RDI diffuse un documentaire sur Gaza dépourvu de contexte / RDI Airs Gaza Documentary Devoid of Context
English version appended below. Le 19 octobre, RDI a diffusé le documentaire « Gaza » dans le cadre de sa série « Les Grands Reportages », qui offrait un portrait des Palestiniens à Gaza dépourvu de tout contexte. Le documentaire original de 90 minutes est sorti en 2019 et a été réalisé par Gary Keane et Andrew […]
CBC’s Freelance Reporter Claims Gaza is an “Open-Air Prison”
Yesterday, in an interview on the CBC program Front Burner about recent fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas terrorists, freelance reporter Irris Makler claimed that the Gaza Strip is an “open-air prison.” Listen to this segment immediately below and listen to the full interview by clicking here. Makler said the following: The big concern is […]
SUCCESS! Radio-Canada Deletes Article Blaming Israel for Gaza’s Plight in Fighting Coronavirus
On April 28, HonestReporting Canada filled a complaint directly with Radio-Canada Ombudsman Guy Gendron calling for immediate corrective action after our public broadcaster’s French-arm published a report blaming Israel exclusively for Gaza’s plight in fighting the Corona virus. As we said in our complaint, “In an article about the impact the Coronavirus is having on […]
CBC’s Mediocre Correction to Article Blaming Gazan Poverty Exclusively on Israeli-Led Blockade
On April 22, HonestReporting Canada liaised with CBC News executives to complain about an article published the day prior to the CBC’s website which blamed Gazan poverty exclusively on the Israeli-Egyptian arms blockade of Gaza. The Associated Press article entitled: “Muslims try to keep Ramadan spirit amid pandemic” said the following (emphasis added): In the […]
Globe Should Clarify that Gaza Blockade is Enforced by Egypt & Israel
On March 21, the Globe and Mail published a report entitled: “Relative calm breaks out amid the war on COVID-19 in the Middle East” by former Mideast Bureau Chief Mark Mackinnon that HRC took issue with. Mackinnon wrote the following: “In Gaza, which has been under an Israeli blockade since 2007, violence is usually an […]
HRC Prompts Correction of False Neil Macdonald Claim that Israel Restricts Food Aid to Gaza
Once again, Neil Macdonald has spread mistruths about Israel, abetted by the CBC News website. Once again, HRC has caught him in the act prompting the CBC to issue a “clarification” for his falsely claiming that Israel restricts food aid to Gaza. On March 10, Macdonald penned a column on CBC Opinion entitled: “Anti-BDS laws […]