The 9/19/99 Weekend Sunday Edition of NPR included a report by Linda Gradstein describing in some detail the attitudes and circumstances of Arab residents and Jewish settlers of the West Bank without once referring to the 1967 War, during which Israel seized the Arab lands, including the West Bank, Gaza, Jerusalem, the Golan Heights and the Sinai Peninsula.
In 1979 peace negotiations between Egypt and Israel the Sinai was returned to its prewar owner. This process resulted from recognition that the Israeli occupation of the Arab lands is illegal under international law. The United Nations has repeatedly condemned Israel's illegal possession of the Arab property. It is inexcusable for NPR to cover this subject, in the face of the "final status" negotiations that have just begun, without acknowledging the illegality of the Jewish settlements.
There is no essential difference between the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Gaza, and Jerusalem, and the 1990 seizure of parts of Kuwait by Saddam Hussain. Likewise the recent independence vote in East Timor was sponsored by the UN based upon the illegal seizure of East Timor by Indonesia in 1975. NPR promotes the discriminatory enforcement of international law by its persistent bias in favor of Israel and against Arabs.