Palestinian Prisoners

November 8, 2020

Times of Israel Corrects: Administrative Detention Not Illegal Under International Law

CAMERA prompted corrections in Times of Israel articles which erroneously reported that the Israeli policy of administrative detention is illegal under international law. In addition, editors correct misreporting on Israel's High Court rulings concerning Palestinian hunger striker Maher Akhras.

October 26, 2020

Islamic Jihad’s Maher Akhras, Haaretz’s New Martyr

Haaretz advocates for the immediate release of Palestinian hunger striker Maher Akhras striker, discounting Israel's information that he is an Islamic Jihad member and ignoring the fact that the terror organization itself has identified him as a "commander."

May 11, 2020

NY Times Favors Palestinian Narrative on Payments to Terrorists

Two days after the NY Times framed the Israeli army’s fight against Covid-19 as a break from its quest for new ways to "kill people," the paper doubled down with an egregiously skewed piece about Palestinians imprisoned for killing Israeli civilians.

November 6, 2019

Haaretz Vs. Haaretz: Are Reasons for Khalida Jarrar’s 2017 Arrest Classified?

In recent articles, Haaretz alleges that the reasons for the 2017 arrest of Khalida Jarrar, a former Palestinian lawmaker, are "still classified" despite the fact that its own coverage at the time noted that the army cited her increased activity with the PFLP terror group.

September 24, 2019

JTA Corrects: Convicted Terrorist Bassam Al-Sayeh Didn’t Die in Jail

CAMERA prompts correction of a Jewish Telegraphic Agency article which incorrectly reported that convicted terrorist Bassam Al-Sayeh died in an Israeli prison. In fact, Al-Sayeh, who suffered from cancer, died in an Israeli hospital.

July 23, 2019

The Forward Opinion Page Defends “Pay-to-Slay”

Author Muhammad Shehada falsely claims “Pay to Slay” is a “canard” that has been debunked by the Washington Post.

November 25, 2018

Los Angeles Times Corrects Letter: No Palestinian Kids in IDF Prisons

CAMERA prompts correction of a letter-to-the-editor by Eitan Peled, former programming director for SJP at UCLA, for his false claim that there are "hundreds of Palestinian children in Israeli military prisons." No Palestinians, minors or otherwise, are held in Israeli military prisons.