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Sex, Lies and Chinese Workers
On Dec. 23, the Associated Press filed an anonymous story entitled "Israeli company asks Chinese workers not to have sex with Israelis." The story is bogus, falsely stating: "An Israeli company has required thousands of Chinese workers to sign a contract promising not to have sex with Israelis or try to convert them."
CNN’s “Palestinian Swimmer” Story Sinks
CNN recently reported the sad tale of Palestinian Olympic hopeful Raad Awisat, whose makeshift swimming pool and training facilities in his hometown are far less favorable than those he once enjoyed at Jerusalem's YMCA, which boasts a half Olympic-sized swimming pool and modern weight-room. The culprit in the story, according to reporter John Vause's clear implication, was Israel.
Dissembling Demolitions
Why do photo services feature images of forlorn Palestinian children scampering across rubble if the structures were uninhabited?
In Their Own Words: Hamas Leaders
Hamas, according to the United States government and the European Union, is a terrorist organization. The group preaches and practices violence and regularly espouses Israel’s annihilation. Long before Israel’s policy of targeting top Hamas leaders, the group adopted the use of terror. Indeed, the group practiced terrorism before and after Oslo, the road map, and the truce agreement (the “hudna”).
AP’s “Blanket Closure” Report Contradicted by AP Photos
A recent AP story by reporter Gavin Rabinowitz falsely charged that Israel's "closure" of the West Bank and Gaza prior to Yom Kippur confined Palestinians to their homes, despite the fact that AP photographs proved the opposite.
Double Standards in Headlines
Many headlines continue to present violence against Israelis differently from that against Palestinians. The latest examples were headlines that appeared following the killing of 7-month-old Shaked Avraham who was shot by a Palestinian terrorist on the Jewish New Year.
AP Calls Terrorists “Revenge Bombers”
The Associated Press (AP) has coined a new term for attacks by Palestinian terrorists: "revenge bombings." Israeli counter-terror strikes are said to "lead to" or "trigger" "revenge bombings" or "revenge attacks." But characterizing as "revenge" the deliberate terrorist act of targeting Israeli civilians, on buses, in homes and public spaces, inverts the truth.
Thumbs Up to Joseph Coleman
To Associated Press' Joseph Coleman for his fair and accurate Aug. 5 report about the Palestinian demand that Israel release prisoners ("Palestinian lawmaker calls for U.S. intervention after summit plan collapses").
Israel’s ‘Demands’
The road map is not a long or difficult document, yet some in the media have an astonishingly hard time keeping its basics straight. Key written provisos, prepared by an international "quartet" of the E.U., UN, Russia and the US, are regularly cast as irritating "demands" laid down by Israel.