The Media Accountability Project  

"The result is that your readers are led to think that the onus of blame is on the Palestinians of Ein el-Hilweh – particularly when you include phrases emphasizing, and I quote, how the camp (rather than those who made it necessary) 'is notorious for its lawlessness'. Yet it is precisely the refusal of Israel to abide by Resolution 194 of the United Nations General Assembly that has produced this intractable crisis." Continue reading

"Your headline clearly captures the reality for both Palestinians and Israeli citizens but especially for Palestinians who seek not only peace but also justice. We appreciated that you named both the nationalist government in Israel and the leadership of the Palestinian Authority as factors contributing to the bleak outlook." Continue reading

"We want to thank you for providing readers with a nuanced overview of the criticism of Israel’s judicial overhauls. This has been all too rare in the coverage that has appeared in Canadian media to date." Continue reading

"I urge the AP to include Palestinian perspectives on Israeli judicial reform — a situation in which both Palestinians living under Israeli military occupation and Palestinian citizens of Israel have an enormous amount at stake." Continue reading

"The article lists all the important events that occurred, from 1362 to 2022, on September 12. Overall, the article did a fine job of listing and describing the events, but was incorrect with the 2005 event listed. The article states that "in 2005, the Israeli army withdrew from Gaza, officially ending Israel’s 38-year occupation" which is completely false." Continue reading

"Relatedly, there is no Palestinian perspective whatsoever, despite their central importance in these reforms. The only criticism mentioned is that it will "concentrate power in the hands of Netanyahu and his allies.” Relatedly, there is no Palestinian perspective whatsoever, despite their central importance in these reforms." Continue reading

“The article explains why some families in Gaza no longer have homes and how the turf between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas is keeping them from being housed. It features some citations from the Zorob family, one of the affected families. Overall, the article did a fine job of outlining the situation, but the language used and context can be improved to give a more accurate description of Palestinian citizens’ treatment by Israel and Hamas.” Continue reading

"Palestinian refugees are, by definition, refugees from somewhere. Your readers deserve to know the source and cause of Palestinian refugee questions in Lebanon: the country to the south of Lebanon is central to all Palestinian refugee developments within Lebanon". Continue reading

"It is untrue that the actions of African migrants alone led Netanyahu to call for their deportation. Netanyahu was also “led” to call for the deportation of African migrants for the simple reason that he leads a coalition government that is notoriously xenophobic." Continue reading

"In light of United Nations and expert legal opinion, this article’s language on Israel’s status in the Gaza Strip – “both Israel and Egypt maintain restrictions along their frontiers with the territory,” you write – is legally ambiguous and therefore misleading to your readers. Israel legally occupies Gaza." Continue reading