Politico’s Paper Thin Attack on the U.S. Ambassador to Israel
Politico uses questionable sources and a false narrative to attack the U.S. Ambassador to Israel and U.S.-Israeli relations.
International Organizations & Campaigns
New York Times Advocates in Report on UN Jerusalem Vote
The outcome of the General Assembly vote about Jerusalem was predictable, if not surprisingly lacking the number of supporters pro-Palestinian votes tend to attract. But to the New York Times, it was astounding.
How the NYT Continues to Skew the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
The Times recently published an article about Israel's denial of a work visa to HRW's Omar Shakir, and relayed UN criticism of the sentence handed down by an Israeli court to an IDF soldier. But as is often the case with the NYT, readers were not provided with an objective presentation of the facts from a neutral standpoint or given enough info to form an opinion on the issues. Reporters without Borders, Committee to Protect Journalists Undermine Free Press
Reporters without Borders claims to promote freedom of the press and of information. The Committee to Protect Journalists says it speaks for endangered news media representatives. But refusal to distinguish between press and propagandist, especially when it comes to Israel, undermines their credibility. French Court Ruling Affirms Legality of Israeli Occupation
A French court reaffirmed that Israel's occupation of the West Bank is legal. But you probably heard nothing about it. Human Rights Watch Goes to Bat for Hamas’s Al Aqsa TV
Journalists, academics and the public look to human rights groups for guidance in assigning responsibility for the violence and misery inflicted on civilians in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But objective information is not what they get.
UPDATED: CNN Duped by Anti-Israel Soccer Petition
Everything about CNN's claim that soccer star Didier Drogba joined 61 other players to protest the killing of Gaza teens playing soccer is false. Drogba signed nothing, there were fewer than 62 signatories to the petition, and Israel didn't kill 4 people playing soccer. UPDATE: CNN has corrected. Christian Leaders Seek to Blacken Israel’s Name
In a letter sent to Congress early last month, Christian leaders engaged in an obvious attempt to blacken Israel's name. Mainliners Speak Truth to Jewish, Not Arab and Muslim, Power
Common Global Ministries, the overseas arm of two mainline Protestant churches in the U.S., tacitly admits its one-sided witness about human rights in the Middle East is motivated by fear of Islamist violence against Christians in the region. The Global Blood Libel against Israel
Mohammed Merah, the confessed Toulouse killer, said he wanted to avenge the deaths of Palestinian children. The drumbeat of false accusations that Israel murders Palestinian children is a modern day blood libel in which the media is complicit.