Terrorism, Terrorists
and Terrorist Groups

Lost in Translation: Haaretz English Whitewashes a Stabbing

Ha'aretz's translators again downplay Palestinian violence, this time transforming the stabbing of Yael Shalom into an "assault," her 20-something-year-old Palestinian assailant into an "Arab teen," and one of his weapons, a crowbar, into a "stick."

The Facts About Gaza Rocket Fire

The media often present a narrative biased against Israel, counterfactual and lacking in context. This is especially true now, as the world focuses its attention on Israel and Gaza. These are the facts.

The New York Times’ Broken Moral Compass

The New York Times indicts the morality of Israeli society on page one, above the fold. Isabel Kershner writes that "the poisoned political environment around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has affected the moral compass of youths growing up within it."

CNN Remakes Terrorists into ‘Political Prisoners’

CNN repeatedly misidentifies prisoners whose release was demanded by the Munich terrorists as "political" prisoners. Among them is Kozo Okamoto, who took part in the 1972 Lod airport attack, killing 28.

Who Made Terrorist and Militant Synonymous?

What allows terrorists to become militants in the same news report? What makes al Qaeda in Yemen terrorists but Hezbollah, suspected in the bus bombing that killed five Israeli tourists in Bulgaria, “militants”?

The New York Times Has Tunnel Vision on the Gaza Tunnels

The Times publishes a puff piece that ignores the insidious truth about the smuggling tunnels between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. Worse still, the story is yet another example of the editors' penchant for humanizing Palestinian Arabs while demonizing Israelis.

Washington Post Watch: ‘Terrorism Against Me, Not Always Thee’

 A series of Washington Post articles underscore that the closer terrorism comes to Washington, D.C., the more precisely the newspaper describes it. But when Israelis are targeted, the paper refers to euphemisms like "militant," guerrilla" and "activist."