The Media Accountability Project  

"There is no symmetry between resistance fighters defending their homes in Jenin and one of the world’s most sophisticated armies laying waste to it. To describe Israel’s attack on Jenin as an effort to eliminate armed groups is absurd when one reviews the uncontroversial facts on the ground. The real objective was to instill terror in the people of Jenin, destroying their homes and vital infrastructure."

"To define Hamas as “Islamist rulers” misrepresents their aims and dedication in liberating Palestine and resisting Israel’s military occupation. More importantly, defining Hamas as “rulers” obscures the reality that the Gaza Strip is “occupied” and remains under Israeli “effective control” through a land, sea, and air blockade since June 2007."

"After the Gaza clip I expected to see footage of Jenin showing why Gazans were sympathising with its residents, but instead you featured an Israeli army official."

"Your segment calls the attack a “two-day operation”. The word “operation” gives the impression of being less serious and glosses over the infrastructure damage and civilian injuries and death. It once again ignores the crucial context that the Israeli military is an illegally occupying force that Palestinians are victims of."

"We were disappointed to hear the segment continuously refers to the attacks on Jenin as a “military operation.” This neutral-sounding terminology completely obscures the fact that Israel is illegally occupying the West Bank and that the Israeli army does not have any internal military jurisdiction in Jenin. The word “operation” erases the aggressive nature of these attacks. Moreover, by using Israel’s preferred language to describe this deadly attack, you are allowing the perpetrator of a crime to define how their actions are discussed, which is deeply unethical."

"Makler’s segment is framed as a news report—a foreign correspondent on-air providing a factual account of the situation on the ground. However, beyond being offensive to Palestinians, Ms. Makler’s characterization of Gazan rocket fire as a “victory lap” is plainly an opinion, one for which there is no evidence."

"The Israeli military’s attack on Jenin is just one of many instances of violence perpetrated against the Palestinians this year. More worryingly, we have seen deadly attacks on Palestinians coming not just from the occupying military, but also from Israeli settlers under the protection of Israeli soldiers. It appears that the Israeli military have given the  violent settlers a virtual “carte blanche” to commit acts of terror."

"To claim that the military raid on the Jenin refugee camp was a response to recent attacks on Israeli settlers is highly reductive and misleading. The most recent attacks on Israeli settlers followed a recent deadly raid on the Jenin refugee camp. To ignore or to choose not to mention the reasons why Palestinians may resort to violence obscures the reality of Israel’s military occupation."

"While I understand that these segments must be kept brief, and that even the AP is using the language of “hunting” militants, it is nonetheless an alarming and defamatory statement from the Canadian Press. Such a description is also highly misleading, as Israel has launched a large-scale invasion of a Palestinian refugee camp and has already killed and injured numerous civilians. During the last raid on Jenin, Israeli forces killed Sadeel Turkman, a 15-year-old Palestinian child who was shot in the head by an Israeli Sniper. Sadeel is just one of many who have either been killed or badly wounded, with some being in critical condition."

"The segment repeatedly quoted or paraphrased the Israeli perspective on its invasion, which allegedly was about counter-terrorism. The segment reinforced this view by showing multiple videos sourced from the Israeli army. However, the segment did not provide an adequate analysis of the event from the perspective of Palestinians, who have called it a “massacre,” and included very little footage from the Palestinian perspective of the attack, despite the widespread availability of such videos. The overall effect of this imbalance was to justify and rationalize Israeli violence."