The Media Accountability Project  

"Jama’s retweet was not fringe or extreme, as her critics want to suggest, but consistent with key voices in the human rights community. The ONDP should stand up against the smears." Continue reading

"I appreciated your honest approach in including the word ‘torture’ in your reporting. Thank you for putting the spotlight on Palestinian political prisoners in Israel where even children are routinely held in solitary confinement." Continue reading

"If Israel’s military court system and practices of administrative detention had been mentioned as part of the story, listeners would have a much better understanding of why many human rights experts have said that Adnan’s history of imprisonment is unfair, why he decided to embark on repeated hunger strikes in the first place, and why Palestinians have expressed widespread support for his protest. Instead, the use of the term “jail” could imply to listeners that Adnan had been convicted of a crime as part of a fair legal process. The omission of this context is therefore highly misleading." Continue reading

"Arrested and administratively detained twelve times over two decades, Adnan became a prisoner leader when he began to use hunger strikes as a non-violent tactic to protest Israel’s administrative detention. By omitting the fact that Adnan was under administrative detention, you prevent the listener from understanding why Adnan had become such an inspiration to Palestinians, and why rocket attacks were launched against Israel in support of Adnan." Continue reading

"The use of the phrase ‘so called’ in the context of Israel’s use of administrative detention laws is misleading. 'So called’ brings into question the validity and reality of ‘administrative detention’ as a widespread practice of the Israeli military. Israel’s use of administrative detention has been documented by both the United Nations and human rights and civil society organizations. There is nothing ‘so called’ about the administrative detentions." Continue reading

"It’s bold to suggest that Israel was ever a democracy to start with. It is highly problematic that an article on the erosion of Israel’s “democracy” fails to include how the Palestinians under Israeli control are largely excluded from said democracy."  Continue reading

"In the CBC’s brief segment, it is reported that “[Israeli] Officials say he refused medical treatment while his legal proceedings moved forward.” This is a claim which seeks to put the blame on Khader Adnan for his own death. However, the segment did not include the critical perspectives of Israeli and Palestinian human rights groups who have directly contradicted Israel’s claim." Continue reading

"Palestinian perspectives and experiences are often silenced or deliberately left out of Canadian public discourse. By mentioning such events, you valorize the lived experiences of Canadian Palestinians and draw attention to important events like the Nakba and its ongoing impact on the Palestinian people, culture, and heritage." Continue reading

"Palestinian perspectives are often silenced or deliberately left out of Canadian public discourse, especially stories of vulnerable individuals like Islam Meghari who are resettling in a completely new environment. More importantly, the challenges that refugees and immigrants face such as job security, separation from families, language barriers, and racism and prejudice are seldom reported on or shared." Continue reading

" La lutte contre l'antisémitisme est très importante et nous devrions tous nous y efforcer. Toutefois, combattre l'antisémitisme par l'islamophobie n'est pas la voie à suivre." Continue reading