The Professor’s Truth Demolition
Israeli-American Jeff Halper tours campuses and publishes Op-Eds castigating Israel. His facts don't check out.
Conflict and War
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.
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.
“One Land, Two People,” and Dozens of Errors
The Washington Post declines to correct its Web backgrounder on the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Charley Reese: Osama’s Mouthpiece
In his recent op-ed, syndicated columnist Charley Reese proclaims terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden a truth-teller, labels President Bush a liar, and disseminates outright errors and propaganda concerning the Jewish state and Ariel Sharon.
AP’s “Blanket Closure” Report Contradicted by AP Photos
A recent AP story by reporter Gavin Rabinowitz falsely charged that Israel's "closure" of the West Bank and Gaza prior to Yom Kippur confined Palestinians to their homes, despite the fact that AP photographs proved the opposite.