The 26 Palestinian terrorists slated to be released soon, the first of over 100 prisoners being released as a "goodwill gesture" to bring the Palestinians to the negotiating table, are almost all murderers of civilians. 
After the barbarous murder of a by-passer on a London street by two men, one who delivered a jihadist rant, a USA Today (May 24) analysis said "the word 'terror' has become politically charged." But not journalistically, if accuracy matters. Regardless, Washington Post practice continues to confuse.
An anonymous BBC source in Lebanon says that Israel is "laughing" at the upheaval on its northern border, and Beirut correspondent Jim Muir concurs, explaining that it is "hard to imagine Israel not being happy." But one doesn't need a vivid imagination to understand Israeli concerns. 
CAMERA was instrumental in convincing the Newseum, Washington, D.C.’s journalism museum, to “reevaluate” its decision to add the names of two Hamas members to its “Journalists’ Memorial.” 
By pretending that all criticism of Newseum hinges on the idea that Hamas members were legitimate targets, Raphael Magarik avoid seriously dealing with Newseum's decision to consider employees of a violent, hate-peddling terrorist organization honorable "journalists." 
Painting a sympathetic portrait of violent demonstrators, The New York Times Magazine 8,000-word cover story asks “Is This Where the Third Intifada Will Start?” With all the cheerleading in the article, it seems the New York Times hopes so. 
Many news media continue to use the words terrorist and militant interchangeably, despite their different meanings. When they do use them properly, they are more likely to describe American rather than Israeli victims. Recent Washington Post examples demonstrate such journalistic inconsistency and inaccuracy. 
The Christian Science Monitor published a toxic Op-Ed which argues that Israel, unique among nations apparently, has no right to defend its citizens from deadly terrorist attacks. 
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."