From the Media Bias Files: Weeping For Arafat October 15, 2012 15:50 by Simon Plosker Welcome to the first in a new feature where we look back and highlight issues of media bias and content from years past. While the European Union has been the recipient of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, back in October […]
Did Hezbollah’s Chief Financial Officer Defect to Israel? October 11, 2012 13:07 by Pesach Benson Today’s Top Stories 1. According to the Jewish Press, Hezbollah’s chief financial officer defected to Israel, bringing with him maps, classified documents, and a large sum of money. Why’d Hussein Fahs do it? He had been arrested for embezzling Hezbollah […]
Foreign Drone Shot Down Over Negev October 9, 2012 17:39 by Pesach Benson Today’s Top Stories: 1. The Gaza border’s hot again. I liked BBC‘s report of the IAF strike on two members of the group, Global Jihad. Tala’at Halil Muhammad Jarbi, the primary target, helped plan and carry out a June terrorist attack along […]
HR Turns Triple Play Over Israel’s Capital September 27, 2012 13:14 by Simon Plosker HonestReporting is taking a zero tolerance policy against media promoting the falsehood that Tel Aviv, and not Jerusalem, is Israel’s capital. We launched legal proceedings against The Guardian, forcing it, in August, to unequivocally state: we accept that it is wrong […]
A Change in Hamas Leadership? September 24, 2012 17:30 by Pesach Benson Today’s Top Stories 1. Although his relative moderation is needed now more than ever, Hamas sources told Maan News that Khaled Mashaal will step down as the group’s overall leader. According to Arab media sources quoted by the Times of Israel, Musa Abu Marzouk will […]
Assad Has Plans to Give Hezbollah Chemical Weapons September 19, 2012 16:50 by Pesach Benson Today’s Top Stories 1. Yup, Hamas is laying the groundwork to declare Gaza’s independence. Mahmoud Zahar told Maan News in no uncertain terms that Israel does not occupy Gaza. (Hey, that’s my line!) He also dissed the one and two-state […]
Israeli Cruise Review Sinks in Ocean of Garbage September 19, 2012 12:55 by Simon Plosker On September 15, Gabriella Le Breton published her review of a cruise to Israel in The Times of London (paid subscription only). What followed was a stunning display of ignorance and a lack of fact checking. It started with the […]
Palestinian Censors Mute Townhall Meeting September 13, 2012 15:39 by Pesach Benson Today’s Top Stories: 1. It turns out that Israel had no connection to the film at the heart of yesterday’s embassy attacks. First, Jeffrey Goldberg began fact-checking what we thought we knew about “Sam Bacile,” the video’s alleged Israeli writer and director. […]
Rockets Fall But Where’s the Coverage? September 10, 2012 12:28 by Simon Plosker “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” This philosophical question could well be applied to the media’s treatment, or lack of, concerning the latest barrage of rockets to be […]
Is Gaza Preparing to Declare Independence From Palestine? September 11, 2012 17:50 by Pesach Benson Today’s Top Stories 1. For the first time, Palestinian protests get widespread coverage. See below for details. 2. BDS Fail of the Day: Wits University leaders stood up against a student council’s call to boycott Israel. 3. Is Gaza preparing to […]
