CAMERA Letter-to-the-Editor Published in Boston Globe
The following CAMERA letter to the editor correcting a story about Arab/Islamic art appeared in the Boston Globe on January 19, 2002.
Boston Globe
Arab Terrorists Imitating Jews?
Media Obscure Palestinian Terror & Culpability
In reporting on a string of brutal Palestinian terrorist attacks against Israelis, most newspapers avoided the use of any form of the word "terrorist."
Thumbs Up to Charles Radin and Dan Ephron
THUMBS UP to the Boston Globe's Charles Radin Jerusalem bureau chief, and Globe reporter Dan Ephron for their April 29 article entitled "Claims of massacre go unsupported by Palestinian fighters," which represents an unusual effort to get beyond the "he said/she said" counter-allegations concerning Israel's actions in Jenin. Rather than simply reporting the competing claims of officials on each side, Radin spoke with Palestinian fighters and others on the scene to get their version of events.
When Terror is Not “Terror”
CAMERA Op-Ed: Scapegoating Israel
In the immediate after-shock of the devastating terror attacks on America, Israel-blamers paused only briefly before charging that Israel's alleged actions against the Palestinians and consequent Arab anger caused the mass murder of Americans.
Double Standards in the Ivory Tower
CAMERA Op-Ed in Wall Street Journal: “The Real Story on Israel”
Why has the Middle East peace process degenerated into undeclared warfare, with Palestinian suicide bombers targeting Israelis, and Israel apparently contemplating unprecedented retaliation? You wouldn't be aware of the facts if you wouldn't be aware of them if you got your information from much of the Western media.
Thumbs Up to Jeff Jacoby
THUMBS UP to Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby for fearless, factual commentary on important topics ignored by many journalists, such as the dangerous phenomenon of Arab anti-Semitism. Jacoby observes that the lack of media focus on the issue "is perplexing" since the Arab-Israeli negotiations get covered in detail. "American and European journalists pay great attention to the Arab world's diplomatic dealings with the Jewish state," he writes. "How odd that they pay almost none to what Arabs and Muslims actually say about Jews."
Additional Boston Globe Corrections
Some additional Boston Globe corrections prompted by CAMERA.