UN Palmer Report Affirms Legality of Israeli Naval Blockade of Gaza
The United Nations Panel charged with investigating the Gaza flotilla incident of May 31, 2010 has affirmed the legality and legitimacy of Israel's naval blockade of Gaza. The United Nations Panel charged with investigating the Gaza flotilla incident of May 31, 2010 has affirmed the legality and legitimacy of Israel's naval blockade of Gaza. AFP Rewrites Post-Ceasefire Violence
AFP ignores Palestinian rocket attacks launched Monday, falsely claiming that until Israel killed Islamic Jihad fighter Ismail al-Ismar Wednesday night, Palestinian groups respected the truce. PCHR Covers Up Combatant Deaths in Gaza
Once again, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights covers up combatant casualties. In the latest round of Gaza violence, PCHR ignores at least two, and possibly more, Islamic Jihad fatalities. New York Times Presents Attack on Soldiers by Mavi Marmara Activists as Israeli Claim
Ignoring video evidence and its own news coverage, the New York Times is now describing the violence directed at Israeli soldiers boarding the Mavi Marmara as nothing more than an Israeli claim. Maybe it happened. Maybe it didn't. UPDATED: For Wall Street Journal, What’s “Terror” in Norway is “Militancy” in Israel
If people who target civilians in Norway are "terrorists," then by any consistent standard those who target civilians in Israel are "terrorists." If one is a "militant," objectivity and fairness would dictate that the other is also a "militant." 8/19 Update: A later version of the story added the word "terrorist" to the body of the article.
Washington Post Whitewashes J Street, Theater J in Same Issue
J Street, the "pro-Israel, pro-peace" lobby often pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel, and the District of Columbia Jewish Community Center's Theater J, which has staged anti-Israel agitprop in the name of art, get sanitized in the same Washington Post edition. WCC Responds to Events in Syria
Rev. Dr. Olav Fyske Tveit, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches issues a statement condemning violence against civilians in Syria. Would-Be Flotilla Participant Poses as Jew in Ha’aretz
Gabriel Schivone, a student at the University of Arizona and a would-be participant in the Gaza flotilla, falsely claims that he is Jewish to bolster his credentials in Ha'aretz. Why is the WCC a Bystander to the Assad Regime’s Violence?
The Assad regime has killed thousands in Syria since March but aside from a few "tweets," the World Council of Churches has said nothing. Why? The New York Times’ Bronner Advocates for Fringe Group, Censors Mainstream Concerns
The New York Times' Ethan Bronner has once again provided a platform for a fringe extremist Israeli group to air its views unchallenged. The July 27 article is, in effect, an advertisement for a radical organization which calls itself "We Will Not Obey," whose purpose is to illegally smuggle Palestinian women into Israel.