March 18, 2008 by Dexter Van Zile Judging from a children’s book and a Sunday school teacher’s manual published by the United Methodist Church in 2006, the anti-Israel activists in the denomination are fans of St. Francis Xavier, the 16th century missionary who proclaimed “Give me the children until they are seven and anyone may have them […]

62% of images in our study were sympathic to the Palestinians. Each month, Reuters selects about 250 images from thousands of its own photographs for inclusion in a “Pictures of the Month” package. These photographs depict people and events from around the world, encompassing culture, sport, politics and significant news events. Reuters uses these photo packages […]

The following are excerpts from an interview with American political scientist Norman Finkelstein, which aired on Future TV on January 20, 2008. The questions were in Arabic, and Finkelstein’s responses are in English. To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit:http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/1676.htm. I Do Want to Express Solidarity with [Hizbullah], And I Am Not Going to be a […]

February 5, 2008 by Ricki Hollander, Eric Rozenman, Tamar Sternthal Study: On Nation’s Op-Ed Pages, Israel’s Voice is Stifled Introduction According to many of Israel’s detractors, such as Jimmy Carter, Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer, pro-Israel voices dominate the American media and drown out pro-Palestinian views. Yet, if the Op-Ed pages of three leading national newspapers – the New […]

The media leaves the false impression that Israel has completely cut Gaza’s electricity. Today’s headlines include the LA Times’s “Gaza dark amid Israeli blockade” and The Guardian’s “Gaza plunged into darkness as Israeli fuel blockade takes effect”. Similar headlines appear in many media outlets. You could be forgiven for thinking that Israel has cut off the […]

Our seventh annual recognition of the most skewed and biased coverage of the Mideast conflict. What a year of surprises. Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip. Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas talked peace in the presence of Saudi and Syrian dignitaries. BBC journalist Alan Johnston was held hostage for nearly four months. When Israel struck […]

November 26, 2007 CAMERA by Gilead Ini The Wall Street Journal is typically considered a source of solid, accurate coverage of the Arab-Israeli conflict. However, readers opening that newspaper on Nov. 20 found a story (“Checkpoints Splinter Palestinian Economy”) focused on checkpoints in the West Bank so biased against Israeli perspectives it could have been taken from […]

by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook - October 9, 2007 The Palestinian Authority (Fatah) daily newspaper’s political cartoon today illustrated a prayer for the killing of Americans. A Muslim is shown kneeling in prayer facing a US B-2 Stealth Bomber. The words of his prayer are encased in missiles aimed at Americans: “Allah, scatter them!” “And turn […]

By: Jason Maoz, Senior Editor Jewish Press Wednesday, October 17, 2007 Television has long been the nation’s predominant shaper of public opinion, the supreme arbiter of tastes and trends, the ultimate barometer of what’s popular and what’s not. […]

October 3, 2007 by Myron Kaplan Nearly all Israel-related articles appearing in the National Geographic Society’s famous magazine in the past 15 years have contained falsified history and partisan political statements disparaging the Jewish nation. The trend continues on NG’s popular cable TV channel with a flawed documentary, Secrets of Jerusalem’s Holiest Sites. The […]