The Media Accountability Project  

I am relieved to see that CBC has finally reported on this issue in a recent CBC Toronto News segment. To follow Toronto Police’s statement on their suspected underreporting with Fatema Abdalla’s testimony was helpful in balancing the news segment and offering a range of perspectives. Continue reading

Unlike other articles regarding this topic, you denounce the conflation of antisemitism and anti-Zionism and plainly state that Dahab’s advocacy for Palestine is pro-Palestinian and anti-genocide, not antisemitic. Thank you for writing this article defending Dahab and her Palestinian advocacy. Please continue to do so! Continue reading

The conflation of antisemitism and anti-Zionism has real-world consequences. Canadians are losing their jobs for speaking out against genocide precisely because of pressure from pro-Israel lobby groups. No one should face such harsh consequences for opposing the genocide unfolding in Gaza. Continue reading

Earlier in the article, you write that Hamas broke through the “Israel-Gaza fence” on Oct. 7. Originally built by Israel in 1994, the tall, multi-layered fence surrounding the Strip has been widely viewed as an immobilizing measure that “brutally reinforced boundary that allows very few people in or out of the Strip.” This structure of separation should be referred to as Israel’s apartheid or separation wall.     Continue reading

It is your journalistic obligation to include voices from the protesters and organizers themselves to balance the record. Please include them. Otherwise, it makes it seem like the protesters were provoking Toronto Police and that its excessive use of force was justified. Continue reading

The suffering of Palestinians is the killing, injuring, and starving of Palestinians, not an unnamed group of people. When referencing casualties, injuries, or any other measure of suffering, please cite specific numbers and state clearly which side they are on. Continue reading

Thank you for featuring this song and placing it in a fair context. I hope you will ignore the unfair attacks from HRC. Continue reading

Robert Walker's argument hinges solely upon the official narratives disseminated by Israeli military and intelligence agencies. Refuting each of these assertions feels like an exercise in futility, as there are those who adhere to Israeli claims regardless of the overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Continue reading

What is lost here is that a Palestinian aid worker, Saifeddin Issam Ayad Abutaha, was also killed. If the other European and North American aid workers have their respective countries listed, then Saifeddin should too. Continue reading

To honor them is to know them. Thank you for giving readers a glimpse into the light that floods Gaza and Palestine despite Israel’s vicious attempts at turning the lights off. Continue reading