Foreign Affairs Magazine, ‘Palestinian Land,’ and the Press
A recent Foreign Affairs op-ed by a longtime U.S. diplomat and peace negotiator preemptively grants Palestinian claims to the West Bank (Judea and Samaria).
Borders, Security Barrier and Checkpoints
Haaretz Corrects: No Israeli Approval Needed For Passage Through Egypt-Gaza Crossing
CAMERA prompts correction after Haaretz wrongly reported that Palestinians wishing to enter and exit the territory via Egypt require Israeli approval.
CBC, Marcello Di Cintio Push False Narrative of Barrier’s “Illusion of Effectiveness”
CBC's Nahlah Ayed and interviewee Marcello Di Cintio argue that Israel's West Bank barrier is a failure which provides an "illusion of effectiveness," concealing from listeners that it was built to stop deadly terror attacks, and that it has in fact been extremely effective in doing so.
NY Times Corrects: Green Line Not “Drawn in 1967”
CAMERA secures a correction after the New York Times described the armistice line between the West Bank and Israel as a border "drawn in 1967."
BBC Deceives on Bethlehem
Unwilling to report accurately about Christmas in Bethlehem, BBC reporter Barbara Plett Usher uses hackneyed falsehoods in a dishonest report blaming Israel for the Palestinians' problems.
Media Turn Banksy’s Small Anti-Israel Installation into Major News
Journalists give a huge platform to Banksy's tiny "Scar of Bethlehem" installation depicting the nativity scene in front of Israel's security barrier topped with a bullet hole, an anti-Israel motif evoking antisemitic charges of deicide.
NY Times, B’Tselem Misinforms on Palestinians in Jordan Valley
In a pair of articles about the Jordan Valley, the New York Times echoed B'Tselem's false claim that Palestinians are unable to enter 85 percent of the region, and wrongly described the Palestinian village of Fasayil as sitting in Area C of the West Bank.
Yasmin Khan on PBS Newshour: Recipe For Falsehoods
PBS depicts Yasmin Khan as committed to building connections, concealing the cookbook writer's past activity promoting an anti-Israel boycott meant to divide, not unite. Other falsehoods in the promotional interview include a question about a dish that Palestinians have eaten for "thousands of years."
AFP Improves Article on Security Barrier
InfoEquitable flags falsehoods in a tendentious AFP story on the separation barrier, and prompts significant improvement. In the process, the French media-monitoring site exposes problematic social media posts by reporter Hiba Aslan.
In Wadi Hummus Demolitions Story, Journalistic Precision Is a Casualty
Given the complicated geopolitical realities of the disputed city of Jerusalem, journalists have a particular responsibility to be precise. That was not the case, however, when several news reports this week inaccurately placed the demolished Wadi Hummus buildings in Jerusalem.