The Media Accountability Project  

Referring to the occupied Palestinian territories as “what the UN global body calls them” reproduces precisely a form of anti-Palestinian erasure that fails to acknowledge Palestinians as an Indigenous people with a collective identity with rights in relation to occupied and historic Palestine. It is also misleading and inaccurate and merits a correction.

These concerns warrant fair-minded journalistic scrutiny by The Toronto Star, which is presently missing from the opinion piece, as it gives Denise Handlarski a platform to discuss the alleged rapes committed by Hamas militants on October 7 despite the serious disputes and credibility concerns surrounding several of the report’s claims.

We have serious concerns regarding the evidence relied upon in the report, as well as controversy surrounding the founder of the non-profit organization, Cochav Elkayam-Levy, raising significant questions about the credibility of the commission’s findings. These concerns should warrant fair-minded journalistic scrutiny by The Globe and Mail, which is presently missing.