Ha’aretz’s Gideon Levy: Israel is Crueler Than Syria, Libya
Arguing that the Israeli occupation is more brutal than the Syrian or Libyan regimes, Ha’aretz’s Gideon Levy calls on Israeli Arabs and West Bank Palestinians to violently revolt.
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Allegations and Libels
Updated: German Cartoon Depicts Israel as a Bloodthirsty Monster
German newspaper Sí¼ddeutsche Zeitung published a cartoon depicting Israel as the child-eating pagan deity Moloch, recalling both the age-old blood libel against Jews and Holocaust-era anti-Semitic cartoons. 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.
Ha’aretz Manipulates Child Casualty Figures
Blaming the IDF for nearly 1,000 child deaths, a Ha'aretz editorial dismisses the Israeli government report on Al Dura as "dubious," "barely serious." But Ha'aretz's own accusations, based on distortions of B'Tselem figures, are just that. Economist Editors Flout Their “Editors’ Code of Practice”
Editors of the British news magazine The Economist have flouted their Journalist Code of Practice and shown their complete contempt for readers with a derisive letter refusing to correct an article's distortions and misinformation. 13-Year Controversy Over Al Dura Incident Continues
An Israeli government review committee concluded that a Sept. 2000 France 2 broadcast alleging Israeli soldiers killed Mohammed Al Dura -- a claim which spawned intense hatred and violence against Israel -- had no basis in fact. This confirms what many skeptics have been contending all along, but has not laid the issue to rest. 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. No Child’s Play: NBC’s False Figures for Detained Palestinian Minors
Earlier, NBC's Lawahez Jabari incorrectly reported that there is just one West Bank luxury hotel. When it comes to the much more complex and important subject of Palestinian minors in Israel jails, she's in way over her head. 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. 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.