Peace and Prosperity in the West Bank? (2009)
Produced by Brian Epstein, Brenda Breslauer and Monica Iskander
NOW (PBS) Host: David Bracaccio
60 minutes
Aired on July 10, 2009
This review looks at two incisive documentaries: that aired on PBS, one about efforts to build peace in Jenin and the other about Israeli reservists who served during war with Lebanon and Gaza.
This review looks at two incisive documentaries: that aired on PBS, one about efforts to build peace in Jenin and the other about Israeli reservists who served during war with Lebanon and Gaza.
John Dugard's claim in an International Herald Tribune Op-Ed today that Israel destroyed Gaza hospitals during the winter fighting is contradicted by the Arab League committee report which he himself chaired. 
Both the Christian Century and the Associated Baptist Press broadcast Jimmy Carter’s false accusations without challenge. 
Breaking the Silence (Shovrim Shtika) is a foreign-funded, Israeli NGO whose mission is to publicly vilify Israel's military. British media outlets have overlooked journalistic norms to promote this NGO's questionable allegations. 
CAMERA's letter in the Columbia Journalism Review noted that news organizations across the world bungled the story and misled audiences by treating as fact disproven rumors that Israeli soldiers shot unarmed women in Gaza. 
ELCA Bishop Margaret Payne refuses to correct the record. 
Ha’aretz again launches a campaign of erroneous accusations about Israel, this time concerning restrictions on goods entering the Gaza Strip. Among this week's falsehoods: Israel prohibits the entry of diapers and toilet paper and has just one crossing to transfer goods.
A Unitarian-Universalist Pastor in Massachusetts makes a great show of acknowledging the Holocaust, but fails to acknowledge anti-Jewish hostility in the Middle East.