The Canadian Medical Association Journal tarnished its reputation by allowing anti-Israel rhetoric and propaganda on its pages. See HonestReporting Canada's special report entitled "Canadian Medical Association Journal's Bad Medicine" by clicking below.
Canadian Medical Association Journal's Bad Medicine March 19, 2009 By: Mike Fegelman Dear HonestReporting Canada subscriber:![]() ![]() Israel did not face a ghost adversary: Remarkably, these reports failed to even mention Israel?s adversary, Hamas. The very word ?Hamas? is not even referred to in both reports. Only references of ?Israel?s offensive? and ?military campaign in the Gaza Strip? are made, leaving readers with the overall impression that Israel?s campaign was against Gaza and its citizens, and not Hamas and its rockets. Conflict did not happen in a vacuum: Reports fail to mention the raison d?etre for Israel?s incursion into Gaza, which was designed to thwart Hamas rocket attacks. As readers were deprived of the history and chronology of Hamas? rocket fire, Israel?s defensive operations can only be perceived as being bellicose. The fact that Hamas unilaterally broke a truce firing hundreds of rockets at Israeli towns doesn?t even merit a single mention. Passing the buck: Authors fail to mention the Palestinian Authority?s and Hamas? responsibility for ensuring the health and welfare of its citizenry. Baseless implications derived from unattributed accusations: Writer Christopher Mason cites unattributed ?accusations? implying that Israel intentionally targeted Palestinian medical health facilities. Unsubstantiated and spurious claims allowed: Mason quotes Malene Sonderskov, Middle East Coordinator of DanChurchAid, making the following baseless allegation: "Gaza has the highest prevalence of traumatized children in the world." We wonder, what scientific methodology did Sonderskov employ that could confirm the veracity of this egregious allegation?
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