Ostracized on My Own Campus
A University of Toronto student discloses the intimidation she experienced during "Israeli Apartheid Week."
Anti-Israel
Allegations and Libels
The New York Times Buries al Dura Story
The New York Times buried on page 6 of the Business Section (Section C) an important story (February 7, 2005) on the escalating scandal surrounding the facts of the infamous Muhammad al Dura episode. The case involved the alleged Israeli killing of a 12-year-old Palestinian boy and the severe wounding of his father at Gaza's Netzarim Junction in September 2000.
New York Review of Books Stonewalls on Correcting Errors
On Dec. 2, 2004, the New York Review of Books ran an error-filled essay by Henry Siegman ("Sharon and the Future of Palestine"). The publication has been alerted to the errors, but has declined to address them.
The Worst of Times
Op-Ed editors allow PLO advisor Michael Tarazi to demonize Israel with false charges about "colonies," water, citizenship.
Syndicated Propaganda
Though Edmund Hanauer, director of Search for Justice and Equality in Palestine/Israel, routinely speaks of "justice" and "peace," the word "misinformation" more accurately describes his attacks against Israel, and his most recent column is no exception.
Evergreen State College’s Steve Niva: Israel to Blame for Suicide Bombings
Updated: NPR Refuses to Correct House Demolition Error
On December 13, CAMERA urged NPR to broadcast an immediate on-air correction of Peter Kenyon's erroneous statement that Israel demolishes Palestinian homes in order to make way for Israeli construction. NPR's Vice President for News and Information, Bruce Drake, refused to acknowledge the error.
CAMERA Letter Published in Anthropology News
CAMERA's letter refutes the claim that Israel was involved in the Abu Ghraib prisoner scandal, and clarifies that Israel does not sanction torture against its own prisoners.
USA Today’s Arafat Obituary Distorts History
Yasir Arafat is buried as he lived, in a shroud of lies. These include lies of commission, omission and of minor facts used to obscure larger truths. Common in coverage of Arafat's death, they stem from uncritical acceptance of conventional wisdom as much as from any intent to deceive. But they are nonetheless dangerous, contributing to revisionist Arab-Israeli history.
New York Times Quneitra Claims Contradicted by Times Own Reporting
The New York Times is the latest media outlet to rehash at face value false Syrian charges that Israel destroyed the town of Quneitra just before returning it to Syria. Times reporter Neil MacFarquhar (In Long Ruined City, Talk of Lifting the Clouds of War, Oct. 22, 2004) apparently made little effort to fact check the Syrian claims, by, for example, searching his own and other newspaper's archives to learn the actual history of the town.