CAMERA Column in Ynet: Peace Now’s Margin of Error
Ynet.com, the English Web site of the Israeli daily newspaper, Yediot Aharonot, has published a CAMERA Op-Ed on the lack of reliability of Peace Now's claims about Israeli settlements.
Settlements
Peace Now’s Blunder: Erred on Ma’ale Adumim Land by 15,900 Percent
Peace Now claimed in an October 2006 report that Israeli settlements are situated mostly on “private Palestinian land,” and in particular that the territory of the largest settlement, Ma’ale Adumim, is 86.4 percent “private Palestinian land.” Turns out they were a little off. CAMERA Letter Addresses Washington Times Op-Ed
A CAMERA letter addresses omissions in a Washington Times Op-Ed by the Ziad Asali, president of the American Task Force on Palestine.
Error-Filled Advocacy Journalism Replaces Balanced Reporting on Settlements
A Feb. 5, 2007 Time Magazine article by Jerusalem bureau chief Tim McGirk on Israeli settlements in the West Bank was not so much a news report as anti-settlement agitprop. Jimmy Carter’s “Settlement Freeze” Lie
Jimmy Carter admitted in 2003 that at Camp David Prime Minister Begin agreed to only a three month settlement freeze, but he falsely charges in his book that Begin pledged an open-ended freeze, and then reneged. BBC Editor Sets Tone for Biased Reporting
BBC's coverage of the Middle East has an underlying text: Israel is at the root of all the region's conflicts. This biased perspective, exhibited in much of BBC's reporting, is institutional. UPDATE: Peace Now Map Based Only on Palestinian Claims
Israeli official: Leaked Peace Now map regarding "private Palestinian land" was based only on Palestinian claims and was used to keep track of those claims, many of which have been debunked. Peace Now’s Report on Settlement Land
How credible are the data and analysis in a new Peace Now report claiming that "a large proportion of the settlements built on the West Bank are built on privately owned Palestinian land"? Madison Newspaper Features Propaganda by Anti-Israel Activist
The Capital Times, a daily newspaper published in Madison, Wisconsin, published an Op-Ed on March 17 by local anti-Israel activist Jennifer Loewenstein. The column, for the most part, ranted incoherently against Israel and was riddled with factual errors.
A Stacked Deck – the NPR Formula at Work
National Public Radio's Nov. 2, 2005 report, "Jewish Settlements Expand in West Bank," illustrates a recurrent technique in the network's chronic anti-Israel coverage: stacking the deck.