April 10, 2013 14:17 by Simon Plosker HonestReporting has long campaigned for the international media to call terrorism exactly what it is instead of using judgment-neutral terminology, such as “militants”,”extremists”, “fighters” or “gunmen.” Yaakov “Jack” Teitel, a US-born Israeli resident of the West Bank was sentenced on Tuesday to two consecutive life terms in prison […]
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will offer Turkey to play a role in the peace process between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, the Turkish daily Hurriyet reported on Saturday. The report said that Kerry plans to make this offer during his visit to Turkey on Sunday and that the offer will be made because […]
In an unusual move, Yesha (Judea and Samaria) Council head Avi Ro’eh and Chairman Ron Shachner have sent a letter to Jerusalem Police accusing the leftist Ha’aretz daily newspaper of incitement to violence. In a column published Wednesday, Ha’aretz writer Amira Hass, who lives in the PA city of Ramallah, wrote, “Throwing stones is the right […]
March 20, 2013 17:40 by Alex Margolin With President Barack Obama touching down in Jerusalem for his first official visit to Israel, the Middle East is once again the top story in the international press. While most media reports ahead of the visit noted the Obama administration’s desire to “reboot” relations between the US and […]
Israel has rewarded a hunger striking terrorist prisoner with freedom – as well as a ten-year exile to Gaza. AFP reported that Ayman Sharawna, a prisoner who was on long-term hunger strike, arrived in Gaza on Sunday evening after inking a deal with Israeli officials. Sharawna reached a deal under which he was freed from […]
The Palestinian Authority cabinet on Tuesday decided to form a committee to prepare applications to register sites on UNESCO’s world heritage list, the Bethlehem-based Ma’an news agency reported. Omar Awadallah, the head of UN file in the PA’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that the committee’s mission was to prepare heritage sites for the list […]
March 4, 2013 17:06 by Pesach Benson The Commentator responds to Daily Telegraph coverage of so-called “apartheid” buses: The substance is drearily familiar, though it is particularly gratuitous. It is (yawn) an “Israel-Apartheid” story, and it pegs off moves by the Israeli authorities to take the completely reasonable step of introducing extra Palestinian buses to […]
U.S. President Barack Obama has demanded a timetable for an Israeli withdrawal from Judea and Samaria (also known as the West Bank to Palestinians), according to an unconfirmed report by World Tribune. The report quotes anonymous “Israeli sources.” According to the report, Obama, who is scheduled to arrive in Israel on March 20, wants Prime […]
Inmate Death: What the Media Chose to Ignore February 27, 2013 14:13 by Alex Margolin When is a terrorist not a terrorist? Apparently, when it doesn’t fit the media’s narrative, like the coverage of Arafat Jaradat, who died in an Israeli prison this week. Jaradat, a member of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, was arrested for […]
The returns are in – and among electoral activists in Judea and Samaria, the vote is almost unanimous: Voter fraud in Arab communities is rampant, and something must be done immediately to prevent a repeat of the massive fraud the activists said took place in last month’s elections. No less a figure than Judge Elyakim […]
