Gidon Shaviv

What The NY Times, Telegraph Missed on Netanyahu Government Guidelines

The New York Times and The Telegraph point to Netanyahu's new government guidelines which don't mention a Palestinian state as evidence of his intransigence. But for decades, successive governments, including those who negotiated, didn't mention a Palestinian state in their guidelines.

Kobi Niv Dubs All Israelis Racist, Misses Praise for Lassana Bathily

"[T]he truth is that we are a racist country, from the prime minister on down to the grassroots citizen," opines Tal Niv in Haaretz, castigating Israelis for their supposed lack of praise for Lassana Bathily, the black Muslim immigrant who saved Jews during the Paris attack.

Zvi Bar’el, Meet Israel’s Founding Document

Haaretz's Zvi Bar'el warns of a "racist" bill which he says will bring Israel to a state ruled by Jewish law. But the language to which he so objects is nearly identical to what appears in Israel's founding document.

TED: Spreading Anti-Israel Propaganda

The popular TED Talks give Eman Mohammed a platform, and gets crude anti-Israel propaganda from the Gaza photojournalist. How is the defamatory slur that Israel aims to maximize civilian deaths an "idea worth spreading"?

Clearing the Smog: Media Err on Israeli Pollution

In a WHO report about the countries with the most air pollution, Israel, along with Peru and Lebanon, are in 24th place. So why did several Israeli media outlets report that Israel ranked 12th?

Bogus Bus Boycott

Haaretz was the latest media outlet to fall prey to false claims of BDS success. Veolia's move to close its bus routes in Israel was part of a business decision to globally cut transportation investments.