The Gaza Flotilla: Falsehoods and Facts
In the aftermath of Israel's raid on the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara, the media provided non-stop coverage with both information and misinformation. This backgrounder sorts out the facts from the falsehoods.
International Herald Tribune editors were asleep at the helm, ignoring video evidence showing violence on the part of the flotilla passengers, whitewashing IHH, and giving a distorted picture of international law.
The Israel-Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (USA) injects anti-Jewish animus into peacemaking efforts by obliquely linking acts of violence to Jewish groups in the U.S.
J Street has condemned a report issued by the PC(USA)'s Middle East Study Committee for seeking to withhold military aid to Israel and for invoking their name without consultation.
Presbyterian Peacemakers affirm Israel's right to exist in one document, but attack Zionism in another.