The Forward Corrects on Arabs in Jerusalem
After communication with CAMERA staff, The Forward corrected its erroneous claim that Jerusalem Arabs are not allowed to move into the city's Jewish sector. Gilead Ini
After communication with CAMERA staff, The Forward corrected its erroneous claim that Jerusalem Arabs are not allowed to move into the city's Jewish sector. For BBC, Real Israel is “Hard to Imagine”
An anonymous BBC source in Lebanon says that Israel is "laughing" at the upheaval on its northern border, and Beirut correspondent Jim Muir concurs, explaining that it is "hard to imagine Israel not being happy." But one doesn't need a vivid imagination to understand Israeli concerns. Robert Mackey Cherry-Picks James Fallows on Al Dura
Not for the first time, New York Times news blogger Robert Mackey distorted the views of fellow journalists by cherry-picking quotations and presenting them out of context. The latest victim (aside from Israel, of course) is The Atlantic's James Fallows. BACKGROUNDER: Mohammed Al Dura
UPDATED: More than 12 years after France 2 aired a report claiming that Israeli soldiers shot dead 12-year-old Mohammed Al Dura, an Israeli government review committee has concluded that there was no evidence for those claims and that the report was used as propaganda that provoked violence and hatred against Israel and contributed to the delegitimization of the Jewish state. CAMERA sorts out the claims and counter-claims. On Newseum Scandal, Open Zion Destroys Months-Old Straw Man
By pretending that all criticism of Newseum hinges on the idea that Hamas members were legitimate targets, Raphael Magarik avoid seriously dealing with Newseum's decision to consider employees of a violent, hate-peddling terrorist organization honorable "journalists." Tel Aviv is the Capital of Israel, and Other Media “Facts”
A satirical Op-Ed shows how those all-too-frequent errors about Israel can skew the public's understanding of the Arab-Israeli conflict. UPDATED: Wall Street Journal Misinforms on Money Transfers to PA
Readers told that the United States and Israel cut off money transfers to the Palestinian Authority would be forgiven for believing that the United States and Israel are not transferring money to the Palestinian Authority. But they would be wrong. (See update noting WSJ correction.) New York Times Promotes (Actual) Palestinian Talking Point
New York Times journalists know with certainty that Abbas wants to restart peace talks because they saw a Palestinian list of talking points suggesting he say as much. Jodi Rudoren Quick with Excuse for Palestinian Rocket, But Buries Cause of IDF Shooting
Two stories in two days reveal two standards governing New York Times coverage of violence in the Arab-Israeli conflict. Polls and Prejudice: Why So Many Got the Israeli Elections So Wrong
David Remnick's false diagnosis of an Israel veering uncontrollably to the right helps sustain the fashionable but unhelpful view the Palestinians have no active role in the conflict, and no responsibility for its course.