Palestinian Official Brags About Terrorism Against Israel; Where Is The Media Attention?
When a Palestinian is killed in armed conflict with Israel, the Palestinian Authority (PA) and its affiliates offer a knee-jerk response: that the deceased is an innocent person murdered by Israel in cold blood. But when speaking in Arabic to local audiences and media outlets, the truth often comes out: that the deceased was a […]
HRC In Times of Israel: “Dear Mahmoud Abbas: Hold Palestinian Elections Now”
View our commentary on the Times of Israel website here. Less than nine months after its last legislative election, Israel is once again set to go to the polls again this spring, after the Knesset recently failed to pass the 2020 budget. In what will be the fourth election in just two years, Israelis will […]
Dear Chatelaine: There Is No State of Palestine
Dear Chatelaine, Contrary to your Magazine’s assertion, there is no such thing as a state of Palestine. On June 19, you featured an article by Chantal Braganza entitled: “This New Cookbook Is A Love Letter To Palestinian Food” about a new cookbook called “Falastin” co-written by Sami Tamimi and Tara Wigley which sets out to […]
Ombudsman’s Review Gives Tacit Approval For CBC to Not Prominently Identify Palestinian Attackers
On January 3, CBC Ombudsman Esther Enkin published a review based on two HonestReporting Canada complaints which gave tacit approval for CBC editors to not prominently identify Palestinians as attackers in its news coverage. With respect to our first grievance, we expressed our concern with the CBC’s July 30 report: “Israeli court upholds 18-month sentence for […]
Memo to Globe and Mail: Israeli Lives Matter
One of the most egregious violations of journalistic standards is bias by omission. When important stories deserving of news coverage, gets ignored by journalists and news organizations. Ultimately, news consumers and our policy makers suffer when not informed of noteworthy global developments. Yesterday’s deadly terror attack in the Israeli community of Har Adar was deserving […]
SUCCESS! CBC Retracts Claim that Mahmoud Abbas is a "Staunch Opponent of Violence"
As we noted in our recent critical analysis of Canadian media coverage of the tensions and terror attacks on the Temple Mount, on July 22, CBCNews.ca had featured Associated Press coverage claiming that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is “… a staunch opponent of violence…” In making this statement, both AP and CBC News inserted their personal opinions into their […]