The Media Accountability Project  

"Please change the words “preparing a strike” to “preparing a ground invasion” and “gathered after escaping violence elsewhere in Gaza” to “forcibly expulsed after seeking shelter from Israel’s incessant and indiscriminate bombing campaign” since they better reflect Israel’s intentions and actions and the reality of Palestinians." Continue reading

"Please update “checkered scarves” promptly, as it can be deeply offensive to Palestinians and their allies, especially amidst its ban at the Ontario Legislature and the rise of anti-Palestinian racism. You might want to consider words such as “an expression of Palestinian identity, struggle, and resistance” as they are more appropriate and accurate in describing the keffiyeh and its significance to the Palestinians and their allies." Continue reading

"To refer to them as ‘Jewish’ is misleading to the reader and inaccurate, according to the position of both the United Nations and the Canadian government. Both the United Nations and Canada consistently refer to them as Israeli settlements or Israeli settlement activity.  I would ask that you consider exchanging the word ‘Jewish’ for ‘Israeli’. This change would clearly identify the role the Israeli government has had and continues to have in the creation and expansion of the settlements." Continue reading

"While you do acknowledge the meaning of the word as “shaking of oppression,” you frame intifada in terms of violence. Such framing is highly reductive, as intifadas were not solely characterized by violence but were multifaceted social and political movements involving a wide range of tactics (largely peaceful)." Continue reading

"The 1948 Nakba is a historical event just like the Holocaust. Why teach one but not the other? The Nakba is what led to the establishment of the State of Israel, as the ethnic cleansing and cultural genocide of Canada's First Nations is part of our country's foundation. Teaching one but not the other shows a double standard." Continue reading

"Given that the article is about the encampments at American universities, it would make your article more balanced to describe the subject of their protests in their terms. At the minimum, Columbia University’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment's clearly stated demands should be reported at the beginning of the article." Continue reading

"Gaza is being destroyed presently. And yet, protest signs are treated by the AP as more worthy of context than the ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza." Continue reading

"Therefore, there is a notable absence of contextualization when portraying the deaths in Gaza as simply a byproduct of "war" rather than explicitly labeling them as targeted attacks carried out by the Israeli military." Continue reading

"Accusations of antisemitism against Hamas’s new charter cannot be made that easily. Yet, you choose to mention their 1988 charter to accuse it of anti-Semitism and, again, further your point that the Edmonton Pride Center has praised them and that it’s being antisemitic. Please remove this sentence from your article, as it is not relevant and accurate to write outdated information to prove your point." Continue reading

"When Israeli authorities banned the Palestinian flag from 1967 until the 1993 Oslo Accords, the keffiyeh became an expression of Palestinian identity. In the 60s and 70s, during the anti-war movement, students and anti-war campaigners started to adopt it. The Keffiyeh became an overarching symbol of anti-colonialism and anti-imperialism." Continue reading