The double standards employed by foreign journalists when covering the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict are especially egregious in the context of terms used to characterize the two governments. For instance, while the Guardian has described Naftali […]
Guardian op-ed suggests that Jerusalem ‘drives’ Barack Obama’s foreign policy
The argument that Israeli leaders or pro-Israel groups in Washington drive US policy in the Mid-East represents something akin to conventional wisdom at the Guardian, and a recent op-ed in the paper by […]
Israelis celebrate 47th anniversary of Jerusalem reunification (Photos from Judy Lash Balint)
Judy Lash Balint (photo journalist, blogger and author of Jerusalem Diaries: In Tense Times and Jerusalem Diaries II: What’s Really Happening in Israel) observed the following yesterday while covering events to commemorate Yom Yerushalayim: Thousands of […]
Amusingly Obvious Guardian Error Watch
Not all Guardian errors are of equal significance. Whilst we often post about ideologically driven distortions or outright fabrications, other mistakes can fairly be characterized as genuine ‘editing errors’. So, we thought […]
Vatican contradicts Guardian’s claim about pope’s visit to terror memorial
On May 26th we posted about a report by the Guardian’s Jerusalem correspondent Peter Beaumont which characterized the pope’s visit to a Jerusalem memorial to Israeli terror victims “as an attempt to appease his Israeli […]
At the Guardian, Pope Francis morphs from ‘independent’ to an ‘appeaser’ in 24 hours
On Sunday, May 25, the Guardian’s Jerusalem correspondent Peter Beaumont framed Pope Francis’s unscheduled stop at Israel’s security fence in Bethlehem as a confirmation of his “determined independence“. It is an image […]
Fighting the caricature that spawned the boycott threat
The following essay was written by Roslyn Pine and first published at the Jewish News The President and Vice President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews recently commented on how the Diaspora should deal with […]
Jesus as an oppressed Palestinian? Guardian yawns at PA’s evocation of antisemitic theme
The Palestinian Authority commissioned an art exhibit to coincide with Pope Francis’ visit to the region this week that consists of visual displays which includes classic bible-based art merging depictions of Jesus with modern […]
Al-Durah Redux? Facts emerge contradicting Guardian presumption of IDF guilt in Palestinian deaths
The deaths of two Palestinian rioters in Betunia in the West Bank on May 15 has generated considerable media attention, in large measure because the incidents were apparently caught on video. One heavily […]
Why the Guardian’s new Jerusalem correspondent won’t take Palestinian antisemitism seriously
The Guardian’s response to a recent Anti-Defamation League poll demonstrating that Palestinian society was compromised by unparalleled levels of antisemitism – results which overlaps with other polls on antisemitism by Pew Global – was […]
UK media silent about Pope’s meeting with Mufti who claimed that Muslims’ destiny is to kill Jews
A report at the Independent by Ben Lynfield focuses on Palestinian activists who are “scathing about the Pope’s plans to make the first visit by a pontiff to the tomb of Theodor Herzl”, […]
The Guardian fetishizes the ‘culture’ of Palestinian terrorism
A May 16th Guardian article by Karma Nabulsi – an Oxford University academic and former PLO representative who previously claimed, at the Guardian, that Palestinian “schoolchildren are blown to bits [by the IDF] while playing’ – […]
Chris McGreal returns to remind us how much he despises Israel.
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Chris McGreal, the Guardian’s former Jerusalem correspondent who – unlike Harriet Sherwood – has never even tried to hide his animosity towards the Jewish state. As we’ve […]
CiF Watch prompts revision to Guardian op-ed justifying Palestinian antisemitism
On May 15th we commented on an op-ed at the Guardian (written by two pro-Palestinian activists) which morally justified Palestinian antisemitism – in the context of poll which demonstrated that Palestinians are the […]
CiF Watch prompts Indy correction – acknowledges that Arab towns were built since ’48
On May 7th we posted about Ben Lynfield’s column (Netanyahu’s ‘Jewish state’ law angers Arab Israelis, May 2) at the Independent, which included the following claim: For example, while hundreds of new cities, towns and […]
Repulsive Guardian op-ed justifies Palestinian antisemitism
Yesterday we posted on the results of a new international antisemitism poll by ADL, which demonstrated that Palestinians are the most antisemitic people among the 100 countries surveyed. We noted that Palestinians are […]
Economist’s Nicolas Pelham continues to mislead about Christians in Israel
As we’ve noted previously, a pattern in which the ongoing persecution of Christians in Muslim states is downplayed, and the freedom enjoyed by Israel’s Christian community is ignored, continues to taint UK […]
What the UK media won’t report: Poll reveals Palestinians are most antisemitic people in the world (UPDATE)
How would you characterize someone who believes that Jews have too much power over the global media and global political affairs, that Jews are responsible for most of the world wars and […]
Economist’s Nicolas Pelham Deceives About Christians in Israel
Cross posted by CAMERA’s Israel Director, Tamar Sternthal Charging “Israel’s multiple self-professed lobbyists” for having “donned the mantle of Christian saviors,” The Economist‘s Nicolas Pelham cites Proverbs to excoriate: “Deceive not with thy lips.” […]
Did an Economist editor just issue a thinly-veiled threat to CAMERA?
My colleague Tamar Sternthal (Director of CAMERA’s Israel office) just published a response to a Ha’aretz commentary written by Economist journalist Nicolas Pelham (“Christians in Israel and Palestine“, May 11) which accused Israel’s […]
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