Los Angeles Times

Leading U.S. Papers Downplay, Ignore Stabbings of Israeli Women

The New York Times, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times downplayed or ignored the murder of Dafna Meir. The fatal stabbing, targeting a mother at home with her children at hand, stands out from the last four months of Palestinian violence.

In Boycott Call, Professor Saree Makdisi Flunks On Israeli Education

Professor Saree Makdisi of UCLA is unfettered by journalistic or academic standards. He falsely claimed Friday in The Los Angeles Times, “there is not a single high school in the Palestinian communities in the Negev desert in southern Israel.” Actually, there are more than 40.

LA Times Corrects Headline, Article on Palestinian Terrorism

Following a complaint from CAMERA, The Los Angeles Times amends a headline which grossly whitewashed Palestinian terrorism, depicting the perpetrators as victims. The paper also corrects that two, not one, Israeli civilians were stabbed Saturday.

LA Times Corrects Caption That Downplayed Har Nof Atrocity

An erroneous Los Angeles Times caption minimized Ghassan Abu Jamal's heinous 2014 crime as "attacking a religious school," ignoring his multiple murder victims in Har Nof. The amended caption notes he killed five Israelis in a Jerusalem synagogue.