The Media Accountability Project  

"Nowhere in the article were the words “occupation” or “occupied” used or an explanation of ‘collective punishment’ provided to help readers understand the context or the background of the current protests." Continue reading

"In order to be more accurate, efforts should be made to clarify the asymmetrical nature of violence by providing death toll numbers where appropriate, rather than burying them at the end of articles. In this case, death toll numbers should immediately follow the quote in question." Continue reading

"First, the onus of blame in this article is unreasonably placed on the Palestinians. A phrase like this one – “This week’s events recall a bloody protest campaign organized by Hamas in 2018 and 2019” – suggests that the “bloodiness” came from Hamas. In fact, it was not the Palestinians who were violent, but rather Israel which responded to the demonstrations with live ammunition." Continue reading

"Your segment fails to clarify that the West Bank is “occupied.” It has become a near-universal journalistic standard that the West Bank be qualified as “occupied” in reporting, as its exclusion obscures important power dynamics at play." Continue reading

"However, it should be mentioned that the article’s emphasis on how uncommon it is for Israeli soldiers to be prosecuted obscures the outrage that 10 days of imprisonment is at all an adequate punishment. Human rights groups are understandably concerned by such light sentencing." Continue reading

"To cover such news without making space for this vote’s significance in Palestinians’ eyes, apart from the Palestinian Authority (PA), can contribute to sidelining. This is especially true in light of the PA’s declining popularity." Continue reading

"Thank you too for including the story about Nabulsi seeing the young children in front of their destroyed house. Even for those who have not seen the film, I believe this does much to introduce readers to the lived reality for a people “whose voices have often been excluded and misrepresented” and perhaps lead them to question why mainstream media continue to do so." Continue reading

"It is edifying to pass through Israeli military checkpoints alongside Palestinians, to witness Israeli settlements with manicured green grass beside impoverished Palestinian villages with crumbling infrastructure, and to see the realities of ordinary life on the other side of the wall." Continue reading

"Skewed language that piles up on Iran (whose officials are called “hard-line,” while United States officials are not) or reproduces false patterns of blame (“a series of attacks and ship seizures attributed to Iran have raised tensions,” with no reference to Israeli or Western affronts) erodes your credibility." Continue reading

"Failing to add a Palestinian perspective to this issue leads to a highly incomplete picture of the judicial overhaul’s implications. In fact, Palestinians under Israeli control are largely excluded from its democracy." Continue reading