The Media Accountability Project  

"As documented below, over a roughly 28-hour time period last week, CBC's coverage of Israel’s military invasion of the Jenin refugee camp consistently referred to Palestinians in the camp as "terrorists" or to Jenin itself as a “terror hub.” This language, directly adopted from the Israeli military, was presented to Canadian audiences without sufficient skepticism or counter-claims by journalists or others. This terminology was imprecise, misleading, defamatory and dehumanizing."   Continue reading

"Makler poses the questions “Who is going to do the proper clean up?” and “Who is going to pay for all of this?” Rather than focusing on such reductive questions, the segment should have noted that the destruction of homes, hospitals, mosques, roads, and water and electricity lines are a form of collective punishment." Continue reading

"By failing to specify that he was a soldier, you mislead readers into thinking that he was a civilian rather than a combatant. This creates a double standard, considering that the Palestinian who carried out the shooting is labeled a “militant.” Provided that this is a direct response to Israel’s military invasion of the Jenin refugee, it is essential to provide this information." Continue reading

"Israeli forces deliberately destroyed water and electricity networks, homes, residential buildings, hospitals and even mosques. Palestinian residents of the refugee camp describe their homes being turned into military posts and barracks, and the theft and the destruction of their personal possessions. The severity of the destruction and brutality caused by the Israeli raid is completely absent from your radio segment." Continue reading

"Your use of the term “apartheid” is extremely important and significant. CJPME and others have asked for this terminology to be used as context in articles about Palestine for quite some time. We are happy to see that it has been used in this article. Your description of the arguments for why Israel’s occupation amounts to apartheid are clear. Providing this information as context for readers is useful and pertinent." Continue reading

"To define Hamas as “Islamist rulers” misrepresents their aims and dedication in liberating Palestine and resisting Israel’s military occupation. More importantly, defining Hamas as “rulers” obscures the reality that the Gaza Strip is “occupied” and remains under Israeli “effective control” through a land, sea, and air blockade since June 2007." Continue reading

"An Israeli soldier who shoots a simple-minded autistic Palestinian cowering next to a garbage bin, is cleared of all culpability.  The article hits all the right points: Israel’s investigations of its soldiers almost never lead to convictions, witnesses are often not even consulted; surveillance cameras in the area supposedly weren’t working." Continue reading

"Ali Sawafta’s reliance on the official Israeli military narrative results in a complete whitewash of Israel’s brutal military invasion and siege of the Jenin refugee camp. Describing Israel’s assault as an “operation” misrepresents the systematic and large-scale damage caused by Israeli forces, evidenced in the destruction of roads, homes, electricity and water networks, hospitals and even mosques." Continue reading

"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