Yishai Goldflam

The Battle in Shejaiyya

The battle in the Shejaiyya neighborhood of Gaza City has been much in the news due to heavy casualties on both sides. Here are excerpts from important articles about the battle by two of Israel's leading journalists, Ron Ben Yishai and Nahum Barnea. The articles were published in the Israeli newspaper Yediot Achronot, and the translation is by CAMERA.

Ha’aretz in English: Jews Can Pray on the Temple Mount

In the latest "Ha'aretz, Lost in Translation," the English edition falsely reports that Jewish prayer is permitted on the Temple Mount. This is an egregious error given that only Muslims are permitted to pray at the site.

Collective Punishment of Ha’aretz Readers

Have you heard about the Palestinian hunger strike to protest the "collective punishment"? Probably not, because that is not what is happening, unless you read Ha'aretz's English edition.

Haaretz’s Apartheid Campaign Against Israel

Do most Israelis support an apartheid regime in the country and do they advocate discrimination against Arabs? An article by Gideon Levy in Ha'aretz highlighted with sensational but distorted headlines twists facts to promote the apartheid canard against Israel.

With Akiva Eldar, the Facts Are a Minority

Ha'aretz's Akiva Eldar falsely attributes an unsubstantiated, erroneous figure to the Israeli Ministry of Finance in his bogus report that the Israeli government has acknowledged that Jews are a minority between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.

Ha’aretz Allegation of War Crime Unfounded

Yitzhak Laor claims that, in the first Lebanon war, the IDF "blew up the mosque in Ain al-Hilweh with hundreds of people barricaded inside, including children." His own source does not support his baseless claim, the latest Laor blood libel.

Amira Hass’ Water Woes

Ha'aretz's Amira Hass uncritically relays Palestinian charges about Israeli water use, making no effort to take into account opposing claims and ignoring facts and figures which refute Israel's critics.