there any meaning to the discrepancy between the number of casualties suffered by Israel and those suffered by Gazans? Hmmm…
Part 1 of this report is on top and below is part 2:
