The Journal initially relayed a United Nations claim that Israel fired on and killed a UN worker without pointing out that an Israeli investigation showed otherwise. The newspaper commendably corrected this error of omission. 
There is a conflict between the Palestinians and Israel over the West Bank and Jerusalem that, according to international peace plans, should be resolved through negotiations. But the Journal's news pages report as if the conflict is already resolved — in accordance with Palestinian demands.
One of the most disturbing of this season's "Bethlehem Formula" columns is the muddled and distorted Op-Ed by Kenneth Woodward that appeared on the generally well-vetted Op-Ed page of the Wall Street Journal. 
Readers opening the Wall Street Journal on Nov. 20 found a story ("Checkpoints Splinter Palestinian Economy" by Cam Simpson) so biased against Israeli perspectives it could have been taken from a propaganda tract. In an Oct. 8 column entitled "Getting to Know Our New Buddy: OPEC," Wall Street Journal opinion writer Holman Jenkins overstated U.S. aid to Israel by almost a trillion dollars. His number is based on a study by economist Thomas Stauffer, which cannot be considered a credible source given that, among other absurdities, it includes aid to Arab countries as part of aid to Israel.
