July 10, 2011

A letter today in Ha'aretz by Yishai Goldflam, editor-in-chief of Presspectiva, CAMERA's Israeli site, rebuts an Op-Ed by Yael Sternhell which compared the Palestinian bid for an independent state to the African American civil rights movement. | | ...More |
| July 7, 2011
 An AFP article today about Geoffrey Palmer's U.N. report on the 2010 flotilla highlights aspects of the document critical of Israel, but ignores parts that uphold Israel's position. When "man bites dog" is just not a story. | | ...More |
| July 3, 2011

In a June 30 Ha'aretz Op-Ed, Gideon Levy's distorted discourse is once again on display. Revisiting his earlier untenable argument that Israel is determined to attack the flotilla, he resorts to falsehoods and misinformation. | | ...More |
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June 30, 2011
 The Washington Post's reputation for investigative journalism, from 1970s Watergate coverage on, is well known. But when it comes to the story behind the much-hyped "Gaza aid flotilla II," The Post doesn't want to know. Late June reporting was a poor example for journalists and a disservice to readers. | | ...More |
| June 29, 2011
 Ha'aretz reporter Amira Hass, best known for her extreme hostility toward Israel, was provided a platform on CBC's "The Sunday Edition" with Michael Enright to spout her vitriol against the Jewish state. | | ...More |
| June 29, 2011
 Under international law Israel has the right to blockade Gaza and stop any flotilla or boats heading there because Hamas has created a state of armed conflict by launching more than 10,000 rockets and mortars into Israel targeting and killing civilians. Despite this, Israel still allows inspected food and other humanitarian goods into Gaza.
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June 28, 2011
  The Los Angeles Times, which recently gave a platform to a Hamas leader, now gives space to a passenger in the impending Gaza flotilla. Only through Hagit Borer's selective vision does "getting on board" with Hamas mean "true peace." | | ...More |
| June 28, 2011
  A journalist as indifferent to the facts regarding Israel as Hari, not surprisingly, is unprincipled in covering a lot of other topics as well. | | ...More |
| June 23, 2011
 Ha'aretz's Gideon Levy once again turns reality on its head, claiming that Israel is "determined to attack" the upcoming flotilla, painting its participants as "well-intentioned," and misconstruing international law.
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June 23, 2011
  CAMERA's Israel office filed a complaint with Israel's Press Council about an article which falsely claimed that the mother of an arrested Palestinian boy was denied permission to accompany him. The ethics court rules in CAMERA's favor. | | ...More |
| June 23, 2011
  Rifat Odeh Kassis, a long time anti-Israel activist recently attacked the Archbishop of Canterbury over remarks he made about Christians in the Middle East. Kassis defended Palestinian Muslims against charges the Archbishop did not make. | | ...More |
| June 21, 2011
  The Ibdaa Cultural Center which serves the young people living in Deheishe refugee camp allows the interior of its building to be used to incite hostility toward Israel and valorize acts of violence. | | ...More |
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June 20, 2011
  Jordan's King Abdullah II wanted to spin worrisome inter-Arab developments to his advantage in Washington. To deflect questions about his own rule, he needed a fall guy and a stenographer. With The Washington Post as the latter, Israel became the former. | | ...More |
| June 20, 2011
  Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal seems to have a permanent Admit One Free pass for dishonest anti-Israel commentary on The Washington Post's Op-Ed pages. Sniping at America too, he bites the hand that protects him. | | ...More |
| June 19, 2011
  We're looking for committed undergraduate students with excellent communication skills for the 2011-2012 CAMERA Fellowship program. This is a year long program, during which you'll organize pro-Israel events on campus, earn $1000, and be given the opportunity to travel to Israel with fellow activists. | | ...More |
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June 17, 2011
  The "Gay Girl in Damascus hoax" shares some of the same features as previous hoaxes involving the Middle East conflict. Gullible journalists were taken in because the story aligned so well with their own perceptions and beliefs. | | ...More |
| June 13, 2011
  "Jerusalem Outings Go Beyond the Biblical," a New York Times travel article, was yet another example of the decline in standards and the absence of fact-checking at the countrys if not the worlds leading newspaper. For example, former PM Ariel Sharon was said to be "implicated" in the Deir Yassin "massacre." Sharon, of course, took no part in the Deir Yassin battle. (The Times ran a partial correction after being contacted by CAMERA.) | | ...More |
| June 12, 2011
 Los Angeles Times editors repeatedly give space to Mousa Abu Marzook, an indicted criminal and terrorist who lectures readers on "international law" and "moral issue[s]" while concealing his so-called credentials. | | ...More |
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June 7, 2011
  When tempted to weigh in on contentious legal debates, Karl Vick should remember that he's not a scholar of international law but a journalist. And his editors should take note that he has shown himself not to be an objective journalist but rather one who feels all-too-comfortable taking sides. | | ...More |
| June 7, 2011
  James Carroll condemns PM Benjamin Netanyahu for violating an Israeli consensus about Jerusalem that does not exist. | | ...More |
| June 7, 2011

 When assessing the military risk to Israel in retreating to the 1967 lines, the vast increase in armaments by Arab states since 1967 must be considered. | | ...More |
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June 6, 2011
  The song, Freedom for Palestine, by a consortium that calls itself One World, advocates "breaking down" Israel's "Wall" for "freedom for Palestine." Freedom to restart suicide bombings that the security barrier helped end. | | ...More |
| June 6, 2011
  In October 2010, Lesley Stahl of CBS News's "60 Minutes" broadcast an overtly biased segment about Jerusalem's City Of David." Despite public outrage , CBS chose to thumb its nose at viewers and rebroadcast it on June 6, 2011. Read CAMERA's analysis. | | ...More |
| June 6, 2011
  Andrea Mitchell lambastes Prime Minister Netanyahu for allegedly being "rude" to President Obama. | | ...More |
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June 2, 2011

CAMERA staff elicited a correction in USA Today regarding a news article which incorrectly identified the location of the 1967 armistice line. The error and correction follow: | | ...More |
| June 2, 2011
  CAMERA staff prompted a Washington Post correction for a news article which inaccurately blamed "Israeli intransigence" for the breakdown of President Obama's efforts to facilitate Israeli-Palestinian talks. The error and correction follow: | | ...More |
| June 2, 2011
  When Israel and Egypt restrict access into and out of the Gaza Strip, it is described in the New York Times as an "Israeli blockade." Egypt's responsibility for the closure is minimized as being nothing more than enforcement for Israel. | | ...More |
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June 1, 2011
 Time Magazine's Joe Klein ditched journalistic ethics to lambast Prime Minister Netanyahu for disagreeing with the American leader about what is best for Israel. | | ...More |
| June 1, 2011
  Public Editor Arthur Brisbane says similarities between an article in the New York Times about Yusef Qaradawi and a letter written by an Episcopal Priest are coincidental. | | ...More |
| May 30, 2011
  President Carter misrepresents the terms of U.N. Resolution 242 and the "road map" to make the fallacious argument that President Obama's speech represents a continuation of longstanding American policy regarding Israeli withdrawals. | | ...More |
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May 25, 2011
  Responding to Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress, the AP's Josef Federman wrote a "fact-check" to "counter" the Israeli prime minister's assertions. The wire service story reads more like the spin of a hired public relations specialist seeking to denigrate a political opponent and redirect the audience to a preferred message. | | ...More |
| May 25, 2011
 Some news media accounts have tended to amplify a vocal fringe in the American Jewish community that espouses extreme views and policies far out of the mainstream. This poll clarifies what American Jews actually feel and believe. | | ...More |
| May 23, 2011
  CAMERA Assoc. Director Alex Safian was interviewed on Fox and Friends May 21, 2011 to discuss President Obama's speech about the Middle East and North Africa, and what will be the likely impact on the region of apparently major changes in American foreign policy. | | ...More |
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May 20, 2011
  After a policy speech in which Barack Obama said the 1967 lines should be the basis of a future border between Israelis and Palestinians, major media organizations wrongly announced that the president referenced 1967 borders. The difference between the two terms borders and lines is extremely significant. | | ...More |
| May 20, 2011
  President Obama's speech at the State Department on May 19 outlined his administrations policy in the Middle East and North Africa, making some clean breaks with what had been key elements of US policy in the region for decades. | | ...More |
| May 19, 2011
  On Ynet, a staged scene filmed by a B'Tselem photographer stands in for actual reporting. Elior Levi reports without question that the mother of an arrested boy was denied permission to accompany him while the footage proves the opposite. | | ...More |
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May 17, 2011
  On the Op-Ed pages of the New York Times, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas promotes stories about Palestinian refugees that contradict his own past admissions and the historical record. | | ...More |
| May 17, 2011
  CAMERA's Israel staff elicited a correction from the English edition of Ha'aretz on a news article which stated as fact that Mohammed Al-Dura was killed by Israeli army fire. | | ...More |
| May 16, 2011
  Reporting of Arab "Nakba Day" commemorations was a mixed bag, with problematic reporting by some of the usual suspects Time's Karl Vick opted to obfuscate rather than clarfiy, Washington Times coverage bested the Post's, and false Palestinian claims that refugees were all forced from their homes in 1948 were heard. | | ...More |
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May 15, 2011

Regardless of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's new "confidence" that "Hamas' return to unified Palestinian governance can increase the likelihood of a two-state solution and a peaceful outcome" or media optimism about Hamas' supposed willingness to observe a truce with Israel, there are seven essential facts about Hamas that have not changed. | | ...More |
| May 12, 2011
 Providing no information about the controversies surrounding J Street, bureau chief Ethan Bronner highlights the group's endorsement of Abbas's position that Israel should negotiate with a group sworn to its destruction while the US foots the bill.
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| May 12, 2011
  Dalal Mughrabi has become an iconic figure in Palestinian lore. PA officials urge young Palestinians to identify with her and the deed that made her famous. | | ...More |
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May 11, 2011
  Update: The New York Times moves away from its irresponsible and insupportable references to Hamas having accepted a "two-state solution." | | ...More |
| May 10, 2011
  In an essay published in the Spectator, a British news magazine, CAMERA critiques the latest disingenuous attempt by the BBC to defend its one-sided documentary about Jerusalem. | | ...More |
| May 8, 2011
  CAMERA staff contacted the Philadelphia Inquirer about a column which attributed a bogus quote, widely disseminated online following the killing of Bin Laden, to Martin Luther King Jr. The next day, the paper corrected. | | ...More |
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May 8, 2011
  Raja Abdulrahim, who in 2004 received a $2500 academic scholarship from CAIR, now writes for the Los Angeles Times, where she covers up for Muslim American groups, CAIR among them. | | ...More |
| May 5, 2011
  Palestinian leaders have said they will gain statehood via UDI (a Unilateral Declaration of Independence) rather than through negotiations with Israel. This would violate their agreements with Israel as well as US assurances to Israel, and would be likely to provoke violence. It would also be unlikely to actually achieve statehood. | | ...More |
| May 5, 2011
 Update: Board of trustees reverse decision and grant degree. The award-winning playwright, much accustomed to kudos and hero-worship, is shocked to find not everyone accepts his slanders about Israel. Displaying characteristic indifference to the facts of Israel's long efforts to achieve peace in the face of aggression, he claims it's a terrible historical problem that modern Israel came into existence." | | ...More |
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May 4, 2011
  No sooner had the rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas initialed a unity agreement, than Jimmy Carter turned up on The Washington Post's Op-Ed page, urging the United States to give anti-Israel actors a chance. Again. | | ...More |
| May 2, 2011
  Now that Osama bin Laden has been killed in Pakistan by US forces, it is important for the media and the general public to remember just what triggered his anti-American obsession it was United States support for Saudi Arabia, not Israel. | | ...More |
| April 28, 2011
  Whats bigger news for The Washington Post than an Afghan officer killing 9 Americans or the deaths of Yemeni protesters? Palestinian factions initialing an agreement. The paper trips again over its own "Palestinianism." | | ...More |
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