“Israeli youth dances to a different drum”) is designed to give the impression that the expansion of Jerusalem was primarily at Arab expense, and that all orthodox Jews are desecrators of the Sabbath.
The truth is that the expansion was, for the most part, through development of State-owned land but, in the few cases where Arab ownership was involved, compensation was paid. It is also a fact that the Arab population of Jerusalem has doubled since 1967 — a rate of growth greater than that of the Jewish population.
Insofar as you have chosen to allow the columnist to highlight the indulgences of private citizens who purport by their appearance to be from a religious community, and by association thereby slander the orthodox Jewish community, you are committing a serious breach of professional conduct that I did not formerly think you to be capable or guilty of. You are collaborating in weaving with a few strands of truth a whole tapestry of misinformation that discredits Israel and observant jewry. — EA Cohen, Roggebaai