Failure to include Palestinian perspectives regarding Israel's judicial reforms
"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."
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Incomplete context of Israel’s role in Gaza home destructions by National Post
“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.”
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Failure to include context regarding the presence of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon
"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".
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Lack of adequate context about Israels‘s xenophobic government and the deportation of Etitrean refugees
"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."
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Gaza occupation article contains glaring factual errors
"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."
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RE: “American media criticize Israeli government, Henry Srebrnik”
"Henry Srebrnik’s article, “American media criticize Israeli government,” was encouraging to read. As someone who served as a human rights observer in the occupied Palestinian territory in 2014, I have been disappointed in the Canadian government’s unfaltering support of the Israeli government and the coverage in Canadian media."
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Article fails to cite Palestinian sources regarding the death of 2 palestinians in the occupied west bank
"Taking a single source at its word, especially when this source is the now deemed illegal occupier of the Palestinian territories, is hardly responsible journalistic practice. In the absence of verification from at least one other source, preferably Palestinian, it needs to be made clear that Israel's claim is as yet unsubstantiated."
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Article reports uncorroborated Israeli claims as facts
"Although this alternative paragraph would be accurate in its reliance on uncorroborated Israeli claims, this reliance is in itself not very credible. In addition to being transparent about relaying Israeli claims, accuracy demands that you rely on them less."
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Palestinian, int’l criticisms of Israeli court silenced
"This article contains a glaring omission. You accurately quote the Israeli military’s chief advocate as saying that Israel’s proposed judicial reforms “may crack the aura the judicial system provides to the military.” You then inaccurately report the controversy that has resulted, wrongly telling your readers this is a two-sided debate."
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Article falsely absolves Israel of occupier status
"This story fails to mention the principal feature of the Gaza crisis: Israel’s occupation of the Gaza Strip and its neglect of its Fourth Geneva Convention obligations. This is a settled matter of law. In 2023, we have had it restated on the highest authority. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) writes: 'The ICRC considers Gaza to remain occupied territory'."
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