The Media Accountability Project  

"Once again, I thank you for publishing this article, and I encourage the CBC to continue to highlight the horrific impacts of Israel’s ongoing military operations in Gaza on Palestinians, as we work to collectively draw attention to voices, perspectives and movements that are often sidelined in Canadian mainstream media."

"The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered the Israeli government to ensure the “unimpeded access to humanitarian assistance” to Palestinians in Gaza, well over one year ago. Israel’s use of starvation as a method of warfare amounts to collective punishment, which is prohibited under the Fourth Geneva Convention."

"Such unbalanced journalistic framing exposes the hypocrisy of Western media and governments - offering performative nods to international law and human rights while actively enabling Israel's unimpeded commission of war crimes and collective punishment against Palestinians."

"Lastly, while the statement from the UN special envoy for Yemen is noted and appreciated, and some Houthi media entities are sourced, I note that there was an absence of a Houthi civilian perspective, which would help the reader understand the humanitarian situation and consequences."

Too often, mainstream coverage relies on passive voice—phrases like “more than 48,000 Palestinians have died in Gaza”—which misleads readers into believing Palestinian deaths occurred in a vacuum. This erasure numbs the public to Israel’s ongoing war crimes and crimes against humanity, reducing Palestinian deaths to mere statistics and shielding Israel from scrutiny and accountability.

More than 18 months into what organizations like Amnesty International have concluded is a genocide, Walker continues to point the finger at Hamas. This isn’t a compelling argument, but I don’t think Walker particularly cares. Such rhetoric is part of a broader strategy by these partisan groups to keep people distracted from the realities on the ground while Israel continues its onslaught in Gaza and land grabs in the occupied West Bank. 

"The article also presents a balanced perspective in a number of areas. It acknowledges that incidents of anti-Palestinian and anti-Islamic hate crimes and hate speech have increased alongside incidents of antisemitism in Canada since October 7, 2023."

"This framing is misleading and dangerously euphemistic. Israeli officials are not facilitating the voluntary departure of Palestinians from the occupied Gaza Strip but are forcibly displacing Palestinians—a practice that constitutes ethnic cleansing and is explicitly condemned under international law."

"The National Post’s decision to publish this is highly alarming and, unless it is corrected, demonstrates a basic disregard for widely-shared journalistic standards in Canada. Newspapers in Canada are responsible for the wire content they publish, and ignoring such an egregious violation of ethics sets a dangerous precedent."

"I want to draw your attention to the fact that many Palestinians held by Israel are detained under administrative detention, a practice in which individuals—many of them minors—are imprisoned indefinitely without charge or trial. These detainees are not prisoners in the conventional sense but rather individuals denied their right to a fair trial and due process. Your reporting omits this crucial information and fails to acknowledge that the ceasefire deal also included the release of Palestinian prisoners and detainees."