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<I>LA Times</I> Op-Ed Calls For Dismantlement of Jewish State
Jonathan Kuttab
The Los Angeles Times publishes another Op-Ed calling for the dismantlement of the Jewish state. Jonathan Kuttab's piece makes ludicrous assumptions about the fate of a Jewish minority in a "binational state."
  
C-SPAN Watch
 

Brian Lamb"Washington Journal," a daily phone-in program, is a platform for defaming Israel and the Jewish people during which C-SPAN hosts sit passive and mute, tolerating bigoted callers. Network head Brian Lamb is stonewalling public complaint.

Aftonbladet Silent on Jordan's Organ Trafficking
December 23, 2009
Aftonbladet's Jan Helin has been unresponsive about whether his paper would cover organ trafficking in Jordan after its notorious piece on Israel. Is the Swedish paper uninterested without the Israel angle?
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Gaza's Blue Baby Syndrome and Brittain's Bad Blood
December 15, 2009
victoria brittainJudging by the distortions and omissions in her recent column, journalist and activist Victoria Brittain's ostensible concern about methemoglobinemia in Gaza is less important than her desire to assail Israel.
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Technology Mag, IEEE Spectrum, Veers into ME Politics
December 10, 2009
IEEE Spectrum GazaA journal of engineering science runs a politically tinged cover story on Gaza's power plant.
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A Formal Letter to Justice Goldstone
December 7, 2009
UPDATED: CAMERA has received a "response" from Justice Goldstone regarding our Nov. 17 letter requesting answers to specific questions addressing the substance of the Goldstone Report.
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New Yorker's Lawrence Wright Proffers Palestinian Narrative
December 5, 2009
While claiming to recount "What really happened during the Israeli attacks" on Gaza, Wright relies on a biased version of the facts, marring an otherwise informative piece on the January 2009 conflict.
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Ha'aretz's Ode to an 'Apartheid Road'
November 24, 2009
CAMERA photographs Palestinian private cars, taxis, buses, trucks and pedestrians on Route 505 in the West Bank, dubbed "an exemplary apartheid road -- for Jews only" by Ha'aretz's Noam Ben-Zeev.
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Peace Activists Host Speaker Who Demonizes Israel
November 21, 2009
Activists from Watertown Town Citizens for Environmental Safety in Watertown, Mass. recently played host to Mohammed Omer, a Palestinian journalist who demonizes Israel.
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Note to Media: Gilo Is in Jerusalem
November 18, 2009

Yesterday, Israel approved the building of 900 homes in its capital, a move opposed by the United States, and incorrectly reported by some media outlets which described Gilo as in the West Bank.

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Roger Cohen Errs on Settlements and Barrier
November 17, 2009
"[F]acts are hard," writes New York Times columnist Roger Cohen in the International Herald Tribune today. Facts are hard for Cohen, who errs on settlements and the security barrier.
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CAMERA Analyst Guest on Israel is Real
November 16, 2009

CAMERA analyst Dexter Van Zile discussed the refusal of mainline peacemakers to address hostility toward Israel and Jews in the Middle East during a recent radio interview on WSMN-AM in Nashua, New Hampshire.

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Gale Cengage Encyclopedia Uses Falsehoods to Equate Zionism and Racism
November 12, 2009
Gale Cengage turned to a radical anti-Zionist — a man who has argued that suicide bombers are "patriots" and the Jewish state is "Hitlerite" — to write an encyclopedia article on Zionism. The results were predictable.
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Carter, Goldstone and Gaza
November 11, 2009
In an Op-Ed in the International Herald Tribune, Jimmy Carter enthusiastically endorses Goldstone's Report, grossly inflating the extent of destruction and the number of displaced Gazans, among other errors which require correction.
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UPDATED: Norwegian University Votes Down Anti-Israel Boycott
November 5, 2009
UPDATED: Nov. 12, 2009 The board of  the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) at Trondheim unanimously rejected a proposal for a cultural/academic boycott of Israel.
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At LA Times Bilin Stone-Throwing is Nonviolent
November 4, 2009
In his article today about the allegedly peaceful and nonviolent Bilin demonstrations, Richard Boudreaux of the Los Angeles Times discounts the rock-throwers who have injured some 200 Israeli soldiers and border policemen.
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The Goldstone Report: A Study in Duplicity
November 3, 2009
CAMERA lists and describes some of the many examples of  factual errors and double standards in the Goldstone Report. The piece continues to be updated with additional information.
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Daily Show Duo Spread Lies About Israel
November 2, 2009
The Daily Show features a segment with Palestinian activist Mustafa Barghouti and anti-Israel extremist Anna Baltzer defaming Israel.
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Amnesty Water Report Waterboards the Truth
October 29, 2009
Amnesty International's Troubled Waters – Palestinians denied fair access to water, recycles old and false anti-Israel charges, condemning Israel's supposed use of Palestinian water. But, in fact, Palestinians are using Israeli water. Typically, Amnesty also claims that Israeli settlements have luxurious pools while Palestinians are parched. Again, Amnesty is dead wrong – Palestinians have pools galore, including this one in Jenin, shown in the photo at left.
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Amira Hass, the Samouni Family, and the Pursuit of Truth
October 21, 2009
Ha'aretz's Amira Hass yesterday was honored with a prestigious award for her "pursuit of the truth." But her extensive coverage of the Samouni family deaths demonstrates a practice of reporting interviewees' contradictory and discredited claims at face value.
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Human Rights Watch Discredited Even By Its Founder
October 20, 2009
Human Rights Watch, the NGO that has become more famous for its obsessive attempts to delegitimize Israel than for its stated mission to promote global human rights, is becoming less and less credible. Now, even its founder and former chairman, Robert Bernstein, has publicly dissociated himself from that NGO's agenda.
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Sweden's Aftonbladet Spreads Libels, Bigotry
October 15, 2009
Scandanavia's largest newspaper printed libels in August charging Israel plunders and trafficks organs from Palestinians — though editor Jan Helin admits they have no evidence for the story. Nevertheless, none of the many factual errors and inventions have been corrected. Instead, the Aftonbladet lies have spread unchecked to Middle East media and Web sites in ugly permutations. 
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Presbyterian Peacemakers Promote Hezbollah Website and Anti-Israel Incitement
October 14, 2009

A group of Presbyterian peacemakers is promoting anti-Israel incitement from a number of sources including Al Manar, a Hezbollah-controlled television station.

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CAMERA Analyst Interviewed On Janet Parshall's America
October 13, 2009
In a September 22, 2009 appearance on Janet Parshall's America, CAMERA analyst Dexter Van Zile recounts some of the problems with the Goldstone Report, which gave unwarranted credence to Hamas' claims of Israeli wrongdoing.
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From the Telegraph, a Virtual How-To Guide for Anti-Israel Bias
October 9, 2009
The author may not have meant it to be so, but Adrian Blomfield’s recent article in the British Telegraph about tensions in Jerusalem could serve as a “How-To” guide for anti-Israel bias. It seems all the elements are there to skew public understanding of recent events in Israel’s capital.
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Is the Goldstone Report Escalating the Conflict?
October 9, 2009
Israeli commentators are sounding the alarm on the potentially devastating consequences of the Goldstone report on the stability of the situation in the West Bank. Outside of Israel, the media has fallen behind on evolving events.
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New York Times Magazine Whitewashes Palestinian Kids' TV
October 7, 2009
The New York Times' Magazine feature "Can the Muppets Make Friends in on the West Bank?" (October 4) misleads readers about the toxic nature of Palestinian television for children, which has gone so far as to teach its audience to want to "slaughter" Jews.
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WASHINGTON POST-WATCH: The Post as Prof. Walt’s Sandbox
October 6, 2009
On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, The Washington Post gave Prof. Stephen Walt a platform to reiterate the anti-Israel conspiracy theory advanced in his 2007 book The Israel Lobby, a belief roundly rejected by many of his colleagues and reviewers. The question is, why?
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Ha'aretz's Gideon Levy: Israel Should be Thankful for Goldstone Report
October 2, 2009
Gideon Levy thinks the UN's Goldstone report was a favor to Israel. He also claims Israel is treated too leniently by the world and that criticism of the Goldstone report is just mudslinging.
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America Magazine Invokes Goldstone Report and Mishnah Torah to Indict Israel
October 1, 2009

The editors of a prominent Catholic magazine, America, have used the Goldstone Report and the Mishnah Torah to charge Israel with war crimes while giving short shrift to the sins of Hamas.

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CAMERA Op-Ed in Christian Science Monitor on Skewed Media Descriptions
September 29, 2009
Christian Science MonitorThe Op-Ed discusses misplaced terminology in news stories, such as the frequent but questionable use of the word "moderate" to describe the Fatah party and leaders.
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Netanyahu U.N. Speech Buried by the Times
September 27, 2009
In contrast to many papers, The New York Times signaled disregard for a major address by Israel's Prime Minister, burying it at the end of a story by Neil MacFarquhar.
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CAMERA Prompts Correction on Palestinian Casualties
September 25, 2009
CAMERA staff prompted the following correction today at the International Herald Tribune concerning the number of Palestinian casualties from last winter's fighting in the Gaza Strip:
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CAMERA's Israel Director Addresses Institute for Counter-Terrorism
September 21, 2009
Tamar Sternthal, director of CAMERA's Israel office, addressed the Ninth Annual International Conference of the Institute for Counter-Terrorism on Sept. 9. Sternthal spoke on "Hamas' and Hezbollah's News Media Strategy." 
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Goldstone Commissioner Suggests Israelis Conditioned to Kill Children
September 21, 2009
desmond traversAlready months before the Goldstone Commission Report was published, commissioner Desmond Travers had made up his mind that something is rotten, even murderous, in the Israeli psyche.
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Mainline Churches Hand Anti-Israel Activists Setbacks in 2009
September 21, 2009
The summer of 2009 proved to be a season of discontent for anti-Israel activists in North America.
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Chinkin's Gaza Letter Reveals Bias, But Also Skewed Facts
September 17, 2009
Critics of the Goldstone Commission have highlighted a letter showing that commission member Christine Chinkin had preconceived notions of Israeli guilt. The letter also reveals a tenuous grasp on the facts.
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UN's Goldstone Report Contains Major Error that Calls into Question Work’s Credibility
September 17, 2009
Justice Richard Goldstone The UN's Goldstone Report, which alleges Israeli war crimes, mangled the evidence it supposedly considered, making its conclusions foregone, and leaving its credibility shredded.
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Goldstone Report Endorses Unreliable Witnesses
September 16, 2009
The U.N.'s Goldstone mission deemed Khaled and Kawthar Abed Rabbo "credible and reliable witnesses," yet the couple contradict each other in their testimony as well earlier sworn accounts given to NGOs.
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On Fox News, Traficant Pedals Falsehoods and Conspiracy Theories
September 14, 2009
Former Congressman James Traficant, fresh out of federal prison after serving a sentence for bribery and racketeering, is exercising his new-found freedom to pursue his "grudges," with Israel topping the list.
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LA Times Defends Publishing Boycott Call But Publishes Critique
September 2, 2009
In response to criticism of a "Boycott-Israel" Op-Ed by radical anti-Israel professor Neve Gordon, the editor defends the decision to publish Gordon's screed, asserting that he would have published a submission from Hitler as well.
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Op-Ed in New York Times Deceives Readers on Lockerbie Bomber
September 2, 2009
Op-Ed writer Saif Al-Islam El-Qaddafi wrongly claims that "There was not ... any official reception" in Libya for convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset al-Megrahi. Video evidence proves otherwise.
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Did Israel's Use of White Phosphorus Constitute a War Crime?
September 1, 2009
Amnesty International's report on Cast Lead accuses Israel of illegally using White Phosphorus in Gaza. Israel has responded to the accusation.
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BBC Headline Misrepresents Israeli Politician's Proposal
August 25, 2009
Israeli politicians are taking sides on a controversial proposal by Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. So is the BBC, which misleadingly cast the proposal as an "Arab diplomat ban."
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ELCA Rejects Extremism, Expresses Concern for Both Palestinians and Israelis
August 25, 2009

The Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) passed a balanced resolution about the Arab-Israeli conflict that calls on Lutherans to learn about the perspectives of both Israelis and Palestinians.

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Anti-Jewish Violence in Pre-State Palestine/1929 Massacres
August 23, 2009
Attacks by Arabs against Jews in Israel pre-dates Israeli settlements, pre-dates Israel's so-called "occupation," and pre-dates the establishment of the State of Israel. On the 80th anniversary of  brutal massacres in Hebron and Safed (Gregorian calendar), CAMERA documents the oft-neglected history of Arab violence in pre-state Palestine.
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LA Times Provides Platform for "Boycott Israel" Call by Radical Neve Gordon
August 21, 2009
The LA Times published an Op-Ed calling for boycott, divestment and and sanctions against Israel by Neve Gordon, a radical Ben Gurion professor and veteran defamer of Israel.
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Amanpour Strikes Again
August 21, 2009
AmanpourChristiane Amanpour's CNN Special Generation Islam was supposed to explore the battle for the "hearts and minds" of young Muslims, especially in Afghanistan and Gaza. Unfortunately it was instead the usual Amanpour propaganda, especially in the second hour, where the subject might have been Gaza but the target was clearly Israel.
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When Obama Met Mubarak: Bias by Omission in Washington Post Coverage
August 19, 2009
Omission of basic information often figures more prominently in a biased news account than does the reporting of errors as fact. The Washington Post's "Obama Optimistic About Mideast Peace" provides a textbook example.
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Demise of a Hoax Quote: CAMERA Prompts Article in Toronto Star, Corrections on Ya’alon Statement
August 14, 2009
With the Toronto Star and Time Magazine correcting a hoax quote, and a feature story in the Toronto paper, the falsehood is wiped from the record. (But not all corrections are created equal.)
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Hijacking Interrupted: United Church of Canada Says No to Anti-Israel Boycott
August 14, 2009

Despite a plea by Nora Carmi from the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center, the United Church of Canada voted down proposals to boycott Israel.

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CAMERA Column: Anglican Priest Disgraces Authentic Christianity
August 13, 2009
The god that inheres in Naim Ateek's commentary about the Arab-Israeli conflict is obsessed with Jewish sin and blind to the sins of Israel's adversaries.
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New Fatah Central Committee Ties to Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades
August 13, 2009
The New York Times hailed the new members of the Fatah Central Committee as pragmatic. Israeli interrogations of terrorists during the Second Intifada suggest otherwise.
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Hamas Charter

(Click for a translation of the Charter.)
 
Why has Hamas never ceased to target Jewish civilians within Israel even after Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip more than three years ago? The answer lies in its governing charter.

Notable Quotes
“Westerners, who tend to treat Arabs with a condescension masked as 'understanding,' may be quick to dismiss all this as a function of anger at Israeli policies and therefore irrelevant to the development of liberal politics in the Arab world. Yet a liberal movement that winds up espousing the kind of anti-Semitism that would have done the Nazis proud is, quite simply, not liberal.”
Amr Bargis and Samuel Tadros, senior partners with the Egyptian Union of Liberal Truth, in the Wall Street Journal, Oct. 29, 2009.
 
“I don't think any country would find it acceptable to have missiles raining down on the heads of their citizens. The first job of any nation-state is to protect its citizens. And so I can assure you that if ... somebody was sending rockets into my house, where my two daughters sleep at night, I'm going to do everything in my power to stop that. And I would expect Israelis to do the same thing.”
Barak Obama, July 23, 2008 press conference, Federal News Service.
 
“The government of Canada has been very clear since the beginning of this crisis that it believes that the Hamas rocketing was responsible for the initial development of this crisis and for the continuing deepening humanitarian tragedy.”
Canadian minister of foreign affairs Peter Kent, quoted by AFP.
 
“I don't think that there has ever been a time in the history of warfare when any army has made more efforts to reduce civilian casualties and deaths of innocent people than the IDF is doing today in Gaza.”
British Col. Richard Kemp, senior advisor on army issues to the British government, speaking on BBC.
 
 

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