AFP Corrects: Misgav Am Not A Settlement
CAMERA prompts correction of Agence France Presse photo captions which misidentified the northern Israeli kibbutz of Misgav Am as a "settlement."
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Lost in Translation: Deutsche Welle Arabic Falsely Cites ‘New Settlements’
A Deutsche Welle Arabic headline falsely alleges that Israel approved construction of "new settlements." But as the media outlet's English headline reports, the permits are for new homes in established settlements.
AFP Corrects: Egypt Also Borders Gaza
AFP corrects after erroneously reporting that Gaza "is fenced in on three sides by Israel." In fact, Egypt sits on one of the three land borders.
Daily Beast Errs on Hamas Tunnels, Gaza Unemployment
No, those cross-border Hamas tunnels into Israel aren't for "smuggling." Sébastien Roblin, a reporter specializing in international affairs, security and military history, also significantly overstates the territory's unemployment rate.
Reuters Arabic Corrects: Northern Kibbutz of Misgav Am Not a Settlement
CAMERA Arabic prompts correction of a Reuters Arabic report which erroneously referred to Kibbutz Misgav Am, a small Jewish community in northern Israel, as a "settlement.”
EuroNews Corrects Arabic Report: Sderot Not A ‘Settlement’
CAMERA Arabic prompts correction of a EuroNews article in Arabic which erroneously referred to the southern Israeli city of Sderot as a “settlement.”
DPA Correct Captions: No Israeli Areas in Gaza
The German news agency clarifies its captions to note that Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired rockets at Israel, not at "Israeli areas in the Gaza Strip."
Reuters Deletes Erroneous Reference to ‘Palestine’
In response to communication from CAMERA, Reuters deletes a sentence from a video which inaccurately stated: "Palestine and Israel state claim over East Jerusalem. . . "
CAMERA Prompts NPR Correction: Scrolls Found in Israel
NPR and WBUR's radio program Here and Now had misplaced the location of Cave of Horror, where new fragments of Dead Sea Scrolls were found.
