The Media Accountability Project  

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.

The characterization of Israel’s blockade of Gaza is supported by authoritative international bodies, not critics. Framing it this way reduces established international legal conclusions to the level of subjective criticism.

"The passive language used, and lack of attribution to particular actors, make this part of the article misleading and unfair. Not including or acknowledging this evidence and additional context constitutes a serious omission, obscuring the extent and causes of the atrocities against Palestinians."

"By failing to inform readers that the Madleen was intercepted in international waters — and that such an act violates multiple instruments of international law — your reporting presents Israel’s abhorrent actions as permissible, rather than as grave breaches of international humanitarian law that is supposedly designed to protect civilian vessels and humanitarian missions."

"Presented without context, the reporting suggests that the collapse of Gaza’s health care system is occurring in a vacuum. In reality, Israel has been imposing a genocidal siege on Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip for the past 100 days — intensifying a blockade that has been in place since 2008. The Israeli occupation forces have even calculated the minimum caloric intake required to prevent starvation, deliberately restricting aid and conditioning its entry as a form of collective punishment."