In the Palestinians’ Pocket: Journalists Doing PR For the PA
In a revealing episode, Italy's state television network RAI has had to recall its correspondent from Jerusalem after he sent a letter to the Palestinian Authority stressing his support for the Palestinian cause. The journalist, Riccardo Cristiano, explained that, contrary to rumors, his station was not responsible for video of the brutal October 12th murder of two Israeli men by a Palestinian lynch mob at the Ramallah police station...
Jews Rampage, Arabs Demonstrate
In coverage of the current violence between Palestinians and Israel, many news correspondents are using lop-sided language in reporting on Jewish attacks against Arabs versus Arab attacks against Jews...
Media Update on Temple Mount Riots
An October BBC NewsHour report contained an internal contradiction regarding Palestinian weaponry. In an interview with BBC reporter Claire Bolderson, the head of the Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq, claimed that Palestinian police in Ramallah were forced "under the pressure" of the surrounding Palestinian mob to turn over two captured Israeli soldiers to the crowd, which then murdered the Israelis in the center of Ramallah. Bolderson asks Hazia how the mob was able to overcome the armed police. Hazia responded that the Palestinian public was even more heavily armed than the police.
BACKGROUNDER: The Palestinian Claim to a “Right of Return”
Do Palestinians who fled Israel in 1948, and their descendants, have a legal or moral right to return to their former homes in Israel? Is it true that most other refugees around the world have already exercised such rights of repatriation?
LA Times Mum on Al-Marayati’s Record
60 Minutes II Provides Insight on South Lebanon
On Monday, March 27th, 60 Minutes II aired a segment entitled “The
Killing Zone” on the experiences of the Israeli and South Lebanese armies
in the security zone, with a special focus on why Israel is withdrawing and the
difficulty Israel's South Lebanese allies face once the Israelis leave.
Truth Demolition in an Anti-Israel Road Show
A poisonous anti-Israel road show is making its way across America for a second year, this winter landing in eighteen cities. Jeff Halper, coordinator of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, and Salim Shawamreh, a Palestinian whose house has been torn down by Israel because of zoning violations, have brought accusations of Israeli apartheid, Nazism and racism to universities, churches, community groups and even the occasional synagogue and Hillel. Newspapers and radio talk-shows too have been enlisted to reach the public...
Additional Corrections on the Palestinian Intifadas
The following is a list of additional corrections prompted by CAMERA on the Palestinian intifadas.
After PBS Correction, Question Remains
After the January 1993 broadcast of Journey to the Occupied Lands PBS agreed that CAMERA's charges of material errors, distortions, and omissions would be extremely serious...if they were true.