The Media Accountability Project  

"We are therefore requesting that a correction be issued regarding the claims we specified above. The methodology of the report should be specified in the correction in order for readers to understand the report’s actual findings. We also believe it is necessary to include the perspective of Independent Jewish Voices given their criticism of the survey and their exclusion from the data as well as CBC’s reporting on this subject."

While the segment otherwise refers to the Occupied Palestinian Territories, it is both unusual and unfortunate that CBC would employ the fraught phrase “disputed territory” in reference to Palestinian land illegally occupied by Israel. These lands are recognized as illegally occupied under international law and by the Canadian government — a position reaffirmed by the International Court of Justice in 2024.

None of Israel's neighbours consider Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, so if they believe in normalizing relations with Israel, it is with Tel Aviv, not Jerusalem.

On June 9, CJPME sent letters of complaint to The Associated Press and CP24 regarding their coverage of the Israeli military’s displacement order for the entirety of the southern Lebanese city of Tyre — including the Christian Quarter, nearby towns and villages, and Palestinian refugee camps.

Toward the end of the article, however, both outlets uncritically repeat the claim made by the Israeli military's Arabic-language spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, that Hezbollah members were operating inside the Christian district and that the Israeli military “will have to act against their terrorist activities in the neighbourhood soon.”

While Israel claims that the Israeli forces only target buildings used by resistance groups in Lebanon, the reality on the ground suggests otherwise. There have been repeated attacks on civilian infrastructure and civilians themselves. In fact, the displacement order targeting Tyre’s Christian Quarter was issued one week after Israel alleged that Hezbollah was operating in the area. In response to the claim, the Lebanese Army carried out patrols in the neighborhood and, according to a security source who spoke to The National News, found no evidence of suspicious activity, as reported by Nada Atallah.

Following sustained advocacy efforts by CJPME, both the Associated Press and CTV News amended their article to note that, a week before the evacuation order in Tyre, the Lebanese Army had investigated Israel's claims of resistance activity in the area and, according to a security source cited by The National News, found no evidence to substantiate them.

This impact is significant. For more than two years, CJPME has been urging media outlets to raise skepticism around unsubstantiated Israeli claims that are used to justify military aggression and even war crimes. This correction represents an important step toward more responsible and accurate journalism.

The article should therefore be amended to include this Lebanese perspective from the ground, particularly given that the Israeli forces have been repeatedly targeting civilian infrastructure and civilians themselves. Otherwise, the article presents false Israeli allegations without informing readers that the Lebanese Army investigated the claims, and according to a security source who spoke to The National News, found no evidence to support them.

"The claim made here is inaccurate. Since January, Israel has carried out 132 airstrikes in Lebanon, a clear violation of the previous ceasefire agreement imposed by the two states in 2024."

"The claim made by AP here is inaccurate. Since January, Israel has carried out 132 airstrikes in Lebanon, a clear violation of the previous ceasefire agreement imposed by the two states in 2024."

By choosing to print an unequivocal falsehood on behalf of the state of Israel, without providing factual correction or legal context, you have violated fundamental journalistic ethics.

As it stands the broadcast does not inform viewers of any prior ceasefire violations, nor does it critically examine Israel’s role in undermining the ceasefire. This omission contributes to the dehumanization of victims and does not meet the standard of full, fair, and proper presentation of the news as outlined in the Canadian Association of Journalists’ Ethics Guidelines and the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ Code of Ethics.

There is nothing inaccurate or hateful in the two images posted above. These are merely Canadian citizens exercising their democratic right to protest crimes against humanity. In the context of the B’nai Brith report where these were published, they act as willfully misleading, defamatory and dehumanizing.