The Media Accountability Project  

"We question your quoting of COGAT’s statistic that “less than 1% of the total aid” going into the Gaza strip is contributed by the 37 aid groups whose licenses are to be revoked. Where was the 1% statistic derived from? What was included in the 1%? Tents? Food? Baby formula? Water? Medical supplies? What about medical, public health and sanitation services? As you indicated later in the article, Palestinians in Gaza rely on aid groups for food, water, health care, shelter and other essentials."

The IHRA working definition of antisemitism is highly problematic because it conflates criticism of Israel with antisemitism. More than 100 Israeli and international civil society groups warn that the IHRA definition could curb work of UN bodies and have urged the UN to reject the definition because it is being “misused” to protect Israel from legitimate criticism.

The article reports that the UK High Court determined the government’s decision to blacklist Palestine Action was unlawful. Crucially, the British government failed to meet the legal threshold required to impose one of the most severe restrictions available under counter-terrorism law.

In fact, since October 2025, mainstream media language has increasingly relied on euphemisms that manufacture the appearance of a meaningful ceasefire in Gaza where none exists.

While the article is a factual report of Trump’s tit-for-tat, schoolyard-bully-style leadership and how he is responding to Carney’s latest words and actions, it provides very little context around the “Board of Peace” itself. The article reads more like a colonial gossip column or an American reality-TV show script than a serious political piece.

"Slightly more context is needed on Bill C-9, given that a wide range of civil society groups have expressed serious concerns about this bill. Many multi faith, civil liberties and community organizations hold the view that, far from protecting citizens, it rather criminalizes protest, suppresses dissent, and expands police discretionary power at a time when over-policing, surveillance, and disproportionate targeting of racialized communities are already well-documented."

There seems to be a set of rules that applies to everyone except the Western dominant powers. This story isn't about a so-called ally threatening NATO. The point is sovereignty, borders and human rights should be respected by everyone, everywhere. 

However, the article should have also noted that Iran’s economic crisis did not emerge suddenly. The current economic turmoil has been building since 1979 due to decades of UN, EU and US-led sanctions against Iran. The sanctions have affected nearly every aspect of the Iranian economy with the greatest impact on the middle class. Sanctions on Iran have also frozen Iranian assets and targeted trade, arms sales, and sectors such as energy, finance, aviation, shipping, construction, mining, textiles, automotive and manufacturing.

It is also important to point out that for Palestinians there is no “ceasefire”. This is part of the complacency that Mr. Khan speaks of and which the article feeds into somewhat by focussing on a mental health program while de-emphasizing the widespread carnage and the destruction of so much of Gaza's infrastructure.

"The article concludes by quoting an Israeli claim that says 4,200 aid trucks are being allowed per week. This is also a lie that should not be printed without being countered. The Israelis were supposed to let 4,200 trucks in per week (600 per day) as part of the ceasefire deal which they violate daily. We all know this never happened and it’s not happening now."