A key refrain in the Israeli-Palestinian narrative is the issue of the Palestinian poverty, allegedly resulting from the Israeli occupation. Surveys cite statistics that anywhere from 26 to 53 percent of Palestinians are poor. In October 2018, the United Nations warned that humanitarian aid to the Palestinians is at an all-time low, a sign of […]
An online bullying campaign targeting an Israeli Jewish charity site scored a major win recently, when Facebook shuttered the charity’s page, following a wave of reports claiming the charity page had “abusive” content. According to Breaking Israel News, hundreds of Arab social media users have engaged in a concerted effort to shut down the Karmey […]
The 7-year-old haredi girl who was allegedly raped by a Palestinian Authority Arab and two of his friends told her friend about the sexual assault short after it occurred, News 12 reported Tuesday night. A welfare worker in the city where the rape occurred reported the incident to the police, who requested the victim’s friend […]
The details of US President Donald Trump’s “Peace to Prosperity” economic plan to jump start the Palestinian and regional economies has been publicly released ahead of a Bahrain Conference. Anyone can read on the White House website where $50 billion of investment is supposed to go. Much of the criticism of the plan, including from […]
Almost two weeks after The Independent published a baseless smear about Gazan babies dying alone in Israel – a claim swiftly exposed by HonestReporting – The Guardian’s Oliver Holmes and Hazem Balousha have now repeated the smear. On June 7, Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP, a member of the British Labour party, claimed that a Gazan […]
Attorney Yehuda Fried, who is representing the 7-year-old girl raped by a Palestinian Authority Arab, spoke on Sunday to 103FM Radio about the various difficulties some see in the case. Mahmoud Nazmi Abed Alhamid Katusa, 46, was indicted last Sunday on charges of kidnapping and raping the victim, who studied in the school where he […]
Immigration New Zealand, an official government website, published a fact sheet with a map of the Middle East that showed a “Palestine,” but not Israel. Following a barrage of complaints on social media, the web page was removed, though screenshots remain. The Israel Institute of New Zealand called for a retraction of the map. “The […]
A group of Democratic senators on Thursday presented a bill in the US Senate opposing Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s election campaign promise to annex parts of Judea and Samaria to Israel, Channel 13 News reported. According to the report, the group that signed the resolution includes some of the leading candidates for the Democratic presidential […]
Does the media have a hidden agenda when it comes to Israel? Jodie Cohen, a public affairs professional recounts her own personal experiences working for and with the media. What I’m about to write doesn’t apply to all media. However, over the past two decades of working with the media, whether directly or in a […]
Antonia Yamin, Channel 11 News’ correspondent in Europe, attended a mass pro-Israel rally in Berlin, Germany, held to counter an anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian Authority demonstration funded by Iran. “I’m very happy that my statement made so much noise, because now we have a real opportunity to change something,” Germany’s government commissioner on anti-Semitism, Felix Klein, told […]
