Guardian columnist complains about those who “cry wolf” over antisemitism
Providing a voice for: demonisation of Israel and ‘right wing’ Jews; defence of anti-Zionists; gaslighting of Jews who complain of antisemitism; and the legitimisation of even the most indefensible...
View ArticleWhat do Tibetans, Kurds & Uighur Muslims have in common? All are marginalised...
A recent op-ed by The Independent's Mid-East correspondent has the air of an expose on the tragic plight of an obscure tribe in some under-covered part of the globe. But, in fact, quite the opposite is...
View ArticlePalestine Misunderstood – an essay by Petra Marquardt-Bigman
Written by Petra Marquardt-Bigman From my home on the southern outskirts of Tel Aviv, I hear the Muslim call to prayer every day as it issues from a mosque half a mile […]
View ArticleGuardian falsely asserts 40 year US position that settlements are “illegal”
Contrary to the Guardian's claim that the new US declaration rejects the US legal position on the issue since 1978, the 1978 US State Department Hansell Memorandum they're referring to, which...
View ArticleFinancial Times corrects editorial alleging ’40 year US policy’ calling...
Whilst this blog takes no position on Israeli communities across the green line, we do take a strident position on holding British media outlets accountable to the accuracy clause of the UK Editors'...
View ArticleGuardian amplifies Human Rights Watch report vilifying Israel
A Guardian article on a new Human Rights Watch report vilifying Israel didn't even feign objectivity or professionalism. In the 475 word piece by their Middle-East correspondent Michael Safim there...
View ArticleGuardian evokes analogy between Israel’s security fence and Soviet Iron Curtain
In short: Soviet Bloc countries' fences kept their own citizens from leaving. Israel's fence keeps hostile non-citizens from entering. Any suggestion that both of these measures are morally or...
View ArticlePrivate Eye imagines pre-67 Palestinian sovereignty
Much like the maps recently being paraded by Palestinian leaders purporting to show how much of "Palestine" their leaders have been willing to compromise, Private Eye has peddled a historical fiction,...
View ArticleIndy promotes misleading video of IDF vehicle “hurling rocks” at Palestinians
The reporter's apparent anger towards the IDF, as is evident in her reaction to the video, that "this is mad", would only be apt if the narrative advanced by Palestinian protesters - and...
View ArticleGuardian smears Israel with a wild Palestinian accusation
Moreover, the apparent credulity of the journalist and his editor in the face of Samara's wild claim that soldiers considered shooting him for no particular reason - or that the army would have blown...
View ArticleEconomist echos media lie that Israel restricts medicine to Gaza
Contrary to the Economist's claims, the medicine shortage in Gaza has nothing whatsoever to do with the the Israeli blockade - a fact we proved in a previous post which included a definitive statement...
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