Israelis have been mourning the loss of musical icon Arik Einstein since his death from an aneurysm on Tuesday night. The prolific singer-songwriter recorded more than 500 songs during his 40-year career, including the following from 1971 […]
David Ward MP – Jews, money and power
Cross posted by Mark Gardner at the CST Jews, money and power is a well-worn antisemitic trinity. So, what possessed David Ward MP to send this tweet on 15th November? What a […]
The Hanukiyah and the Swastika: The story behind a haunting photo from 1931
“Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness” – Anne Frank Last year we published an essay exploring the significance of the Hanukkah story in the context of […]
CAMERA sites monitor media coverage of Israel, Nov. 20-26: Guardian, BBC, NYT, Ynet, Europa Press
Our regular round up of posts from CAMERA affiliated sites: Brooklyn College Hosts Ben White’s Lecture on ‘Israeli Apartheid’: Anti-Israel activist Ben White was invited to speak at Brooklyn College by the college’s […]
The Economist misleads on American Jewish attitudes towards Israel and Iran
The narrative advanced by The Economist in a Nov. 25 story about the American political repercussions of the recent deal in Geneva between Iran and the P5+1 (‘Israel heads for a terrifying […]
CiF Watch prompts correction to extremely misleading Livni quote at ‘Comment is Free’
Yesterday, we posted about a selectively edited quote in a Nov. 26 essay at ‘Comment is Free’ by an anti-Zionist Jew named Michael Brull. We noted that the highly misleading quote […]
‘Comment is Free’ uses misleading Livni quote the Guardian previously corrected
In an Nov. 26 essay titled ‘Australia’s U-turn on Israeli settlements in occupied territories is shameful‘ ‘Comment is Free’ contributor Michael Brull – another anti-Zionist Jewish voice associated with ‘CiF’ Australia – criticizes his country for supporting […]
The Telegraph’s 14 weaselly words about the power of ‘the lobby’
It’s less than clear how Telegraph Middle East correspondent Richard Spencer views the nuclear deal recently signed in Geneva, but in his latest report he certainly seems to take pleasure in the […]
Did CiF Watch “browbeat” Guardian cartoonist Martin Rowson into submission?
Two days ago, I discovered that CiF Watch, a Jewish supremacist site interested solely in cleansing British press of any criticism of Israel and Jewish power, was boasting that the Guardian surrendered to […]
Harriet Sherwood misleads on UNRWA statement about Gaza construction ban
Harriet Sherwood’s Nov. 22 report continues in the Guardian tradition of ignoring Hamas’s responsibility for the situation in Gaza, devoting nearly all of the text to highlighting Egyptian and (mostly) Israeli responsibility for the […]
Chloé Valdary: ‘Israel is the great cause of our time’ (Video)
As the Algemeiner wrote about the inclusion of Chloé Valdary (the founder of CCAP-supported Allies for Israel at the University of New Orleans) in their annual Jewish 100: She’s young, black, Christian and southern, and is one of the most […]
Why Chas loves Israel
The following is an extract from Not In My Name: A Compendium of Modern Hypocrisy by Chas Newkey-Burden and Julie Burchill. (This chapter was written by Chas Newkey-Burden, who blogs at OyVaGoy) ‘When my […]
Richard Millett’s provocative question at ‘Israel tortures Palestinian kids’ event.
The following is cross posted by London-based blogger Richard Millett Last night I asked a provocative question. At SOAS Palestine Society’s Palestinian Child Prisoners: How the Israeli military criminalises a generation I asked Mohammed […]
Evidently, some Palestinian prisoners don’t evoke Harriet Sherwood’s sympathy
Sympathetic portrayals of Palestinian terrorists serving sentences in Israeli jails are something of a specialty for the Guardian’s Harriet Sherwood, and her Nov. 18 report about suspected al-Qaeda terrorist Samir al-Baraq (Palestinian held […]
Roy Amlot in The Times: Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian children with relative impunity
A British lawyer named Roy Amlot wrote an op-ed for The Times, ‘West Bank: justice in the military courts‘, Nov. 14, recounting his recent experiences visiting the West Bank “to observe the military […]
What about the Grand Mufti’s desire to ‘liquidate the Jews’ doesn’t Robert Fisk understand?
Fisking “Middle East expert” Robert Fisk can be especially challenging, as he often pivots seamlessly between mere distortions and outright fabrications within the same essay. His latest op-ed at The Independent, The real poison […]
Why is a Swedish Jew filing for political asylum in her own country?
Last year we had the pleasure of interviewing a Swedish Jew (and Zionist activist) named Annika Hernroth-Rothstein, who recounted her experiences living in a country plagued by a dangerous rise in antisemitism. As the recent […]
The Guardian AGAIN falsely suggests that Tel Aviv is Israel’s capital
As absurd as it may seem to those unfamiliar with the ideological bias which colors most Israel related items published at the Guardian and ‘Comment is Free’, up until the summer of […]
Guardian propagandist Jonathan Steele egregiously distorts the Israeli position on Iran
The politics of veteran Guardian “journalist” Jonathan Steele are so off-the-charts that he’s accused Muslims who opposed Islamist rule in Tunisia of ‘Islamophobia’, written a spirited defense of the ‘tragically misunderstood’ Robert […]
The Guardian is forced to correct a second false allegation by Antony Loewenstein
Last week we posted about a Guardian correction to a passage in Antony Loewenstein’s Nov. 7 ‘Comment is Free’ essay (‘To support the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement is not antisemitic‘) which […]
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