by Yishai Goldflam Ha’aretz columnist Sefi Rachlevsky last week published another venomous column, once again expressing his hatred of all things religious (“Netanyahu is fanning the flames of religious incitement,” Dec. 27, 2011). While his hatred is not illegal, the publication of lies about others is. About Rabbi Dov Lior of Kiryat Arba, Rachlevsky wrote: [...]

by Andrea Levin U.S. presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s comments in an interview with The Jewish Channel, released December 9, 2011 triggered outraged denunciations by Palestinian Arabs and Arab Americans, as well as a condemnation by the Arab League. The controversy was still percolating a week later with an angry column by former Senator John Sununu [...]

“We call on you to suspend UNESCO sponsorship of Zayafuna [magazine] and to condemn its odious hatemongering” by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik Following publication of Palestinian Media Watch’s book Deception, exposing glorification of Hitler in the Palestinian children’s magazine Zayzafuna which is funded by the PA, UNESCO and the the Spanish government (through [...]

November 20, 2011 by Tamar Sternthal NPR Jaffa Story Alleges Israeli Plot to Eradicate Arabs Sheera Frenkel’s Nov. 18 NPR news report charges Israel with a purported agenda “to have a purely Jewish state and to get rid of all Palestinians, the ones in the West Bank and in Israel,” as one of her main [...]

by Ricki Hollander Following the feverish and lopsided coverage of the Palestinian bid for UN membership, the New York Times is shifting back to its general lopsided coverage of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict— which includes a sustained attack on Israeli settlers. Articles over the weekend were about tension and violence in the region in the wake [...]

Simon Plosker Many of you will have been drawn to open this article by virtue of the headline. After all, spying affairs with a dash of Israeli involvement makes big news. But what about an Israeli spy scandal that actually involves no Israelis? A former US government scientist has confessed to attempted espionage after he [...]

by Eric Rozenman Separate Washington Post departments get two different Israel-related subjects fundamentally wrong — both similarly skewed against legitimate Jewish-Israeli concerns — in the same issue. What are the odds? The Post’s Sunday, August 7 edition included an Outlook/Book World section review of J Street founder Jeremy Ben-Ami’s recently released A New Voice for [...]

by Gilead Ini Every so often, the New York Times provides especially striking evidence of its double standard with regard to Israel. In 2009, for example, the newspaper published a front-page story, and two additional follow-up articles, claiming that Israeli snipers targeted Palestinian civilians during that year’s Gaza war. The claims turned out to be [...]

by Tamar Sternthal For New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, first there were Three Cups of Tea. Then came Three Polls of American Jews. When philanthropist and Three Cups of Tea author Greg Mortenson was found to have lavishly fabricated events and personal accomplishments, his friend and one-time champion Kristof fretted about throwing the baby [...]

by Gilead Ini The New York Times is now describing the violence directed at Israeli soldiers boarding Turkish flotilla ship Mavi Marmara in May 2010 as nothing more than an Israeli claim, despite the fact that the attacks are well-documented on video, and although earlier Times news reports did not hesitate to frankly describe the [...]