Settlements
BACKGROUNDER: Jewish Settlements and the Media
The subject of Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza has long provoked severely distorted coverage. Regardless of differing political views on settlement policy, information about the much-reported issue should be factual and balanced.
Guardian erases Jewish connection to Judaism’s second holiest city
A Guardian article on Hebron adheres to an unwritten rule followed by Guardian reporters that once a city in the Land of Israel has been cleansed of its Jewish residents, Jews should never reside there again.
Reuters’ X ‘Correction’ on Settlements At Odds With Reuters’ Own Reporting
A Reuters "correction" posted on X unequivocally alleging that "Israel’s settlements in the occupied West Bank are deemed illegal under international law" is contradicted not only by the facts, but also by the news agency's own reporting.
Who, Exactly, Is Genocidal? Normative Israelis or Haaretz’s Trusted Sources?
Haaretz demonizes all Israelis as genocidaires and amplifies without challenge false claims from rabidly anti-Israel content creators Ms. Rachel and Andrey X rather than providing on the ground reporting.
CNN Flocks to B’tselem: A Double Standard on Evidence in West Bank Reporting
CNN selectively edited an IDF statement to convey a one-sided, unsubstantiated report on "settler violence" in the West Bank town of Jiljilya, deliberately omitting the crucial context of a prior theft and a high-risk military extraction.
Beyond the ‘Freedom School’: The Story CNN Did Not Tell About Umm al-Khair
A CNN broadcast accused Carmel's Israeli residents of using a security fence to block Palestinian children from attending school. CAMERA's investigation found that a safe alternative route is readily available and exposed the documented antisemitic threats that originally necessitated the barrier.
Economist columnist treats Palestinian terrorists like children
One of the most fundamental tenets of liberal Western democracy is that moral standards are universal, and that there can be no exceptions to this principle due to race, religion, ethnicity or any other mere accident of birth.
The Economist's failure to hold Palestinian jihadists responsible for their decisions is both racist and fundamentally illiberal.
Comparing the BBC and Al Jazeera style guides
The similarities between entries in the style guide used by the Hamas-supporting and terrorist-employing Qatari government-funded media outlet (which has been banned by several Arab countries) and those appearing in the BBC style guides certainly raise questions regarding the standards to which Britain’s national broadcaster apparently aspires.
BBC’s World at One promotes Jews on ‘Palestinian land’ canard
The BBC's Sarah Montague advances the canard that the West Bank (Judea and Samaria) is all “Palestinian territory” and takes a thinly veiled swipe at diaspora Jews who make aliyah and choose to live there.
The BBC and the one-sided land dispute
In order to meet its obligations to provide audiences with balanced and fair reporting, the BBC would have to consider the Palestinian people as equally capable of being political actors in their own right, something which unfortunately happens all too rarely.
PBS’s week of journalistic faux pas: One-sided narratives, erasing American Oct. 7 victims
Over the course of a single week, PBS NewsHour pushed one-sided narratives of Israeli policy, erased American victims of Oct. 7, and offered soft, unchallenged interviews to a repressive Iranian regime. This reporting raises questions over whether it is attempting to inform its viewers or persuade them.