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New Year, New Precedent: Ha’aretz Corrects

CAMERA's Israeli staff prompts an unprecedent correction today at Ha'aretz. Akiva Eldar corrects his false claim that a Hebrew University poll found that 21 percent of settlers endorse the "use of arms" to resist settlement evacuations.

Ha’aretz Repeats ‘Jewish-Only Apartheid Roads’ Canard

Yossi Sarid, now a Ha'aretz columnist, repeats the old falsehood about "Jewish-only apartheid roads." While several media outlets have corrected the falsity, Ha'aretz editors continues to behave as if journalistic standards are meant for others, not them.

How to Distort the News, In Hebrew

Israeli media outlets Ha'aretz and Ynet falsely claim that a letter from Im Tirtzu, an Israeli activist organization, demanded the firing of Ben-Gurion University professors. Ha'aretz also attributes an invented quote to a railway survey.

Journalists Buy Falsehoods on Gaza Shipments

Raed Fattouh, a Palestinian Authority official, is selling the falsehood that certain products -- clothes, shoes, wood and aluminum -- are entering the Gaza Strip for the first time since 2007, and journalists are buying in bulk.

Ha’aretz Invents Dershowitz Drama

It seems Washington-based reporter Natasha Mozgovaya wanted fireworks, so she manufactured some, charging the Harvard professor with an "attack" and "verbal onslaught" against a J Street representative.

Akiva Eldar Clueless in Jerusalem

Ha'aretz veteran writer Akiva Eldar is befuddled on Jerusalem, falsely claiming that West Bank Muslims and Christians cannot visit the holy sites and that only east Jerusalem women and children may enter the Temple Mount.