Conflict and War

The News You Didn’t Hear About This Week: Friday, May 22, 2026

Global Sumud Flotilla's website deleted references to Hamas ties. A recent COGAT survey found that a large number of Gazans are interested in information about emigrating from Gaza. An Israeli task force has a plan for every single October 7 terrorist.

NPR’s Ahistorical Presentation of the ‘Nakba’

In presenting "the Nakba," NPR's listeners heard activism, not journalism. Its audience was not told that Palestinian Arabs rejected the proposed UN Partition Plan or that neighboring Arab countries declared war on the new State of Israel. NPR's one-sided narrative also ignored the 150,000 Arabs who remained in Israel during the war, who make up roughly 20 percent of the Israeli population today.

BBC Coverage of Strike on Hamas Oct. 7 Massacre Planner

BBC's report on the killing of Hamas commander and Oct. 7 architect Izz ad-Din al-Haddad amplified unconfirmed claims that the strike also killed civilians, but failed to mention widely reported accounts that Haddad himself had used Israeli hostages as human shields.

Silenced No More? Why Did the BBC Bury the Civil Commission Report

The BBC limited its reporting on the findings of the Civil Commission to a few sentences in the middle of the night, effectively burying the horrific realities, while choosing to focus on the possibility of the death penalty for the terrorists responsible.