LA Times Corrects After Confusing Two Very Different Israeli Political Parties
CAMERA prompts correction after The Los Angeles Times confused the religious Jewish Home party for the secular Yisrael Beiteinu party founded by Avigdor Lieberman.
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Los Angeles Times Covers Up Near Fatal Terror Attack
The Los Angeles Times whitewashes a brutal October 2015 terror attack, describing a Palestinian teen "who chased people with a large, ornamental knife with the intention of scaring them." The paper fails to mention that two Israeli civilians, including a 13-year-old boy, were severely wounded in the attack, and that the "ornamental knife" had a 15-inch blade.
LA Times Misleads on US Policy, International Law and Jerusalem, Golan
The Los Angeles Times falsely declares that the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, the relocation of the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and the U.S. recognition of Israeli sovereignty in the Golan Heights all contravene international law.
Washington Post’s Remake of Terrorist Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Not Unique
While The Washington Post headline whitewashing Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as an "austere religious scholar" was particularly egregious given that ISIS is the world's most dangerous terror group, it is not unique. Other terrorists who received favorable media coverage include Brussels terrorist Mehdi Nammouche (pictured), convicted bomber Rasmeah Odeh, hijacker Leila Khaled and more.
Los Angeles Times Corrects After Calling Jordan Valley ‘Palestinian Territory’
CAMERA prompts correction of a Los Angeles Times article which misidentified the Jordan Valley as "Palestinian territory." Israel captured the disputed territory from Jordan in the defensive 1967 war, and Palestinians seek it for a future state.
Los Angeles Times Corrects on Lebanese Casualties in 2006 War
CAMERA prompts correction of a Los Angeles Times article which greatly overstated the number of Lebanese civilians killed in the 2006 war, erroneously citing "nearly 1,200 Lebanese civilians." In fact, this figure includes hundreds of Hezbollah fighters.
At Los Angeles Times, Sliding Scale for Israeli, Palestinian Extremists
The Los Angeles Times' Noga Tarnopolsky applies a sliding scale when it comes to Israeli and Palestinians extremists and hard-liners. Her unsubstantiated claim that "some of the most far-right Jewish settlers that Israel has to offer" attended the U.S. Embassy's Independence Day celebration in Jerusalem is a case in point.
CAMERA Op-Ed: The Bahrain Conference and the Big Omission
The latest U.S. peace initiative for Israelis and Palestinians has received considerable coverage. But as CAMERA details in the Algemeiner, reporters have failed to note the long history of Palestinian rejectionism.
With George Bisharat Op-Ed, Los Angeles Times Lends Hand to Resurgent Antisemitism
Barely a month after Poway synagogue shooting victim Lori Gilbert-Kaye is laid to rest, The Los Angeles Times provides UC Hastings' George Bisharat with yet another platform to call for the end of the Jewish state. His Op-Ed qualifies as antisemitism under multiple criteria of the IHRA definition.
LA Times Falsely Reports: PM’s Office ‘Modified’ Netanyahu ‘Statement’ on Polish Collaboration
Days after The Jerusalem Post fully and transparently clarified its initial misreporting of Netanyahu's remarks about Polish collaboration withh Nazis, The Los Angeles Times falsely alleges that the prime minister's office "modified the statement by removing a single word – 'the' – to remove the implication that all Poles were implicated."