August 22, 2006

Arab Christian Groups Villify Israel

Palestinian Christian leaders are offering a distorted narrative of the recent round of fighting between Israel and its adversaries, Hamas and Hezbollah, demonstrating once again their propensity to denigrate the Jewish homeland to Western audiences.
August 10, 2006

Anti-Israel Agitation in the Lancet

In the July 29-August 4, 2006 issue of the Lancet, a British medical journal, is an article by Sharmila Devi entitled "Gaza crisis continues to worsen as all eyes turn to Lebanon," which promotes a distorted view of the situation in Gaza and fails to provide essential context relating to the boycott of aid to the Hamas-dominated government.
July 17, 2006

BBC Does Not Give “Full and Fair Account” of Middle East Conflict

An independent panel commissioned by BBC's Board of Governors stated that the BBC does not consistently give a full and fair account of the Israeli-Arab conflict. Nowhere is this more evident than in the network's reporting on the latest crisis in Israel, Lebanon and Gaza.
July 12, 2006

Washington Post Publishes Hamas Propaganda Again

On July 11, the Washington Post editorial editor treated its readers to an opinion column, "Aggression Under False Pretenses," by Hamas leader and Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. Readers would not know Hamas is a terrorist organization responsible for the murders of hundreds of Israelis and others, or that Haniyeh a leader or even a member of a terrorist entity.
July 12, 2006

New York Times Tilts Toward Palestinians

The New York Times seems to be slipping back into a pattern of coverage skewed toward Palestinian perspectives in its headlines, human interest stories and characterizations of terrorist actions and counter-actions.
July 5, 2006

Guardian Publishes Seale’s Tirade Against Israel

The Guardian publishes an Op-Ed by Patrick Seale accusing Israel of conducting a ruthless operation in Gaza primarily aimed not at reducing the rocket attacks or freeing captured Israeli corporal Gilad Shalit but rather at squelching Palestinian moderates. The piece is riddled with unsubstantiated speculation, exaggerations, distorted language and false assertions.
June 14, 2006

Updated: New York Times Accurately Reports on IDF Investigation

UPDATED: CAMERA has faulted the New York Times for sticking to its blame of Israel for a June 9 Gaza explosion despite evidence to the contrary.  On June 14, the  New York Times  reported  Israeli defense minister Amir Peretz's  press conference about the IDF investigation into the explosion which concluded that Israel was not to blame.  The article by Steven Erlanger and Ian Fisher also accurately attribute the idea of an "errant Israeli shell" being the source of the explosion to Gaza residents.