Corrections: Palestinian Prisoners

December 21, 2022

Media Captive to Palestinian Propaganda on Ill Prisoners Who ‘Die in Jail’

Reuters, Haaretz and The Jerusalem Post correct headlines falsely reporting that Nasser Abu Hmeid died in Israeli prison, fueling unsubstantiated Palestinian charges of medical neglect.

November 24, 2022

AFP Corrects Caption Falsely Alleging Palestinian Prisoners Died in Jail

AFP amends a caption which had erroneously referred to Palestinian prisoners "who died in Israeli prisons." Eight out of the nine pictured prisoners died in medical facilities from diseases.

January 13, 2022

UPI Improv? Unsubstantiated Report Claims Elderly Palestinian Dies In Israeli Military Custody

UPDATE: United Press International commendably corrects after erroneously reporting that 80-year-old Omar Abdalmajeed As'ad died while in Israeli military custody, a claim not found even in Palestinian coverage, and contradicted by the Israeli military.

January 7, 2021

With False Report That Palestinian Prisoner Died in Jail, AP Adopts Anti-Israel Propaganda

By failing to correct the false claim that Palestinian prisoner Kamal Abu Waer, sick with cancer, died in prison, when in fact he passed away in a hospital, AP plays into baseless Palestinian propaganda that Israel denies Palestinian prisoners adequate medical care.

November 8, 2020

Times of Israel Corrects: Administrative Detention Not Illegal Under International Law

CAMERA prompted corrections in Times of Israel articles which erroneously reported that the Israeli policy of administrative detention is illegal under international law. In addition, editors correct misreporting on Israel's High Court rulings concerning Palestinian hunger striker Maher Akhras.

September 24, 2019

JTA Corrects: Convicted Terrorist Bassam Al-Sayeh Didn’t Die in Jail

CAMERA prompts correction of a Jewish Telegraphic Agency article which incorrectly reported that convicted terrorist Bassam Al-Sayeh died in an Israeli prison. In fact, Al-Sayeh, who suffered from cancer, died in an Israeli hospital.

November 25, 2018

Los Angeles Times Corrects Letter: No Palestinian Kids in IDF Prisons

CAMERA prompts correction of a letter-to-the-editor by Eitan Peled, former programming director for SJP at UCLA, for his false claim that there are "hundreds of Palestinian children in Israeli military prisons." No Palestinians, minors or otherwise, are held in Israeli military prisons.

April 22, 2018

NY Times’ Nellie Bowles: PA Payments For Terrorists, a ‘Far-Right Conspiracy’

UPDATED: CAMERA prompts a correction after The Times' Nellie Bowles called the well-documented Palestinian Authority payments to terrorists' families a "far-right conspiracy." PA officials acknowledge the payments, states the correction. "[T]hat is not a conspiracy theory."

December 1, 2015

Global Youth Media Distortions, Vice News-Style

After hearing from CAMERA, Vice News corrects one aspect of an article about an Israeli bill to sentence children under 14 to jail, but errors and distortions still abound.

November 18, 2015

Haaretz Corrects: Bill Doesn’t Call For Jailing 12-Year-Olds

CAMERA's Israel office prompts correction of a Haaretz editorial which falsely stated that Israeli Justice Minister Ayalet Shaked's bill calls for jailing 12-year-olds. Editors have yet to correct a headline and Op-Ed.

Palestinian Prisoners

Media Captive to Palestinian Propaganda on Ill Prisoners Who ‘Die in Jail’

AFP Corrects Caption Falsely Alleging Palestinian Prisoners Died in Jail

UPI Improv? Unsubstantiated Report Claims Elderly Palestinian Dies In Israeli Military Custody

With False Report That Palestinian Prisoner Died in Jail, AP Adopts Anti-Israel Propaganda

Times of Israel Corrects: Administrative Detention Not Illegal Under International Law

JTA Corrects: Convicted Terrorist Bassam Al-Sayeh Didn’t Die in Jail

Los Angeles Times Corrects Letter: No Palestinian Kids in IDF Prisons

NY Times’ Nellie Bowles: PA Payments For Terrorists, a ‘Far-Right Conspiracy’

Global Youth Media Distortions, Vice News-Style

Haaretz Corrects: Bill Doesn’t Call For Jailing 12-Year-Olds

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