The Media Accountability Project  

"Now, whenever my mom hears a plane, she worries it might be an airstrike. Time may soften the pain and memories can fade, but the weight of this generational trauma is heavy, and it doesn’t really go away, does it?..."

"Since Palestinians could not show and express their nationalism through flag raising, watermelon became a more subversive method because it used colors reminiscent of the Palestinian flag. The same logic can be applied to people using the inverted red triangle."

"I do not understand how citing the intention of the song (being in solidarity with Palestinians) and introducing its name (“RIVER 2 THE SEA”) could possibly violate CBC’s standards. I believe any argument suggesting it does would rely on an unfair interpretation that represents a double standard against Palestinians. It is unimaginable that CBC would go to lengths like this if an artist had made a song in “solidarity with the people of Ukraine” for instance."

To honor them is to know them. Thank you for giving readers a glimpse into the light that floods Gaza and Palestine despite Israel’s vicious attempts at turning the lights off.

On March 14, 2024, CJPME sent a letter to Bradford Today, pushing the media outlet to make a change regarding an article about a censorship accusation against the Bradford library that canceled a film screening.

CJPME challenged the following sentence: “The film is a fictional drama about a Palestinian man named Mustafa, whose wife and children live in two Palestinian villages in the West Bank which are 200 metres apart and separated by the Israeli boarder wall.”

CJPME argued that the “Israeli border wall” in the West Bank, to which the article refers, deviates from the Green Line to encompass several settlements, thereby failing to reflect Israel’s initial borders.  

CJPME suggested terms like “Apartheid Wall” or “Annexation Wall” to be more accurate.

Following our letter, Bradford Today informed us that in a subsequent article about the same issue, they used the term: “Israeli barrier wall.”

This is a considerable change since Canadian media outlets tend to not mention or accurately describe Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian land.

"Thank you once again for prioritizing Palestinian perspectives. Your commitment to fair and accurate reporting is vital, and I urge you to continue this critical work. I hope you will consider my critique in future reporting on Israel and Palestine."

"Aid is not being “limited in the region.” Such words tend to undermine Israel’s actions and responsibility. Israel has blocked aid from entering Gaza, although it is its responsibility as an occupying power to let aid in."

"With Israel’s ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and the media’s unfair, biased reporting, reminders to humanize Palestinians and other marginalized perspectives are more critical than ever before."

"Your own coverage, with its accurate reference to the Palestinian "struggle for freedom" in its subheading and its recognition of the Palestinian "liberation movement" in the article's text, marks part of this overdue step towards a politics of inclusion of which a city can be proud."

Your inclusion of Palestinian author Jackie Khalilieh is important, especially in a time where a lot of the media coverage about Palestinians is negative. Furthermore, including Khalilieh in this list will empower Palestinian voices while raising awareness of the challenges faced by Palestinian immigrants in Canada.