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.
Terrorism, Terrorists
and Terrorist Groups
The Straight Facts About the Palestinian Authority and Fighting Terrorism
A popular narrative in the media contends that the Palestinian Authority has been exemplary in its cooperation with Israel, while Israel and Jewish settlers are responsible for the stalled peace process. 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”?
BBC and AFP Flummoxed by Attack in Bulgaria
The BBC and AFP described yesterday's bombing in Bulgaria in a way that downplayed the horror and violence of the attack. 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."Anti-Israel Propaganda Creeps Into World of Grand Opera
The world of grand opera is not immune to the global spread of anti-Israel propaganda which manifests itself sometimes in the plot of a new opera and sometimes in a radical re-working of a venerable classic.
UPDATED: New York Times Allows Hamas to Tell Story of Shalit’s Detention
The New York Times quotes a Hamas spokesperson claiming Gilad Shalit, unlike Palestinian prisoners in Israel, was treated well. Unmentioned is that the conditions of Shalit's detention voilated international law.