CAMERA Prompts NY Times Correction on West Bank Status
The New York Times corrects after taking sides in the dispute between Israel and the Palestinians over the West Bank.
Land Issues:
Israeli, Palestinian and Bedouin
New York Times Labels Disputed West Bank ‘Palestinian Land’
Contrary to The New York Times report, Israeli settlers did not criticize the Trump plan for not "annex[ing] enough Palestinian land." Indeed, the West Bank land in question is disputed and is not currently under Palestinian control, nor was it ever.
New York Times’ Deceptive Maps Mislead on Trump Plan
Taking a page out of the book of President Abbas, The New York Times publishes maps which falsely suggest that under President Trump's plan Palestinians will get significantly less land than they now control, when in fact the opposite is true.
Reuters Misleads That Trump Plan Calls For Uprooting Israeli Arabs From Homes, Land
A Reuters about Israeli Arab fears concerning President Trump's "Prosperity to Peace" plan wrongly suggests that residents of Arab towns in "The Triangle" region of northern Israel are in danger of being uprooted from their homes and land.
AFP Lends Hand to Palestinian Propaganda
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday displayed egregiously misleading propaganda maps showing the allegedly diminishing lands of "historic Palestine" and giving an inaccurate picture of the Trump proposal. AFP captions treat Abbas' maps at face value, providing no context about the gross falsehoods.
Haaretz Corrects: Palestinians Had Not Purchased Disputed Land in Silwan
CAMERA prompts a forthright correction after Haaretz's English edition falsely stated that Palestinian families had decades ago purchased disputed land where the Baten al-Hawa enclave of Silwan in Jerusalem is located.
Peter Beinart Promotes False Claim in the Forward
There are no legal barriers to non-Jewish Israelis purchasing homes in West Bank settlements.
Reuters Corrects: Israeli Ownership in Jordanian Border Area Traces Back to 1920s
CAMERA prompts correction of a Reuters video which mistakenly reported that private Israeli claims to lands in the Jordanian border area date back to the 1970s. In fact, the private Israeli claims to those lands date back to the 1920s.
NY Times, B’Tselem Misinforms on Palestinians in Jordan Valley
In a pair of articles about the Jordan Valley, the New York Times echoed B'Tselem's false claim that Palestinians are unable to enter 85 percent of the region, and wrongly described the Palestinian village of Fasayil as sitting in Area C of the West Bank.
Los Angeles Times Corrects After Calling Jordan Valley ‘Palestinian Territory’
CAMERA prompts correction of a Los Angeles Times article which misidentified the Jordan Valley as "Palestinian territory." Israel captured the disputed territory from Jordan in the defensive 1967 war, and Palestinians seek it for a future state.