Gary Burge’s Missed Opportunity
Wheaton College Professor Gary Burge was given a second opportunity to provide his readers with a reliable and trustworthy text about Israel and the Palestinians, but he threw it away. False Quotes
Wheaton College Professor Gary Burge was given a second opportunity to provide his readers with a reliable and trustworthy text about Israel and the Palestinians, but he threw it away. Fake Mandela Quote Gets Past Eight PC(USA) Forums
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) is considering an anti-Israel resolution that includes a quote falsely attributed to Nelson Mandela. The fake quote got passed five Presbyteries and three PC(USA) committees.
Alex Awad Agrees to Remove Fake Ben Gurion Quote From DVD
Alex Awad, the Dean of Students at Bethlehem Bible College, has agreed to remove a fake Ben Gurion quote from future DVDs of his presentation about the Arab-Israeli conflict. Haaretz, Lost in Translation
English translators for the Israeli daily repeatedly minimize or expunge information about Arab wrongdoings appearing in the Hebrew original. At times, the English account is completely at odds with the original Hebrew. Institute for Palestine Studies Stands by Misrepresentations, Threatens Legal Action
What does an academic journal with a self-proclaimed “dedication to accuracy” do to make right with its readers after it dramatically misinforms them about an important historical document? In the case of the Journal of Palestine Studies, it apparently threatens legal action. Journal of Palestine Studies Compounds its Ben-Gurion Error
The Journal of Palestine Studies published a falsified quote, which historian Ilan Pappé attributed to David Ben-Gurion. But instead of clearing the record with a straightforward correction, the journal misled readers further. It defended Pappé by citing another inaccurate quote, and provided a substantive mistranslation of the letter in which the quote was said to appear. Did Pappé Invent Another Quote?
In his 2009 book about the Husseini family, historian Ilan Pappé attributes a quote to Sir Walter Shaw. The source he cites does not include the quote in question. Is the quote real? University of Exeter Gives Pappé a Pass on Invented Ben-Gurion Quote
University of Exeter historian Ilan Pappé has yet to provide a reliable source for a quote he attributed to David Ben-Gurion in 2006. Why? It does not exist. Pappé Asked to Respond by University of Exeter and Journal of Palestine Studies
Editors at the Journal of Palestine Studies and officials at University of Exeter in Great Britain have asked famed historian Ilan Pappé to come clean about a quote he attributed to Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion.
Ilan Pappé, Check Your Sources
Filmmaker Porter Speakman, Jr. retracts a Ben-Gurion quote obtained from Ilan Pappé's 2006 book because the sources do not check out.