The Media Accountability Project  

Thank you for inviting Michael Lynk, the former Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory, to respond to your question as to the current reality on the ground in Gaza. Continue reading

By choosing to print an unequivocal falsehood on behalf of the state of Israel, without providing factual correction or legal context, you have violated fundamental journalistic ethics. Continue reading

I appreciate that your article includes a section on the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) given how polarized discussions around Israel-related advocacy can become. Continue reading

The characterization of Israel’s blockade of Gaza is supported by authoritative international bodies, not critics. Framing it this way reduces established international legal conclusions to the level of subjective criticism. Continue reading

These concerns warrant fair-minded journalistic scrutiny by The Toronto Star, which is presently missing from the opinion piece, as it gives Denise Handlarski a platform to discuss the alleged rapes committed by Hamas militants on October 7 despite the serious disputes and credibility concerns surrounding several of the report’s claims. Continue reading

Of particular note, the article draws on perspectives from the New Brunswick chapter of Independent Jewish Voices and CJPME, demonstrating the solidarity of Jewish allies and other activists and advocates for Palestinians, and more broadly, for peace and justice in the Middle East.  Continue reading

Israel has been deliberately killing the voices of truth - the brave journalists on the ground documenting its massacres - from the assassination of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in May 2022, who was shot by the Israeli forces while covering an Israeli military raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, to Israel’s deliberate assassination of Al-Manar correspondent Ali Shoaib in an Israeli airstrike in Jezzine, southern Lebanon, in which Al-Mayadeen correspondent Fatima Ftouni was also killed. Continue reading

It is clear that Bercuson’s piece is irredeemably flawed and its publication incompatible with a newspaper’s obligation to the truth. It is therefore essential that the National Post retract it and commit to fact checking any future items on this topic. Continue reading

Israel’s blockade of Gaza is illegal under international law but AP did not say this once in the article. Why? Continue reading

It is unfortunate, however, that you cite Israel’s rejection of the figures without specifying that it has produced no actual evidence to the contrary or alternative data. It would also be relevant to note that, regardless of what Israel may say publicly, its military accepted the accuracy of the death tolls given by Gaza’s Ministry of Health in early 2026, calling it “broadly accurate.” This view is reflected by Israeli intelligence agencies as well. Continue reading