The Media Accountability Project  

"Although your report does a good job of portraying Israel’s short term motivation given the upcoming election, providing some additional background would have helped your viewers understand that Israel’s long term objective is to forcibly and permanently dispossess and cleanse Palestinians from their land and homes not just in Gaza but in the West Bank and East Jerusalem."

"Nous voulons attirer votre attention quant à l'absence de mention qu'Israël n'a pas respecté la majorité des concessions de la première phase."

"As a global wire news service whose articles are distributed to subscribing media outlets worldwide, AFP has a responsibility to provide reporting that is accurate and fair.  The article should have at minimum mentioned that Israel did not fulfill its ceasefire obligations in Phase One."

"In the interest of accurate and fair reporting, in line with CBC’s JSP, the segment should have at minimum mentioned that Israel did not fulfill its ceasefire obligations in Phase one."

Palestinians are under siege in their own towns and being attacked by Israeli settlers. This is also an important context that should be added in future reporting.

AP and CTV omit the important point that the Israeli settlements are illegal under international law. Home demolitions and land theft are illegal and considered collective punishment. Any article about the West Bank conflict must contain this context.

Misinformation is a key part of Israel’s playbook, repeatedly used as part of its public relations strategy to justify its massacres, the illegal detention of Palestinians, war crimes, and ethnic cleansing.

I appreciate that this is an opinion column. However, Mr. Bezmozgis’ claim that ‘systematic sexual and gender-based violence” occurred on October 7 is not factually based and relies on a report whose findings have been subject to substantial criticism and debunked by credible researchers.

Racism, discrimination and violence against any group should not be tolerated. For that reason, I was disappointed that your article failed to mention the violence that the pro-Palestine protesters have experienced at the Bathurst and Sheppard protests. For example, Gabriela Bodiz and Eli Schwartz were both arrested and charged with assault with a weapon in November, 2025.

As our national news station, CBC has an important responsibility to ensure that Canadians understand Israel’s role as an occupying power and its impact on Palestinian lives and the economy in the West Bank. By all means, continue to tell the stories that celebrate small glimmers of hope for Palestinians. However, these hopeful stories must include the necessary context of Israel’s genocide, ethnic cleansing and forced displacement that is the daily reality for Palestinians - so as not to obscure the ongoing occupation.