The Media Accountability Project  

"Étant donné qu'Israël contrôle toutes les voies d'accès aériennes, maritimes et terrestres à Gaza, l'eau, la nourriture, les médicaments et les autres produits de première nécessité sont incroyablement limités, laissant les Palestiniens déshydratés, affamés et non traités pour des blessures graves ou des maladies préexistantes. Telles sont les conditions désespérées qu'Israël a unilatéralement créées."

"Are these the instances of “hate and “antisemitism” she responded to with “messages of peace” that read, “Our love is stronger than your [star of David] hate” painted in blue and white? Sure, this message is peaceful, but was it written in response to tangible examples of antisemitism or, rather, messages of Palestinian liberation that just made her uncomfortable?"

"Overall, your article lacks balance and impartiality. Your article gives hugely disproportionately more space and importance to antisemitic hate crimes than it does to Islamophobic ones. Good Journalism is based on fairness and balance, and this article fails to uphold even this most basic journalistic principle."

"The one-sided reporting of these controversial events gives the impression that they represent a surge of antisemitism, but this is only possible by ignoring the perspectives of others involved. Making this worse, the voiceover in the video claims that the country prides itself on diversity and inclusion but now is struggling to suppress rising hate, while showing images of pro-Palestine actions which put them in a bad light."

"The effect of this is to paint Palestinians and pro-Palestine demonstrators as the reason behind the rising hate and surge of antisemitic cases, and as out of touch with Canadian values. This framing risks inciting hateful attitudes towards Palestinians and Muslims in Canada, in a context in which incidents of anti-Palestinian racism and Islamophobia are also skyrocketing."

"To make your article more balanced, please include some of the debate around IHRA’s illustrative examples of antisemitism, as well as the fact that it has been rejected by human rights and other civil society groups for wrongly labeling criticism of Israel as antisemitic."

"Writing that Palestine “was impoverished, had no industry and few prospects” and that “it was largely a desert” is not only offensive to the region’s indigenous inhabitants but factually incorrect."

Overall, your article fails to provide any critical analysis of the arguments from the letter of the Jewish community leaders or the written statement from the Centre for Jewish and Israel Affairs (CIJA). This makes your article come across as very obsequious and one-dimensional. Beyond this major journalistic failure, there are many other shortcomings of the article.

"The Palestinian struggle is NOT a global, religious-based struggle between Muslims and Jews, but rather a regional Palestinian struggle against oppression and colonialism. Anti-Palestinian racism is manifested in attempts by Israel and pro-Israel organizations to suppress Palestinian identity and narratives. As such, good journalism on this issue would highlight Palestinian perspectives in such articles."

"While you give the number of Israeli casualties, you fail to mention the number of Palestinian casualties. According to OCHA, between October 7, 2023, and January 30, 2024, at 12:00, at least 26,751 Palestinians were killed in Gaza, and 65,636 Palestinians were injured."