Coverage of Israel and the Palestinians has long been bedeviled by misinformation peddled by major media sources. An erroneous story claiming Israel banned a politically controversial book is such a case.
Why does the BBC call violent Jewish perpetrators "terrorists" but does not refer to more frequent Palestinian perpetrators as terrorists? Because the Palestinian Authority doesn't refer to Palestinian perpetrators as terrorists.
This year, the media have blundered all too many times in reporting on the Middle East. There were, unfortunately, countless potential "winners," but after careful consideration, CAMERA has identified the media's ten biggest bungles.
As terror attacks continue to shake Israel, journalists and headline writers seem to be doing their best to obscure the reality of the Palestinian stabbings, and even to cast attackers as victims of arbitrary Israeli violence.
This just in: Rocks attack cars, “violence spikes.” But when Jews die Arabs aren't responsible. Media continued to hide Palestinian culpability with depersonalized headlines.
The BBC continues to falsely charge Israel with blocking the importation of Medical Equipment into Gaza even though it has been repeatedly informed that the problem is due to a dispute between the PLO and Hamas.
BBC correspondent Yolande Knell continues to use her reporting in Gaza to campaign against restrictions imposed by Israel in order to combat terrorism emanating from the Gaza Strip.
BBC's coverage of the nuclear agreement with Iran depicts Israel as the belligerent power and promotes the notion that conflict with Iran has been avoided, not merely postponed.
Saudi bombardment of Yemen has inflicted higher civilian casualties than Israeli operations in Gaza, but gets less coverage, according to a BBC correspondent, because it is less safe and less accessible for reporters.