Original sentence: He claims that as a freelance journalist and as the "first foreign correspondent to be based in the Israeli Arab city of Nazareth, in the Galilee",, he has a unique perspective unavailable to Western journalists based in Jerusalem or Tel Aviv in Israel, or Ramallah in the West Bank.However, Tamar Sternthal of the Committee for Accuracy in Mid East Reporting in America has criticised Cook, claiming that he has been overly apologetic towards and misrepresented the history of Palestinian political violence.It has been claimed that in his journalism and writings, he takes a view of Israel as a colonial enterprise, and as a client state of the U
Edited sentence: He claims that as a freelance journalist and as the "first foreign correspondent to be based in the Israeli Arab city of Nazareth, in the Galilee", he has a unique perspective unavailable to Western journalists based in Jerusalem or Tel Aviv in Israel, or Ramallah in the West Bank.However, many have criticised Cook for being overly apologetic towards and misrepresenting the history of the Palestinian terrorism.In his journalism and writings he takes a predominantly far-leftist perspective viewing Israel as a colonial enterprise, and as a client state of the U.personal website