Who’s Rewriting History, Ayman?
MSNBC's Ayman Mohyeldin was not content to merely rewrite and erase history. He also chose to rewrite and erase current events.
War of Independence (1948)
Mehdi Hasan, Historical Revisionism, and “Nakba Day”
Like Ilan Pappe, Mehdi Hasan rewrites history not by exposing new facts, but by omitting facts and context.
The Washington Post and Vox Award Land to the Palestinians
The media actively works to erase the Jewish people's historical and legal claims to the land of Israel. Recent articles by The Washington Post and Vox offer examples as to how. CAMERA takes a look at why.
Haaretz Op-Ed by Odeh Bisharat Rife With Propaganda About Israel’s Founding
Haaretz's opinion editors gave a pass to Odeh Bisharat's odious falsehoods which undermine Israel's legitimacy, including the fabrication that Arabs owned "most of the territory" of Palestine, and that Ben-Gurion's territorial greed supposedly caused the 1948 war.
Haaretz’s Gideon Levy Offers Life Support to Expired Tantura ‘Massacre’ Fallacy
For Israel's Memorial Day, Haaretz's Gideon Levy offers life support to the thoroughly expired Tantura "massacre" fallacy, insisting on a cover up of the "contentious version" whereby Haganah soldiers allegedly carried out a war crime.
CNN Rewrites History of 1948, 1967 Wars
UPDATED: CAMERA prompts correction after CNN's Sam Kiley absurdly claimed that Israel fought in the 1948 and 1967 wars "to expand territory." In fact, Israel fought to prevent Arab campaigns to annihilate the Jewish state.
New York Times Rewrites History Claiming Most Jaffa Arabs Expelled in 1948
Contradicting both the High Commissioner and Jaffa Arabs who lived through the events, editors of The New York Times, in Manhattan, rewrote history, falsely reporting that in 1948 "most of Jaffa's Arab residents were forcibly removed from their homes." The falsehood appears in the context of a "correction," no less.
Partisan and Distorted Analysis of Arab-Israeli Conflict Aired by C-SPAN
C-SPAN recently aired a “discussion” hosted by National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations (NCUSAR), an Arab centered organization hostile to Israel. This hostility was reflected in the choice of panelists.
Al-Jazeera English Airs ‘Nakba’ Myth
In May-June 2013, the Qatar-based Arabic satellite television channel aired its 'Nakba' (catastrophe) film depicting a one-sided version of Israel's struggle for independence.
Awad Family Offers Contradictory Stories About Death of Family Patriarch
Sami Awad tells one story about the death of his grandfather, Elias. His uncle Alex tells another.