The Media Accountability Project  

References to Israel’s “divine decree” must therefore be contextualized with a Palestinian perspective: that such claims are used to justify the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians and the expansion of illegal Jewish settlements.

"However, the use of “capturing” rather than “occupying” risks misleading readers into thinking that Israel has a legitimate claim to the Palestinian territories. Palestinians are the indigenous people of Palestine, and media outlets should not be complicit in normalizing Israel’s illegal colonization through misleading language."

This wording is inaccurate and dehumanizing. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis released on August 22, 2025, makes clear that over half a million Palestinians in Gaza are experiencing famine. To describe this as occurring in “parts of Gaza” erases both the scale of the famine and the Palestinian identity.

"Irresponsibly, the article then platforms Israel’s denial of its own actions, without providing essential context, in stating "Israel disputes the hunger fatality figures given by Gaza's Health Ministry, arguing that deaths were due to other medical causes." It is both unfair and inaccurate not to also mention that famine has been officially declared in Gaza, and there is ample evidence that people with underlying medical causes are the most susceptible to malnutrition and therefore among the first to die in a famine."

"By clearly attributing the famine in the occupied Gaza Strip to Israel and subjecting Israeli claims to rigorous fact-checking, CBC demonstrated what balanced and responsible reporting should look like, upholding principles of balanced and ethical reporting."

"As you know, Israel has banned international media from entering Gaza, leaving Palestinian journalists as the only source of news. We are dependent on them to document and report what is happening on a daily basis."

"The headline would be more accurate and fair if it specified that the 5 journalists killed were Palestinian journalists. Otherwise, the omission risks feeding into the broader pattern of erasing Palestinian identity in Canadian media coverage."

"The report should have identified the statement as not being based in fact, and provided that additional context regarding the almost universally-recognized legal status of East Jerusalem. I would ask that you provide an on-air clarification and take the foregoing into account in your future reporting."

"Failing to do so falsely portrays Palestinian suffering as occurring in a vacuum, rather than as the genocidal result of Israel’s ongoing bombing of its so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation scheme that was designed to further humiliate Palestinians of their inherent right as human beings to food, medicine, and other essential needs of life."

"The passive language used, and lack of attribution to particular actors, make this part of the article misleading and unfair. Not including or acknowledging this evidence and additional context constitutes a serious omission, obscuring the extent and causes of the atrocities against Palestinians."