A British-based pro-Israeli lobby is taking a delegation of 14 journalists from The Times, The Independent, The Sun, the BBC and Sky News on a six-day visit to Israel. The trip has been organised by the Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre (BICOM) to show journalists events from Israel's point of view. All are said to play "a large part in determining the editorial policy."
BICOM's chief executive, Lorna Fitzsimons, said: "We know that the best way of getting journalists to better understand Israel's perspective is to actually put them on planes and get them out there. People tend to understand things quite differently when they have a chance to see things for themselves."
Meetings are planned with deputy premier Haim Ramon and senior policy advisers to various ministries. The journalists will also meet Palestinian businessmen in Ramallah who are trying to resurrect the Palestinian economy. (Via Jerusalem Post)
