Judging by the distortions and omissions in her recent column, journalist and activist Victoria Brittain's ostensible concern about methemoglobinemia in Gaza is less important than her desire to assail Israel. 
Edmund Sanders' Los Angeles Times article on Maale Adumim includes falsehoods about the nearby Palestinian village of Azariya. His claims about water, employment and building are contradicted by official Palestinian census statistics. In its June cover story, National Geographic blames the decline of Christianity in the Middle East on
The Independent's refusal to correct its false contention that Jews are responsible for contaminating West Bank water provides an example of a major newspaper allowing its anti-Israel political agenda to trump factual reporting. 
Gideon Levy's weekly column in Ha'aretz Magazine is aptly titled "Twilight Zone." At times, his reports have little or no connection to reality. This week's column ("Last refuge"), about Banana Land, "the first Palestinian water park," serves as a prime example. 
BBC's Martin Asser observes that "Middle Eastern rhetoric" often casts "Israel as a malevolent sponge sucking up Arab water resources." His article is a prime example of that distorted picture.