BBC Commemorates Palestinian Nakba With a Bit of Fakery and Propaganda
BBC World News ignored Israel's Independence Day and instead focused on the Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe), in a one-sided, propaganda-laced segment.
Palestinian Refugees
and "Right of Return"
BBC World News ignored Israel's Independence Day and instead focused on the Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe), in a one-sided, propaganda-laced segment. The AJC’s of a Failure to Correct Gaza Refugee Errors
The Atlanta Journal Constitution has failed to correct two straightforward factual errors concerning refugees in Gaza despite the fact the Palestinian government and UNRWA provide contradictory information. BACKGROUNDER: Palestinian Arab and Jewish Refugees
During and after the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, both Arabs and Jews fled their homes. This overview corrects common myths about Palestinian refugees and the so-called "Nakba," and examines the neglected story of the Jewish refugees.
CAMERA Letter Clarifies Reason for Palestinian Refugees
The letter in the Washington Times notes that, were it not for the Arab rejection of U.N. General Assembly Resolution 181 and the initiation by Israel's neighbors of a war of extermination, there would be no Palestinian refugees.
Times Magazine Profile of Livni Mangles Key Issues
A New York Times Magazine profile of Israeli politician Tzipi Livni by Roger Cohen falsely portrayed Israel as violating U.N. resolutions, and falsely portrayed the Palestinians as opposing suicide bombings and favoring a two-state solution. BBC: Obstacle to Understanding on Refugees
In light of Martin Asser’s May 24, 2007 "Obstacles to Peace: Refugees” feature, which employs the most extreme myths and cliches about the Palestinian refugees, its no wonder “there is no Arab-Israeli issue that remains as utterly divisive as the fate of Palestinian refugees.” New York Times Wrong on Israel’s Origin and “Right of Return”
Did fighting lead to Israel’s creation? And do Palestinian refugees have a "right to return"? One might think so from the New York Times’ March 26th article on the subject by reporter Hassan Fattah. U.N. High Commissioner on Refugees Wrong about Refugees
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees wrongly claims the Iraqi exodus is the largest long-term population movement in the Middle East since Palestinians were displaced in 1948. NPR’s Fresh Air Allows Carter to Revise History While Smearing Israel
NPR Host Terry Gross indulges Jimmy Carter's numerous false assertions, including the bizarre claim Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon never negotiated with the PA's Mahmoud Abbas. AP Rewrites History of Moroccan Jews
When AP covers Palestinian refugees, the stories often uncritically present Palestinian grievances about purported Israeli "crimes." So why is it that when the wire service discusses Jewish refugees from Morocco, only glowing accounts of the Arab-Jewish relationship are cited, while the discrimination and pogroms faced by the community are overlooked completely?