Note to Media: Gilo Is in Jerusalem
Yesterday, Israel approved the building of 900 homes in its capital, a move opposed by the United States, and incorrectly reported by some media outlets which described Gilo as in the West Bank.
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Reuters’ Selective Lens Demonizes Israel on 61st Independence Day
Reuters' photographs marking Israel's 61st Independence Day depict a false image: according to Jews and Arabs living within Israel's borders, Israel should not exist. All those Israelis who think otherwise are war-mongers. UPDATED: Mohammed Omer’s Allegations Raise Questions
See Nov. 5 update: Questionable LA Times report. Inflammatory allegations against Israeli security officials by Mohammed Omer are outrightly denied. Discrepancies in Omer's accounts of the incident raise questions about his honesty. Updated: Reuters Distorts on Gaza Border, Healthcare
Update: Although it never corrected its report claiming Israel denied travel permits to 50 percent or more of sick Gazans, Reuters is now reporting that Israel admitted 81 percent of these patients last year. Reuters Provides Hamas a Platform
"We bless the (Jerusalem) operation. It will not be the last," Hamas said in a statement following the terrorist attack at Mercaz HaRav, a Jewish yeshiva in Western Jerusalem, as candy was handed out in celebration in the Gaza Strip. Just three days earlier, a Reuters headline on an article presenting Hamas terrorists as heroic warriors trumpeted, "Inspired by God, Hamas Fighters Battle On." Media Project Anti-Israel Bias Onto UN Secretary General
The media readily conveyed United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's condemnation of how Israel carried out its Gaza operation. But there is more to the story than meets the news consumer's eye.
Reuters fails to root out facts on Palestinian Christians
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil seems to be Reuters philosophy when it comes to covering attacks against Palestinian Christians by Palestinian Muslims. Alistair Lyon's "Misery Tempts Palestinian Christians to Flee" is only the latest example. Fatah Follows “Moderate” Abbas’ Instructions
A suicide attack in Eilat followed a speech by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to a Fatah rally two weeks earlier exhorting Palestinians to avoid internecine fighting and direct their arms at Israeli "occupation" instead. AFP Buries UN Criticism of Hezbollah, Highlights Criticism of Israel
Agence France Presse, an international news service that last year covered up U.S. demands on Syria to stop supporting Hezbollah and other terrorist groups, is again doctoring news about Hezbollah.
Reuters Forgets Pledge
CAMERA has long criticized Reuters for providing a platform for terrorist propaganda—not only with the photographs they distribute, but with reports from the region as well. Reuters responded by pledging to reinforce editing safeguards. But now, following the war in Lebanon between the Hezbollah terrorist group and Israel, the pledge has apparently been forgotten.