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A Newspaper That’s ‘Proud To Be Israeli’: An Interview with Yisrael Hayom Foreign Editor Boaz Bismuth

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

By: Steve K. Walz, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent At a time when media pundits are calling daily newspapers “print dinosaurs,” Las Vegas casino mogul and Zionist philanthropist Sheldon Adelson tweaked the “experts” by investing millions of dollars in the creation of Yisrael Hayom (Israel Today), a free Hebrew-language tabloid newspaper that was launched on July 30, […]


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Article in Syrian Government Daily: Israel’s End Is Near

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

MEMRI Special Dispatch | No. 2825 | February 25, 2010 Syria/Iran On the eve of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit to Syria, set for February 25, 2010, during which he is to meet with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, and Hamas political bureau head Khaled Mash’al, the Syrian government daily Teshreen published a front-page article by columnist Muhammad […]


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BBC and New York Times Omit Coverage of Palestinian Corruption Story

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

by Steven Stotsky The Jerusalem Post has published a series of articles relaying accusations by the former head of the Palestinian Authority’s anti-corruption department, Fahmi Shabaneh, that close associates of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas engaged in embezzlement, land theft and fraud. According to Post correspondent Khalid Abu Toameh, Shabaneh possesses numerous documents exposing the theft of […]


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On the Lookout for Bias at NPR

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

National Public Radio’s (NPR) news coverage of the Middle East often leaves the impression that Jewish settlement in the West Bank and Jerusalem is the main obstacle to an accord between Israel and the Palestinians. Meanwhile the unrelenting villification of Jews by Arab media, religious leaders and government institutions remains a largely taboo subject […]


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BBC Panorama Distorts the Facts About Jerusalem

Monday, January 25th, 2010

“Finding a route to peace in [Jerusalem] is not exactly a walk in the park,” says Jeremy Vine in a play on words to introduce the January 18th segment of BBC’s “Panorama,” entitled “A Walk in the Park.” The segment presents alleged attempts by Israeli Jews to “change the demographics of East Jerusalem” and the […]


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After Detroit Terror Attack Fails, Diane Sawyer Profiles Israel

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Covering the failed attempt by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to destroy a Northwest Airlines passenger jet over Michigan, ABC’s new anchor, Diane Sawyer, brought up the perennial question of Israeli airport security (World News with Diane Sawyer, December 28, 2009). While the veteran journalist allowed that Israeli security measures were “legendary,” she also emphatically and falsely […]


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Letter to Jimmy Carter Urges Action After Apology

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

CAMERA has sent a letter to Jimmy Carter after the former president, addressing the Jewish community in an open letter, offered an apology for anything he may have done to stigmatize Israel. After expressing wishes for peace, Carter noted that “we must not permit criticisms for improvement to stigmatize Israel,” and offered an “Al Het” […]


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Palestinian TV children’s quizzes teach that there is no Israel

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

Palestinian children are taught through formal and informal education to see a world in which “Palestine” exists and replaces all of Israel. Two children’s quizzes broadcast last week on Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority television show how the PA routinely teaches its children to identify all Israeli cities as Palestinian cities. In the two quizzes on PA TV, […]


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The New York Times: Just the Facts?

Friday, August 21st, 2009

A six month study of the New York Times shows a bias toward the Palestinian narrative.

CONTACT THE NEW YORK TIMES PUBLIC EDITOR AND DEMAND CHANGES IN TIMES’ REPORTING. SEE RED BOX AT BOTTOM OF REPORT.

New York Times coverage often supports the Palestinian narrative without placing events in greater context.  […]


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Moderate or Hardline

Friday, July 10th, 2009

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