Diyar Consortium Mischaracterizes Security Barrier
The Diyar Consortium led by Lutheran Pastor Mitri Raheb (left), falsely describes the security barrier as encircling Bethlehem.
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. Alex Awad Offers Distorted Version of First Intifada
Rev. Alex Awad, a Methodist missionary and Dean of Students at Bethlehem Bible College, offers a distorted view of the First Intifada in his DVD regarding the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Haaretz, Lost in Translation
English translators for the Israeli daily repeatedly minimize or expunge information about Arab wrongdoings appearing in the Hebrew original. At times, the English account is completely at odds with the original Hebrew. Mainliners Speak Truth to Jewish, Not Arab and Muslim, Power
Common Global Ministries, the overseas arm of two mainline Protestant churches in the U.S., tacitly admits its one-sided witness about human rights in the Middle East is motivated by fear of Islamist violence against Christians in the region. Desmond Tutu Assails Israel, Gives Palestinians a Pass
Archbishop Desmond Tutu is at it again, using his status as one of the heroes in the anti-Apartheid struggle of the 1980s to smear Israel and give Palestinian leaders a pass. Amira Hass and the Activists of Nabi Saleh
Ha'aretz's Amira Hass has trotted out her tired theme of Israeli abuse of Palestinians, allowing a Palestinian activist in Nabi Saleh to promote propagandistic claims that are belied in an earlier; Palestine Monitor article. The Global Blood Libel against Israel
Mohammed Merah, the confessed Toulouse killer, said he wanted to avenge the deaths of Palestinian children. The drumbeat of false accusations that Israel murders Palestinian children is a modern day blood libel in which the media is complicit.
Deconstructing “Israeli Apartheid”
Israel’s adversaries have always charged the country with misdeeds, but only relatively recently have these alleged evils coalesced into the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS), modeled after the campaign against apartheid South Africa. As a detailed examination shows, the apartheid charges are utterly false. The activists who level these charges deserve no credibility.
Phyllis Bennis’ Israel Problem
Arguing in the Los Angeles Times Web site that Israel's "fundamental policy towards the Palestinians" is land "theft," Phyllis Bennis is compelled to ignore Israel's Gaza withdrawal and multiple offers to turn over almost the entire West Bank.