Australian ABC Radio National’s Counterpoint program broadcast on June 19 featured an interview with Professor Amin Saikal, the Director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Australian National University. According to the program’s synopsis: It’s 50 years since the six day war in the Middle East and the Israeli occupation of the West […]
A Palestinian convicted of killing six Israelis in a 1980 terror attack was elected mayor of Hebron. The Times of Israel explains what you need to know about Tayseer Abu Sneineh: Tayseer Abu Sneineh was selected by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah to head the party’s list in Hebron for Saturday’s West Bank elections. […]
MSN News (a Microsoft site) has compiled a photo slideshow of “Places around the world running out of water.” Unsurprisingly numerous Middle East countries feature with accompanying captions. That Israel should be included is debatable given the fact that its water crisis has been alleviated thanks to desalination plants and effective water resource conservation. MSN […]
The Times of London jumps the gun with its headline reporting on the visit to Israel of British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. While Israeli President Reuven Rivlin did extend an official invitation to the Royal Family, it has not been officially accepted yet even if the signs are relatively positive. But the main problem with […]
A newly passed Israeli law prevents foreign nationals who have publicly called for a boycott of the Jewish state or work on behalf of an organization that advocates these measures from entering Israel. It has caused plenty of debate and criticism. That the New York Times, in a staff editorial, opposes the law, is not particularly […]
The White House released a statement on settlement construction: essentially supporting building within existing settlements while gently criticizing the construction of new settlements, or the expansion of existing settlements beyond their current borders, saying that such construction “may not be helpful.” (Despite construction within settlements and “natural growth” of existing settlements, Israel has not actually built […]
The United States Congress is trying to reduce anti-Semitism on college campuses, while the LA Times is trying to defend it. Yes that’s right, the LA Times is defending anti-Semitism. What specifically, does the LA Times have a problem with? Congress was working to pass a bill called HR 6421, also known as the “Anti-Semitism Awareness Act.” […]
Associated Press The Associated Press wire service supplies news articles to a huge number of media outlets around the world. Corrections are therefore extremely important. The AP’s story “Syria says Israeli strikes hit near airport west of Damascus” included the following: We contacted AP to point out that the text falsely implied that Tel Aviv […]
Diplomats from more than 70 countries gathered in Paris for a peace conference lauded by the Palestinians and lambasted by Israel. France slammed the idea of relocating the US embassy to Jerusalem. Diplomatic correspondents Barak Ravid and Raphael Ahren were live tweeting from Paris. Officials in Jerusalem fear a fresh UN initiative two days after […]
The Daily Mail’s Mail Online, the most read news website in the world, included multiple references to Tel Aviv in its story on the UN resolution and the role of the US in allowing it to pass. Following correspondence with editors, we are pleased to say that amendments have been made to all of the […]
