Anti-Israel
Allegations and Libels

Philadelphia Inquirer Deceives By Omission

The newspaper relays that a Palestinian boy was playing soccer when he was injured by an Israeli tank shell, leaving readers to believe the Israelis targeted sport-playing children — but the omitted details show otherwise.

Johann Hari’s Tirade Against Israel

British columnist Johann Hari's writings on Israel reflect a worrisome trend of fabricating facts and misrepresenting the words of Israel's founders in order to demonize the Jewish state.

The Silence of the New York Times

NY TimesThe New York Times' faulty news judgement has struck again – front page coverage of the seven Palestinian students in Gaza who were temporarily denied their Fulbright scholarships, but none of a major French court decision in the famed Muhammad al Dura case. The court decided in favor of a critic's right to charge the event was a "hoax."

Professor Accuses Israel of Slow-Motion Genocide

Clemson Philosophy Professor Todd May calls for an end to all aid to Israel and accuses the Jewish state of committing a "slow-motion genocide" against the Palestinians despite all evidence to the contrary.

Johann Hari’s Mud-Slinging

The Independent's Johann Hari blames allegedly untreated sewage from Jewish settlements for a "stinking brown-and yellow-river of waste" on Palestinian land, when in fact it is Palestinian sewage which is dumped completely untreated.

CAMERA Op-Ed in Jerusalem Post: “First, Refute the Defamation”

Col. Nir PressCAMERA's Op-Ed, published on April 21 in the Jerusalem Post, discusses an example of how media coverage greatly benefitted from swift and effective response by Israeli officials, and concludes that nothing in the war of ideas and images takes the place of the all-important work of refuting defamation.

Methodist Manual Maligns Israel, Stereotypes Jews

The United Methodist Church has published a shamefully biased and inaccurate book about the Arab-Israeli conflict that portrays the Jewish people as too paranoid and psychologically damaged by the Holocaust to be trusted with self-determination.

The Fraudulent Scholarship of Professors Walt and Mearsheimer

"Israel Lobby" professors Walt and Mearsheimer charge that because of its alleged misdeeds Israel is an unworthy ally of the U.S., and cite as proof numerous seemingly damaging "quotations" from Israeli leaders. The problem is that all the quotations are from secondary sources or worse, and all are false.

UPDATED: Washingtonpost.com and Newsweek Feature Anti-Semitic Rant

After a writer accuses "the Jews" of being the biggest players in the global culture of violence that is destroying humanity, the Washingtonpost.com and Newsweek moderators apologize: "The Gandhi post failed to comply with [our] mission ... We regret the initial posting, and we apologize for the episode."