Most Clicked This Week
- Bret Stephen's Israel stint taught him "democracies rarely muster their full reserves of determination until they’ve been bloodied one time too many"
- Israeli Superstar Gal Gadot tries to cheer us up but the knives are out: “Nothing like rich famous people singing “imagine no possessions” in their mortgage free homes as the rest of society queue at Lidl for broken biscuits”
- “The Rafah Brigade has been defeated. Their four battalions have been destroyed, and we have completed operational control over the entire urban area”
- ‘Are you a Jew?’ Arab Attacks on Jews nothing new.
- "The explicit goal of the Palestinian Authority and Hamas is the elimination of the Jewish state, not the building-up of a Palestinian counterpart"
- Roman colonialists invented the word “Palestine” in order to insult the native Jewish population with the memory of their ancient enemies, the Philistines.
- Israel reaches out to France before resumption of Iran nuclear talks
- Rafah Egypt-Gaza border crossing "track record conclusively disproves the widespread fallacy that Hamas is primarily concerned with the Palestinian cause rather than the cause of global jihad"
Tag Archives: Journalism
The way Western media treats Israel does not make progress with Palestinians possible
THE TOWER Yes, Many Journalists Choose Sides in a Conflict—and Often for the Worst Reasons by Zenobia Ravji February 2016 …I first came to Israel in January 2014 for a short trip. This two-week holiday turned into two years. At … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Journalism, media, Palestinians, West Bank
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New York Times continues its campaign against Israel — demonizing, delegitimizing, applying double standards.
NEW YORK POST How The New York Times whitewashes Palestinian terror by Gilead Ini November 23, 2015 …And so was the newspaper’s recent suggestion that there might never have been a temple on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, despite unanimity among serious … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Journalism, New York Times, Palestinians, stabbings, Temple Mount, terror
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CAMERA showcases journalistic duplicity in Israel terror reporting
CAMERA BLOG Wave of Palestinian Violence Accompanied by Spate of Bad Writing October 14, 2015 Some correspondents and headline writers are doing a fine job reporting on the outbreak of terror in Israel, but all too many others are failing … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged CAMERA, CNN, Journalism, Palestinians, terror
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Former AP Reporter: I Didn’t Leave Journalism, It Left Me
JEWISH PRESS by Lori Lowenthal Marcus December 16, 2014 About mainstream media’s twisted reporting on Israel, Lavie says: ‘I was not sensitive to it because I am Jewish, I was sensitive to it because I’m a journalist.’….Outsiders have long believed … Continue reading
Ongoing Controversy Around ‘The Most Important Story on Earth’
TABLET MAG by Matti Friedman September 16, 2014 Responding to critics of my essay about Israel media coverage. My essay “An Insider’s Guide to the Most Important Story on Earth” touched a nerve far beyond my expectations—I didn’t think that … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Gershom Gorenberg, Journalism, journalists, Matti Friedman, Rick Miron, Rick Santorum, Steven Gutkin
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Former AP Reporter Pens Devastating Media Critique
CAMERA BLOG August 27, 2014 Matti Friedman’s powerful and troubling analysis of what’s wrong with journalism when Israel is under the microscope (August 26, 2014, Tablet) should be mandatory reading in journalism schools. Entitled “An Insider’s Guide to the Most Important … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged CAMERA, Journalism, Matti Friedman, Tablet
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An Insider’s Guide to the Most Important Story on Earth
TABLET MAGAZINE by Matti Friedman August 26, 2014 A former AP correspondent explains how and why reporters get Israel so wrong, and why it matters Is there anything left to say about Israel and Gaza? Newspapers this summer have been … Continue reading
Why Everything Reported from Gaza is Crazy Twisted
THE TOWER by Mark Lavie August 2014 The images coming out of the Gaza Strip are heart-wrenching. They are also part of a deliberate and sophisticated distortion machine. A veteran journalist takes us inside. You’re seeing civilians dying and suffering in … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Gaza, Journalism, journalists, Reporters
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ArchitectGuy on Israel 