Critical contextualization of Hamas and the Gaza Strip missing
"Not including a Palestinian voice and focusing on Israeli victims alone helps to reinforce the perception that Palestinians are less deserving of access to basic human rights."
Read moreWrong footage used in news segment reporting on Palestinian demonstration in Montreal
"This segment is inaccurate and literally uses footage from the wrong demonstration. You estimate the number of participants at the Palestine demonstration in the dozens. This is false. TVA, which was actually present at the demonstration in question, showed video clarifying that there were in fact several hundred demonstrators at the Palestine rally."
Read moreFailure to add context regarding Israel’s military occupation of Palestinian territories
"I felt your article would have benefitted from greater context around Israel’s brutal military occupation of the Palestinian territories. For decades, Palestinians and their allies have called for an end to Israel’s brutal military occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza, begun in 1967."
Read moreThanks for highlighting Palestinian displacement caused by Israeli settler violence
"Overall, the article did a fine job of outlining the important subject of Palestinian displacement by settler violence, which is rarely written about. We appreciate that it was done in a nuanced way by including Palestinian voices, which clearly illustrates the effects on their livelihoods."
Read moreFailure to specify that the west bank is "occupied" rather than "captured"
On a critical note, I would continue to urge the AP to reconsider its use of the word “captured” when discussing the West Bank. We consistently read and hear the word “occupied” being applied in the context of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The same standard ought to apply here, especially as the UN Charter specifically outlaws the acquisition of territory by force.
Read moreLack of adequate context about Israels‘s xenophobic government and the deportation of Etitrean refugees
"It is untrue that the actions of African migrants alone led Netanyahu to call for their deportation. Netanyahu was also “led” to call for the deportation of African migrants for the simple reason that he leads a coalition government that is notoriously xenophobic."
Read morePalestinian perspectives omitted in article about Eritrean migrants and refugees in Israel
"It is startling and extraordinary that you have published a full article on refugee politics in Israel and yet in more than eight hundreds words failed once to mention the Palestinians. Under no standard of journalistic professionalism can this possibly be justified."
Read moreFalse claim that the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty has been ratified
"The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty has not taken effect, as eight nations have not ratified it. I urge you to promptly resolve the factual error and make clear that the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty has not taken effect."
Read moreInadequate coverage regarding Ben-Gvir's politics of hate against Palestinians
"It is not enough to bury at the end of your article a reminder that “Ben-Gvir hung a portrait in his living room of a Jewish man who fatally shot 29 Palestinians in the West Bank in 1994.” The order, emphasis, and human texture of your material needs to reflect the facts."
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Unbalanced news segment fails to provide Palestinian perspectives on Israeli violence
"The use of Israeli military footage to accompany the story provided a biased and limited context for Canadian viewers, as Israeli military forces limit Palestinian and independent journalistic access to areas like this that are illegally under their control."
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