Time Strikes (Israel) Again
Karl Vick's latest is as crude as earlier caricatures of Israel, but apparently fills the bill for a weekly magazine that can't figure out what relevance it has in the new media age. Andrea Levin
Karl Vick's latest is as crude as earlier caricatures of Israel, but apparently fills the bill for a weekly magazine that can't figure out what relevance it has in the new media age. The New Yorker’s David Remnick on Israel: “Can’t take it any more”
In a bizarre interview with Yediot Aharonot, New Yorker editor David Remnick railed at Israel for failing to end the "occupation" yet supposedly seeking "unconditional love" from American Jews. The comments offer little insight into Middle East realities, but say something about the writer's state of mind. New Negotiations, Old Biases
The Financial Times' David Gardner, led the way in presenting biased, incendiary coverage of the newly-launched Israeli-Palestinian talks. Name-calling, smears and propaganda trumped facts, context and objectivity. Questions for The New York Times
The Times promotes radical groups and voices leveling distorted criticism at Israel, while continuing to omit genocidal rhetoric emanating from Arab and Muslim adversaries of the Jewish state. Will Arthur Brisbane, the new public editor, address the biases?
Huwaida Arraf’s Flotilla Fable on BBC
In the world of anti-Israel propagandists, no falsehood is too transparent or easily disputed. Arraf charged Gazan babies are denied formula by Israel, when in reality tons are regularly delivered.
Why Helen Thomas Had to Go
When Helen Thomas told Jews to “get the hell out of Palestine,” she sullied the legacy of a man who was at the center of the struggle to stop the murder of Jews in Europe in the 1940s.
UPDATED: Radical, Pro-Hamas “Flotilla” Seeks Media Win
Radical Europeans, far-left Americans and pro-Hamas Islamists may have little else in common, but they've come together for a week of agitprop called the "Freedom Flotilla" aimed at pressuring Israel to relax its naval embargo on Gaza. The question is will journalists report who the players really are and what they're up to?
Ha’aretz Invents Dershowitz Drama
It seems Washington-based reporter Natasha Mozgovaya wanted fireworks, so she manufactured some, charging the Harvard professor with an "attack" and "verbal onslaught" against a J Street representative. CAMERA Op-Ed: All the News Unfit to Print
What the New York Times chooses to cover in the Arab-Israeli conflict – and what it excludes – is a story in itself. Why won’t the New York Times report on the anti-Israel funders behind the Goldstone Report? NYT’s Bronner Smears Israel as Racist on MSNBC
The New York Times' Jerusalem Bureau Chief cites — without evidence — Israeli bigotry as a cause of negative views of Barack Obama in a March 8 TV interview.