Emily Damari was kidnapped from her home in Kfar Aza, which is not a “settlement” (Photo by Tamar Sternthal)
“A map, any map, is a sort of mirror, reflecting the ideas and worldviews of its creators — the people of its time,” observed Israel’s National Library, reflecting on medieval Christian maps depicting Jerusalem in the center of the world.
What, then, does CBS News’ creative cartography with respect to Israel say about the network’s ideas and worldviews regarding the Jewish state?
In August, a CBS News memo regarding the Jewish state’s capital city instructed all employees: “Do not refer to [Jerusalem] as being in Israel.”
This week, the media giant further chipped away at Israeli territory.
“Damari, who is 28, and Steinbrecher, who is 31, were taken from the same kibbutz, which is a settlement,” anchor Errol Barnett’s intoned in special report Jan.19 covering the release of the three Israeli hostages Emily Damari, Doron Steinbrecher and Romi Gonen.
Damari and Steinbrecher’s home, Kibbutz Kfar Aza, where they were brutally kidnapped on Oct. 7, 2023, is not a settlement. The kibbutz is located well within internationally recognized Israeli territory. It is nowhere near the disputed West Bank.
Read the rest of Tamar Sternthal’s Jan. 23, 2024 Op-Ed in Times of Israel.