Gideon Levy’s Swimming Pool Falsehood Resurfaces
Nearly seven years to the day after Haaretz's Gideon Levy falsely reported that West Bank Palestinians have just one single place to swim, he extends the fallacy to the Gaza Strip.
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AP, Haaretz Run Temple Mount Correction. Ynet, Israel Hayom Don’t
Hours after the Associated Press corrected an article about the Temple Mount, three English-language Israeli news outlets published the misinformation. Of the three -- Haaretz, Israel Hayom and Ynet -- only Haaretz has since set the record straight. Haaretz’s Gideon Levy Spreads His Anti-Israel Poison Abroad
Haaretz journalist Gideon Levy is a fringe radical who justifies terrorism, dismisses Palestinian genocidal rhetoric, promotes BDS and dreams of a one-state solution rather than a Jewish state. Levy recently completed a cross-Canada speaking tour sponsored by a Canadian BDS organization and interviews on Canadian radio, providing an example of how Haaretz and its radical ideologues poison the public discourse by demonizing Israel. Mughayyir Mosque ‘Arson’ Story Flares Up Again
In response to communication from CAMERA, Haaretz removes its latest reference to an alleged arson attack on a West Bank mosque last November. It was Haaretz itself which had first reported on an Israeli investigation ruling out arson.
Haaretz Corrects Headlines on Unruly Israir Passengers
CAMERA's Israel office prompts correction of English headlines in Haaretz which misidentified unruly Israeli Israir passengers as violent and Bulgarian.
Kobi Niv Dubs All Israelis Racist, Misses Praise for Lassana Bathily
"[T]he truth is that we are a racist country, from the prime minister on down to the grassroots citizen," opines Tal Niv in Haaretz, castigating Israelis for their supposed lack of praise for Lassana Bathily, the black Muslim immigrant who saved Jews during the Paris attack. In Hebrew, Haaretz Clarifies Regarding Rafah Casualties
Presspectiva, CAMERA's Hebrew division, prompts clarification today of an Haaretz editorial which cited inflated figures for the number of Palestinians killed in Rafah Aug. 1, dubbed "Black Friday." Party Time: Fatah’s Founding Myth
It's Jan. 1, so it's party time in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. Massive rallies mark 50 years since Fatah's first terror attack against Israel, but media outlets are reporting the anniversary of Fatah's founding. Haaretz Corrects “Lost in Translation” on Mosque Fire
Following communication from CAMERA, Haaretz English edition editors commendably add information about an Israeli investigation ruling out arson to an article that had reported that Palestinians blamed a fire in a West Bank mosque on settlers. Backdraft: Some Media Outlets Backtrack on Mosque ‘Arson’
Weeks after news accounts blamed Jewish arsonists for a fire in a West Bank mosque, an investigation finds the cause was electrical. CAMERA followed up with media outlets that had reported as fact that the mosque was attacked, with positive outcomes at AP, New York Times and Haaretz.