The Media Accountability Project  

"Palestinian perspectives, especially those that challenge established power structures and narratives, such as that of the Israeli military and government are often silenced or deliberately excluded from Canadian media. It is important for Canadian audiences to hear directly from Palestinians who live under an Israeli military occupation and are subjected to Israeli acts of violence and aggression as evidenced by the brutal raid on the Jenin refugee camp." Continue reading

"This completely disregards the power imbalance between Israel and Palestine and the historical context that led to these attacks." Continue reading

"These statements promote the narrative that Israel is defending itself. The reality is the opposite, Israel chose to instigate these attacks against Palestinians in Jenin and is facing widespread international condemnation as a result." Continue reading

"After the Gaza clip I expected to see footage of Jenin showing why Gazans were sympathising with its residents, but instead you featured an Israeli army official." Continue reading

"Your segment calls the attack a “two-day operation”. The word “operation” gives the impression of being less serious and glosses over the infrastructure damage and civilian injuries and death. It once again ignores the crucial context that the Israeli military is an illegally occupying force that Palestinians are victims of." Continue reading

"We were disappointed to hear the segment continuously refers to the attacks on Jenin as a “military operation.” This neutral-sounding terminology completely obscures the fact that Israel is illegally occupying the West Bank and that the Israeli army does not have any internal military jurisdiction in Jenin. The word “operation” erases the aggressive nature of these attacks. Moreover, by using Israel’s preferred language to describe this deadly attack, you are allowing the perpetrator of a crime to define how their actions are discussed, which is deeply unethical." Continue reading

"Makler’s segment is framed as a news report—a foreign correspondent on-air providing a factual account of the situation on the ground. However, beyond being offensive to Palestinians, Ms. Makler’s characterization of Gazan rocket fire as a “victory lap” is plainly an opinion, one for which there is no evidence." Continue reading

"The Israeli military’s attack on Jenin is just one of many instances of violence perpetrated against the Palestinians this year. More worryingly, we have seen deadly attacks on Palestinians coming not just from the occupying military, but also from Israeli settlers under the protection of Israeli soldiers. It appears that the Israeli military have given the  violent settlers a virtual “carte blanche” to commit acts of terror." Continue reading

"This narrative framing is a long-time tactic used by the Israeli military to control the narrative surrounding attacks against Palestinians and Palestinian land. Your use of Israeli quotes further helps this tactic." Continue reading

"To claim that the military raid on the Jenin refugee camp was a response to recent attacks on Israeli settlers is highly reductive and misleading. The most recent attacks on Israeli settlers followed a recent deadly raid on the Jenin refugee camp. To ignore or to choose not to mention the reasons why Palestinians may resort to violence obscures the reality of Israel’s military occupation." Continue reading