The Media Accountability Project  

The opinion article gives a complete and fair picture of Israel’s destruction and attacks on Gaza and the West Bank’s education infrastructures, scholars, and health system. It mentions the 6 Palestinian universities and 350 schools and public libraries attacked or destroyed.

"Your coverage of Canadians who are completing hunger strikes to protest Israel’s brutal military campaign and the deliberate blocking of water, food, and fuel is much appreciated. Providing context, like Gaza’s history of food inaccessibility, as well as the mass displacement of the population and the destruction of essential infrastructure, conveys the catastrophic scale of starvation occurring in Gaza."

"I don’t think this is too much to ask of Canada, as Canada shouldn’t pick and choose which women it deems more worthy of such an investigation. It should respect and believe all women, including Palestinian women."

"Context is important, then and now. If Israel really wanted to avoid a war, it would have ended its occupation of Palestinian territories long ago."

"By emphasizing the tragic impact of Israel’s bombing campaign on civilian infrastructure and the fact that the UN considers Israel’s actions “collective punishment,” you have provided critical context needed for readers to understand the scale of Israel’s war crimes."

"No, the current violence in Gaza is not a ‘retaliatory war’ but rather a continuation of the resistance to the military occupation of Palestine since 1967 and a continuation of the Nakba since the mid 1930’s when the Zionists commenced using violence to obtain their ‘homeland’ offered to them by the United Kingdom in 1917."

"Ms. DiManno also refers to the neighbourhood of the Avenue Road protests as “primarily Jewish.” I’m not quite sure how she’s judging this, but according to the 2016 census, only about 5% of York Centre is Jewish, which is to the north of the Avenue Road Bridge protest."

This article was overall balanced and complete. It deserves support in hopes that we might encourage these journalists to continue covering these topics fairly.

At least 79 journalists have been killed in Gaza since October 7, and yet the media has largely overlooked their colleagues working under Israeli siege. This op-ed is a firm statement that counteracts that unfortunate trend.

"In the interest of accuracy and fairness, please introduce the Palestinian death toll earlier and present it as accurately as possible, using sources like the AP, the Gaza Health Ministry, or the UN."