The Media Accountability Project  

"I insist that you refer to Israel’s plan as ethnic cleansing, or use similar clear and accurate phrasing, in future coverage and retract any mentions of evacuation and moving Palestinians in this context. I look forward to hearing from you on this matter."

"‘Ethnic cleansing’ may not be a legal crime but it carries moral weight. Without any commentary or analysis, listeners are led to believe that displacing the Palestinians could be a credible part of a peace process."

"The report states, as fact, “ceasefire talks to release the remaining hostages ground to a near standstill.” We all know full well that there was a ceasefire deal and Israel broke it. Even during the ceasefire Israel repeatedly violated the terms and continued to kill Palestinians every day. So your framing of this is a blatant lie. This lie is repeated later in the article."

"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."

"Language that presents Trump's intentions of ethnically cleansing Palestinians as mere “redevelopment” dangerously normalizes violations of international humanitarian law. CityNews Tonight Toronto has an obligation to ensure its reporting does not serve to normalize war crimes and crimes against humanity. At a minimum, the reporting should have explicitly stated Trump’s plan amounts to ethnic cleansing, which is in blatant violation of international law."

The segment uncritically repeated the Israeli military’s justification for an airstrike that killed three Palestinian policemen in Rafah, claiming they were "armed individuals moving toward forces." Meanwhile, the Gaza Interior Ministry reported that this was a breach of the ceasefire. By failing to question these competing narratives or provide independent verification, the broadcast effectively whitewashes Israeli war crimes.

"The absence of scrutiny in reporting Trump’s statements not only misleads viewers but also normalizes a rhetoric that, under international law, constitutes a textbook case of ethnic cleansing as concluded by Human Rights Watch. This is a grave violation of international humanitarian law that should be reported as such."

The term “resettling” is an inappropriate and misleading characterization of what is, in reality, a proposal for forcible displacement, at best, ethnic cleansing at worst. Language matters, and by using a neutral or even benign term such as “resettling,” your report obscures the severity of this proposal, which calls for the mass removal of over two million Palestinians from their homeland.

A recent Globe and Mail article omits essential context about Israel’s systematic targeting of UNRWA infrastructure, Trump’s genocidal intentions to ethnically cleanse Palestinians in Gaza, and the erasure of the Nakba.

CBC’s About That segment refuses to call Israel’s actions in Gaza a genocide or acknowledge that Trump’s proposed plans for the remaining survivors in the strip amounts to ethnic cleansing. While the video mentions forced displacement and mass killing, it avoids framing them as part of Israel’s deliberate policy to permanently remove Palestinians from their land.