By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
The workshop in Bahrain is over.
Palestinians are calling it a big nothing.
The United States is optimistic - after all, it is the first stage in
their "Deal of the Century."
There was very little coverage of the Bahrain workshop in mainstream US media. There was very little coverage in the Israeli media.
Actually, the most covered news items in the Israel news cycle at the time that the workshop was taking place were the US presidential debates and the Iranian threat.
On the whole, there was more media coverage to the lead up to the workshop than there was of the workshop itself.
One can never really predict how a news cycle will develop. In many ways modest coverage is helpful - but, then again, it proves the point for the Palestinians,
Bahrain was in the media, but on the sidelines.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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