Worried About Surfing Conditions - Not International Media

A blustery morning on theMed. Israelis have passed the days of worrying about security, international media is still there, Israelis for the most part don't really care anymore.

A few years back, a strange (some say disturbing) article in Time magazine portrayed secular Israelis as uncaring and shallow. An American reporter spoke and photographed young bikini clad sun worshipers on Tel Aviv beaches. Their big scoop: "Israelis care more about apartment prices and cost of living, than the state of Palestinian refugees in Gaza." It seems like Time readers were shocked, or verified their beliefs repeated over and over in the mainstream press. There is still a large contingency of traditional media (Radio, TV, newspaper & magazine) which write about the Israeli-Palestinian issue as they have done for decades. Obviously from a short walk on Tel Aviv beaches, this perspective has left the worries of Israelis a long time ago. While the mainstream international press is keeping most mainstream tourists away, many around the world realize how dated the reporting impacts today's state issues. While Israelis are helping countries around the world in business, science and government challenges, the Palestinians are essentially being held ransom by a small elite extremist Palestinian few. This point of view is not new here in Israel. It goes back decades, even before the Rabin assassination (which 20th anniversary was celebrated last week) ~ but that's another story waiting to be written.