The Media Accountability Project  

My main concern is with the article’s framing. By emphasizing symbolic statements of condemnation, particularly from the Israeli President, the article whitewashes the material reality, especially given the well-documented role of the Israeli army in directly participating in, enabling, and protecting these attacks.

"Israel has waged a nearly 22-month-long military siege on the Gaza Strip. Yet the article presents these claims as unchallenged fact, despite extensive documentation from international human rights organizations (including Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, UN bodies, and now two Israeli human rights groups) which have concluded that Israel’s actions in Gaza amount to genocide."

"By repeating Israeli military statements without skepticism, your reporting risks whitewashing Israel’s war crime of indiscriminately bombing of Palestinian civilians in occupied Gaza."

"As it stands, the article presents a one-sided Israeli military narrative while excluding or minimizing Palestinian and humanitarian perspectives. I ask that The Globe and Mail and the Associated Press revise this article to include these perspectives, present Israel’s accusations as claims and not fact and properly contextualize the situation as genocide according to the growing body of evidence by human rights groups."

"By framing Israel’s aggression as the start of the conflict without this legal context, the article suggests a false moral equivalence between unlawful aggression and retaliation."

"Long before October 7, Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah had consistently emphasized the group’s commitment to resisting Israel’s illegal occupation and to standing against Israel’s abhorrent expansionist project. Hezbollah’s actions are rooted in this broader political and moral position — not merely a tactical alliance with Hamas."

"Your coverage also neglects to contextualize Israel’s ongoing bombardment of Gaza, which has killed over 54,000 Palestinians, as part of a broader pattern of systematic violence and collective punishment. The CAJ’s guidelines emphasize the importance of avoiding passive language that obscures responsibility, yet the article repeatedly does so."

"The article refers to Palestinian “prisoners”, and in doing so, neglects critical context on Israel’s use of administrative detention, which allows Israel to imprison Palestinians indefinitely without charge or trial."

The article’s headline is misleading. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification reported that 244,000 Palestinians in Gaza, or 12% of the population, were already facing Phase 5 levels of catastrophic hunger, as observed in April 2025 - May 2025. That is according to the very report you cite. Gaza is not “at critical risk of famine if Israel doesn’t end its blockade,” rather, Gaza already is at risk of famine because of Israel’s blockade.

On May 8, 2025, CTV News published an Associated Press article titled “Leading aid group shuts down its soup kitchens across Gaza over Israel’s blockade.” While the piece highlighted Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon of war, it also relied on biased language and framing that violated journalistic standards.

CJPME volunteer Nikki Mutch submitted a detailed media accountability letter raising serious concerns about the use of the term “extremists” to describe Hamas, contrasted with euphemistic descriptions of Israeli military actions.

As a result of this letter, the AP/CTV team removed the word “extremist” from the article. This is a meaningful editorial correction that directly aligns with CJPME’s call for accurate, fair, and balanced reporting. It also signals that media outlets are paying attention to public pressure and ethical accountability.

CJPME commends this correction and will to challenge anti-Palestinian bias in Canadian media.