A screenshot from the staged clip
In response to communication from CAMERA’s Israel office, Times of Israel has commendably clarified headlines which failed to make clear that a clip of Israeli pilots opposed to the government judicial overhaul refusing to extend help to soldiers supporting the plan was staged.
Referring to Israel’s far-right Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir, the misleading headlines had originally stated “Ben-Gvir refuses to delete clip of pilots not helping troops who back overhaul” and “IDF pans clip shared by minister showing pilots refusing to help overhaul-backing troops.”
Editors agreed with CAMERA’s Jerusalem staff that the headlines required improvement, and accordingly amended them to state: “Ben-Gvir refuses to delete staged clip of pilots not helping troops who back overhaul” and “IDF pans staged clip shared by minister showing pilots refusing to help overhaul-backing troops.”