Wall Street Journal
Sam Bacile and the One Hundred Jewish Donors
The media was all too willing to run with the dubious story that an Israeli-American named Sam Bacile backed by one hundred Jewish donors was behind the film that sparked outrage in the Muslim world.
Wall Street Journal Lets Palestinian Spokesman Deep-Six the Facts
In The Wall Street Journal, Maen Rashid Areikat writes an Op-Ed so replete with falsehoods that it rightly could be called a work of fiction.
In The WSJ, Michael Oren is Right: Israel’s Enemies Seek Its Delegitimization
Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren writes, "Having failed to destroy Israel by conventional arms and terrorism, Israel's enemies alit on a subtler and more sinister tactic that hampers Israel's ability to defend itself, even to justify its existence." And he's right. UPDATED: AFP Defense of Dubious Photo Raises Additional Discrepancies
AFP defends its photo caption which claimed a Palestinian was injured after an Israeli soldier ran him over with a trailer. Yet, the AFP statement and the caption contradict each other.
UPDATED: For Wall Street Journal, What’s “Terror” in Norway is “Militancy” in Israel
8/19 Update: A later version of the story added the word "terrorist" to the body of the article.
A Historical Perspective on the Itamar Killings
In the wake of a heinous terrorist attack in Itamar, a disturbing number of media reports focused on Israeli “settlements” as the primary problem afflicting the region. Neglected were the historical parallels to grisly Arab terrorist attacks resulting from anti-Jewish incitement – all in the absence of settlements.
New Negotiations, Old Biases
Gaza Flotilla Crisis Yields More Coverage, More Bias
In the aftermath of Israel's operation to prevent pro-Palestinian radicals from violating the naval blockade on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, media organizations are again focusing on Israel and its opponents in a way reminiscent of the onset of the second Palestinian "intifada."