Politico’s Paper Thin Attack on the U.S. Ambassador to Israel
Politico uses questionable sources and a false narrative to attack the U.S. Ambassador to Israel and U.S.-Israeli relations.
Saeb Erekat
The Washington Post’s Vanishing Act on Palestinian Rejectionism
David Ignatius, a Washington Post columnist, claims that settlements are eroding the chance for a Palestinian state. But the facts, and The Washington Post itself, have said otherwise. CAMERA Letter-to-the-Editor: ‘Israel defending itself’
A Washington Times report about recent Palestinian attacks in Israel downplayed incitement to violence. It also quoted without factual rebuttal a Palestinian spokesman alleging an Israeli “culture of hate.” CAMERA's letter set the record straight.
Incitement over Temple Mount Leads to Palestinian Violence, Again
Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian Authority media incite Temple Mount violence. News coverage misses old and deadly pattern.
Saeb Erekat — Highly Visible, Highly Unreliable
Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat is a news media favorite. CAMERA's Washington Jewish Week Op-Ed caught Al-Jazeera America letting Erekat do what he does chronically—fabricate.
Saeb Erekat’s Fabrication Exposes ‘Palestinian Narrative’
Saeb Erekat, the Palestinian Authority's chief negotiator and serial unreliable source, provided a useful service when he invented an 8,500-year Palestinian Arab history: He exposed the fabrications underlying "the Palestinian narrative." The New York Times Discovers “False Claims”
The New York Times seems to accept without question charges of Israeli brutality, but with other countries the paper can still muster the usual journalistic impulses to actually fact-check and doubt. Times Magazine Profile of Livni Mangles Key Issues
A New York Times Magazine profile of Israeli politician Tzipi Livni by Roger Cohen falsely portrayed Israel as violating U.N. resolutions, and falsely portrayed the Palestinians as opposing suicide bombings and favoring a two-state solution. CAMERA Prompts IHT Correction on Erekat Falsehood
As noted on CAMERA's blog Nov. 27, Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat wrongly stated in an Op-Ed in the International Herald Tribune that Israel's military is the fifth largest in the world. CAMERA pointed out the error to editors, and as a result, a correction ran today. The error and correction follow:
CAMERA Action Prompts Improved AFP Report
An AFP story on the wire today reported without challenge Saeb Erakat's claim that the "road map" requires Israel to release Palestinian prisoners. In response to communication from CAMERA, subsequent AFP stories noted that "the roadmap makes no mention of Israel releasing Palestinian detainees."