A news analysis piece by Helene Cooper erroneously claimed President Bush explicitly sided with Israel on the issue of Palestinian refugees, when in fact he did not even mention refugees.
Every Christmas, journalists and commentators use the Nativity as a lens to portray Israel as a land-stealing oppressor nation. This year, National Geographic kicks off the season with a distorted article.
A page one feature treating Israelis as human beings, an editorial criticizing Egypt and Saudi Arabia, a photo feature highlighting Lebanese civilian casualties that never mentions Hezbollah. Plus Orwellian language on Hamas: The Washington Post at work.
The letter rebuts Palestinian claims of Israeli "collective punishment" against Gaza Strip, falsehood of the Strip as "one of the world's most densely populated places," and other propaganda claims.
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Producer/Director: Bill Jersey
Executive Producer: William Free
English, 55 minutesThis documentary, which premiered on PBS stations on November 27, 2007, reports on the clash on campus between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel activists, but is marred by crucial omissions and lack of context.
As Arab and Israeli representatives gather in Annapolis at the behest of the American Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, to hammer out a joint Israeli-Palestinian statement on the shape of future peace talks, it is useful to look at the core issues of permanent status negotiations.
Readers opening the Wall Street Journal on Nov. 20 found a story ("Checkpoints Splinter Palestinian Economy" by Cam Simpson) so biased against Israeli perspectives it could have been taken from a propaganda tract.
For years, Charles Enderlin of French public television network France 2 has been battling accusations that his September 30, 2000 newscast of a Palestinian boy allegedly shot to death by Israelis was staged. The Israeli government has now joined the chorus of voices that insist the broadcast was staged for propaganda purposes.
The Economist claimed on Oct. 11 that Hamas suicide bombings were prompted by Baruch Goldstein's Hebron Mosque attack in 1994. CAMERA pointed out that Hamas had already initiated its suicide bombing campaign a year earlier.