Hiding the problem won’t make it go away. Why do Palestinian children become human bombs, willingly strapping on suicide belts and slipping into Israel to kill as many Jews as possible? That’s the key question which the New York Times has once again failed to answer, this time in an otherwise informative story by Greg […]

In perhaps the most distorted coverage of the brutal murder of a pregnant Israeli mother and her four young daughters, NPR’s Julie McCarthy blamed the victims for their own slaughter. In the atrocity in Gaza on May 2, the gunmen reportedly fired on the family’s car from 20 yards away. When 34-year-old Tali, a social […]

My February 12th column (“NPR’S anti-Israel bias”) demonstrated how National Public Radio repeatedly promoted the Arab propaganda line by distorting or ignoring facts. This drew many responses. Most felt that a warning about NPR’s success in defaming Israel, especially among inexperienced, idealistic university students, was long overdue. But even more instructive, perhaps, were the few […]

An Anniversary March 16 was the first anniversary of the death of Rachel Corrie, an American college student killed by an Israeli bulldozer in the Gaza Strip. It has been anything but “a year of silence,” as Elizabeth Corrie, Rachel’s cousin, recently alleged (“A year of silence since Rachel Corrie died,” Views, March 4). On […]

A long and extensively-illustrated article by correspondent John Ward Anderson deploring Israeli policy in Jerusalem dominated the National and World News “A” section of the February 10 edition of the Washington Post (“Israel Hems In a Sacred City; Encircling of Jerusalem Complicates Prospects for Peace”). The feature, including eight color photographs and three maps, spilled […]

“After a quick prayer, Avi Shapiro and 12 other Jewish settlers put on their religious skullcaps, grabbed their semi-automatic rifles and headed toward Highway 60…. As they crouched in a ditch beside the road, Shapiro, the leader of the group, gave the settlers orders: Surround any taxi, ‘open fire,’ and kill as many of the […]

By publishing Raeem Al-Raiyshi’s “martyr” photo and highlighting her motherhood, too many media reports are inadvertently glorifying the female terrorist who killed four Israelis at the Erez checkpoint in Gaza on Wednesday, January 14. At the same time, many reports so far have failed to explore two key aspects of her attack: 1) the ploy […]

Following his announcement that he was willing to dismantle his WMD program, Libyan President Col. Muammar Al-Qaddafi appealed to Syria, Iran, and North Korea to follow his example “to protect their nations from catastrophe.” [1] The following are excerpts from articles reacting to Qaddafi’s move, published by Libyan and Arab newspapers: Libyan Press: ‘The World […]

HonestReporting.com’s latest report notes that media outlets have been underplaying the dangers of Palestinian “rock-throwing” against Israeli soldiers. HonestReporting.com’s latest report notes that media outlets have been u nderplaying the dangers of Palestinian “rock-throwing” against Israeli soldiers. In a stunning example of a picture that is worth 1,000 words, the website shows a recent incident […]

“Nightline and ABC News devote a significant amount of time to both Israeli and Palestinian issues and we consider our record even on the whole,” wrote Kerry Smith Marash, ABC’s VP for editorial quality, in her Nov. 13 letter to CAMERA. If the Dec. 2 “Nightline” focusing on “Israeli issues”- the 27 pilots objecting to […]