The Media Accountability Project  

On August 21, 2026, CJPME media advocate Debbie Hickey was published in the Kingston Whig-Standard and Napanee Guide. She responded to an op-ed by Geoffrey P. Johnston highlighting the killing of children in Gaza and the comparatively limited media coverage of their deaths.

In her letter, Hickey welcomed Johnston’s focus on Palestinian children, while arguing that the article should have been more forthcoming about Israeli forces’ responsibility for these deaths. She also highlighted concerns that Canadian military components and supplies continue to reach Israel through indirect channels despite Canada’s stated restrictions on arms exports to Israel.

The letter to the editor is available to read here

"What Israel needs is to be held accountable for its actions. Israel must be brought down from its high horse, and Western States must drop their shields protecting it."

"The fact that this opinion article exploits the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women to write about an unproven claim about a group while completely omitting to mention the evidence of threats of rape and sexual violence from Israelis on Palestinian women is ironic."