The Media Accountability Project  

"In some sense, you can say, all who opposed apartheid helped free Mandela, as with a flap of a butterfly’s wings. Nevertheless, people are increasingly sensitive to white saviour tropes, and unless more substantive details of Cotler’s help for freeing Mandela can be found, a different headline for this article is required." Continue reading

"While Ms. Bovy’s column raises some genuine concerns regarding Israeli society’s current “theocratic” leanings and what that means for women, she would do well to remember that not a single government in the country’s 75-year history has been anything other than belligerent when it comes to the violation of Palestinian human rights." Continue reading

"We insist that Palestinian public opinion about their oppressors – notwithstanding Israeli vetoes on PA elections – be covered in your work. Palestinian support for resistance in these circumstances is a fact that responsible journalism must cover." Continue reading

"A phrase like this one – 'Israeli soldiers have repeatedly raided the camp to kill and capture suspected militants' – places the violent enforcers of an illegal occupation on the side of 'order,' as you state explicitly in asking whether those you select to define as 'Palestinian forces,' and we quote, 'can impose order without Israeli interference.'" Continue reading

"It is highly concerning that CityNews would refer to a refugee camp in Jenin simply as a “militant hotbed” and entirely exclude the name of the city itself, let alone make clear that it is a refugee camp, or that it has faced numerous Israeli military invasions this year, not just one 'raid'". Continue reading

"It should be mentioned that these are Palestinians who were forcibly expelled from their homes by Israel following the Nakba in 1948. AP articles typically include this type of basic contextualization when discussing events in Israel. The same treatment should be given to Palestinians living in Lebanon." Continue reading

"Throughout your article, however, the onus is placed not on Israel as the occupying power but on its adversaries. Famously, Israel does not have declared borders. Its approach to illegal territorial expansion has always relied on a fluid and expandable frontier. To omit this well-established context, as your article does – while alluding to some two-way threat of conflict across Israel’s northern frontier – is quite simply to mislead your readers." Continue reading

"The use of the word “captured” when referring to Israel’s occupation of the West Bank is misleading, suggesting that Israel has a strong claim to or ownership of these territories. International law never uses the term “captured” when referring to land appropriation, and the international community has never diplomatically acquiesced to Israel's ongoing military presence in the West Bank." Continue reading

"You refer to Islamic Jihad simply as 'Iran-backed' without providing any further context. By using such a reductive qualifier, readers are left with a limited, if not one-sided, picture." Continue reading

"One of commentators in this linked article was quoted as saying Israel has been a “dictatorship for Palestinians for 75 years.” As such, your summary of critics concerns was a whitewash of the actual documented concerns of Palestinians." Continue reading