The Media Accountability Project  

The Israeli forces have a history of using lies and misinformation as pretexts for their massacres. I therefore kindly request that the article be amended to raise skepticism around Israel’s unsubstantiated claims and to clarify that these Israeli allegations have not been independently verified in the interest of upholding journalistic standards of accuracy and fairness. Continue reading

 "While Hezbollah maintains an armed wing outside the authority of the Lebanese state, describing it simply as unelected obscures its role as both a political and military actor within Lebanon's complex political landscape." Continue reading

I appreciate that this is an opinion column. However, Mr. Bezmozgis’ claim that ‘systematic sexual and gender-based violence” occurred on October 7 is not factually based and relies on a report whose findings have been subject to substantial criticism and debunked by credible researchers. Continue reading

This language misleads readers into thinking that Israel has a strong claim to or ownership of Palestine. Nevertheless, such usage runs directly counter to 1) the way international law views the military seizure of territory, 2) the position of the international community regarding Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territories, and 3) the ordinary meaning of the term in plain English. Continue reading

I am afraid this framing creates a false balance by juxtaposing what is unequivocal under international law with the position of an apartheid state whose Prime Minister and former Defence Minister are currently subject to ICC arrest warrants. The legality of Israeli settlements is not a matter of opinion. Continue reading

The article should therefore be amended to include this Lebanese perspective from the ground, particularly given that the Israeli forces have been repeatedly targeting civilian infrastructure and civilians themselves. Otherwise, the article presents false Israeli allegations without informing readers that the Lebanese Army investigated the claims, and according to a security source who spoke to The National News, found no evidence to support them.   Continue reading

The B'nai Brith audit notoriously conflates antisemitism and anti-Zionism, leading Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) to describe the report as a "dangerous document that promotes anti-Palestinian racism and misrepresents the important reality of antisemitism in Canada." IJV also asserts that the methodology employed by the B'nai Brith is "sloppy" and says it "lacks transparency and independent verification." Continue reading

Given these developments, presenting the agreement as evidence of regional de-escalation without informing listeners that Israeli attacks resumed almost immediately afterward is deeply misleading. Listeners cannot meaningfully assess the significance of the agreement without being informed that Israeli strikes have continued despite the ceasefire announcement. Continue reading

We’re living in a new world of deliberate inversions—where lies are presented as truth and people elected to serve the people instead serve themselves. In a world of Tulsi Gabbards, it was comforting to see Canadian MP Steven Guilbeault resign in an unambiguous act of political protest to condemn Prime Minister Mark Carney's government for "backsliding" on climate commitments.      Continue reading

"The claim that Dr. Moss left Montreal due to rising antisemitism in the city contradicts a report published yesterday by Mr. Derfel on the same story. In yesterday’s article, Mr. Derfel stated that he reached Dr. Moss by phone, but that the surgeon declined to give an interview or to explain his reasons for leaving Montreal. The rest of Mr. Derfel's article relies almost entirely on anonymous sources allegedly close to Dr. Moss, and speculating that he may have left due to antisemitism." Continue reading