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The New York Times proudly announced last Monday that it had “won three George Polk awards, including two for its coverage of the Israel-Hamas war.” Those prestigious journalism awards went to “Samar Abu Elouf and Yousef Masoud of The Times” for “photojournalism for their photographs of the conflict from inside Gaza, capturing the horrific toll of Israel’s airstrikes on civilians, including the death and injury of many children.” The Times neglected to mention, however, one telling detail: Masoud has been unmasked as a member of Hamas who participated in the Oct. 7 jihad massacres inside Israel.The Paper of Record shows...

HonestReporting.com, a Jerusalem-based media watchdog, published a report Monday showing two photojournalists, one working for Reuters and one working for the Associated Press, urging Palestinians to join Hamas terrorists October 7 in infiltrating Israel. HonestReporting reported: A Gaza photojournalist working for international media called on residents of the coastal enclave to cross the border into Israel on October 7, after Hamas terrorists had breached it, an HonestReporting investigation has found. Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa, a freelancer who has been working for Reuters, made the comments while excitedly displaying footage of Hamas atrocities on an Instagram Live hosted in Gaza by...

The New York Times reporter Fady Hanona is just one of hundreds of Jew-haters associated with the American media. The Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was one of the bitterest critics of Jews and Israel and a defender of Muslim Brotherhood and Al Qaeda. Still, in the eyes of Wash Post and majority of the US media – he is a “hero”. Similarly, NYT found a perfect reporter as Fady Hanona to fill pages of this newspaper with Jew hatred. And most painful fact is – Fady Hanona would continue working for The New York Times unless his nefarious writings...

WASHINGTON — National Public Radio’s (NPR) ombudsman Elizabeth Jensen released an explanation and apology Monday for a map published on the news organization’s website that erased Israel from the Middle East. On January 24, NPR’s blog Goats and Soda, which covers health and culture issues around the world, ran a piece titled, “What Are You Afraid Of In 2016? Globetrotters Share Their Fears.” The post focused on travelers’ anxieties for the coming year, and included an illustration of the Middle East and North Africa, the region of the world that travelers most perceive as being at risk. “The map portion...

Via email from: http://msliwa.com * For Interviews with key pro-democracy activists inside and outside of Lebanon, contact: Rev. Dr. Keith Roderick, 202-498-8644, keith.roderick@csi-usa.org IMMEDIATE RELEASE Christian Solidarity International (CSI) Contact: Rev. Dr. Keith Roderick, 202-498-8644, keith.roderick@csi-usa.org Hezbollah is Using Christian Villages to Shield its Military Operations in Violation of International Law WASHINGTON, August 1, 2006: Hezbollah is using Christian villages to shield its military operations against Israel. Southern Lebanese Christian villages, such as Ain Ebel, Rmeish, Alma Alshaab, and others are being used by Hezbollah terrorists for launching missile attacks. "Hezbollah is repeating the same pattern that it practiced against...

Gabrielle Goldwater's open letter to Prime Minister Olmert ........................... To Prime Minister Ehud Olmert eolmert@moital.gov.ilGeneva Switzerland August 14th 2006 Dear Mr. Olmert; It is with the utmost sadness as a Jew and Holocaust Survivor, that today I have to see that You surrendered our Jewish Homeland Security to an organization which in her deepest core, is anti-Semitic, and the most helpful tool serving Islamo Fascism - I talk about the UN and it's leader Sec. Gen. Kofi Annan. Looking back in history my father would turn in his grave knowing that Jews have NOT stood tall - but caved in...

"Civilians", "civilians", Is there any Huzbullah terrorist in Lebanon, CNN's Jim Clancy? Sickening CNN's "Know all" Jim Clancy's hammering us with that term "civilians" I was watching the repetitions of CNN's "report" made by Jim Clancy (he's also active on the 'Inside the middle east' with Hala Gorani), a report that was actually telling you one word, over and over again, "civilians", "civilians", he made sure we heard that it's "civilians". 1) How does Jim know who's a civilian or not, even Arabist BBC admitted that many are terrorists and they can't know for sure how many. 2) How about...

Three Lessons from a Woman Terrorist A foiled suicide bombing brings out three media myths on Palestinian terror Attempted suicide bomber Wafa al-Bas Yesterday (June 20), a Palestinian woman took advantage of a humanitarian medical clearance to attempt a suicide bombing of an Israeli hospital. Israeli security caught Wafa al-Bas at a Gaza checkpoint and safely detonated the explosives that had been tied to her undergarments. View AP news video of capture. This episode highlights three important points that remain largely ignored or misrepresented in media coverage of the Mideast conflict: 1) SUICIDE TERROR: ASPIRATION, NOT DESPERATION Al-Bas explained to...

The Scotsman takes a more radical stance on Israel than Gazan Palestinians do themselves. The IDF pulled out of Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza Wednesday, completing a five-day mission to clear out positions from which Hamas launched rockets against southern Israeli towns. The action was necessary to protect Israeli citizens, but in the process the IDF uprooted orchards in Beit Hanoun, affecting some Palestinians' livelihoods. Given these complex circumstances, where did the media direct blame? a) Associated Press reported that a spontaneous street demonstration erupted upon the IDF exit, but this time Palestinians focused their fury upon the original source...

HonestReporting Communique 28 April 2003 "DIVERSION TACTIC" As Washington targets terror and dictatorship, the dictators target Israel. * * * Dear HonestReporting Member, In the Arab Mideast, the psychology of repression is often remarkably simple: Autocrats foment anti-Israel anger among their populations to divert attention from domestic criticism that would drive democratic reforms -- e.g. a free and critical press, shared resources, enhanced education -- reforms that would eventually dismantle their own autocratic rule. Now, as the Iraq War has demonstrated America's seriousness about promoting full democracy in the region, Syria's Bashar Assad and King Abdullah II of Jordan are...

HonestReporting Communique 24 April 2003 "ABU MAZEN: COUP FOR PEACE?" * * * Dear HonestReporting Member, Under heavy international pressure, Yasser Arafat has agreed to a compromise with prime minister Mahmoud Abbas (a.k.a. Abu Mazen) on the constitution of a proposed Palestinian Cabinet. Abu Mazen insisted upon the inclusion of Muhammad Dahlan as a minister in a key internal security post, an appointment Arafat initially opposed. Arafat backed down, and now the Cabinet faces a critical upcoming confirmation vote in the Palestinian Legislative Council. One top PA official went so far to call the Abu Mazen achievement "a silent coup"...

HonestReporting Communique 21 April 2003 "PALESTINIAN MEDIA INFLUENCE" * * * Dear HonestReporting Member, Below we present a fascinating research piece, "The Influence of Palestinian Organizations on Foreign News Reporting," written by Dan Diker, reporter for Israel Broadcasting Authority's English News. Diker is also media affairs consultant at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs/Institute for Contemporary Affairs, which published this article. For more research on this topic, see reports from: - Freedom House: http://www.freedomhouse.org/pfs2000/reports.html#ispa - Amnesty International: http://web.amnesty.org/web/ar2001.nsf/webmenafr?OpenView - HonestReporting: http://honestreporting.com/a/r/400.asp Our best from Jerusalem, HonestReporting.com ============== http://www.jcpa.org/brief/brief2-23.htm "THE INFLUENCE OF PALESTINIAN ORGANIZATIONS ON FOREIGN NEWS REPORTING" by Dan Diker...

HonestReporting Communique 15 April 2003 "CNN Follow-Up" * * * Dear HonestReporting Member, As a follow-up to our last communique about CNN's decade-long suppression of Iraqi atrocities (see http://honestreporting.com/a/r/399.asp), we present an op-ed from the Wall Street Journal, "CNN's Access of Evil" by Franklin Foer. With best Passover wishes to our Jewish subscribers, HonestReporting.com ============ http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110003336 "CNN's Access of Evil" By Franklin Foer Wall Street Journal April 14, 2003 As Baghdad fell last week, CNN announced that it too had been liberated. On the New York Times' op-ed page on Friday, Eason Jordan, the network's news chief, admitted that his...

HonestReporting Communique 13 April 2003 "ACCESS THROUGH SELECTIVE REPORTING" * * * Dear HonestReporting Member, In a shocking New York Times opinion piece, CNN's chief news executive Eason Jordan has admitted that for the past decade the network has systematically covered up stories of Iraqi atrocities. Reports of murder, torture, and planned assassinations were suppressed in order to maintain CNN's Baghdad presence. Read Jordan's op-ed at: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/11/opinion/11JORD.html Jordan has not always been so candid -- nor honest. Just six months ago, when challenged regarding the veracity of CNN's Baghdad reports, Jordan stated: "CNN has demonstrated again and again that it...

HonestReporting Communique 07 April 2003 "THE BIAS BOOMERANG" * * * Dear HonestReporting Member, Highly emotive vocabulary presenting high-tech soldiers as callous killers, accompanied by sensationalist images of armless children, crushed babies, stunned mothers... Claims from an HonestReporting communique regarding media coverage of Israel? No, actually, this is the tone of mainstream Arab media in its coverage of the American war effort in Iraq. This week, The New York Times published, "Arab Media Portray War as Killing Field," identifying efforts to stir up anti-American sentiment throughout the Arab world. Reporter Susan Sachs writes: "The meaning would be clear to any...

This communique is sponsored through the generosity of an anonymous donor. -------------------------- HonestReporting Communique 30 March 2003 "LONDON BROIL" * * * Dear HonestReporting Member, The Times of London published a slideshow from the Iraqi war (Day Six), featuring 11 military photos and one anti-war protestor. From the hundreds of protestor photos available to news agencies that day, The Times chose a close-up of a woman donning a headband emblazoned with the words, "KILL JEWS." The photo is captioned simply: "A university student protests against the war in Iraq." View the slideshow and click on photo #5: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,343-624507,00.html Once the...

Last chance for the special pre-screening of a film by HonestReporting.com: "Relentless: The Struggle for Peace in Israel" TONIGHT! Wednesday, February 19th @ 7:00 p.m. Loews 34th Street - 316 W. 34th (between 8th and 9th Avenues) in Manhattan. Followed by a 30 minute moderated discussion. Ages 18 and over only due to graphic footage. Call 212.921.9090 for tickets ($10 each), or purchase tickets online at: http://discoveryproduction.com/index.php?page=relentless In the coming weeks, HonestReporting will be offering members the opportunity to organize a film screening in your own city. Stay tuned! =================== HonestReporting Communique 19 February 2003 "REUTERS RUINS RACHEL'S TOMB" *...

Following a torrent of complaints from HonestReporting members in response to last week's op-ed by the International Solidarity Movement, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer has published an 800-word rebuttal piece, "Israeli Checkpoints Protect Lives." Read the new op-ed by Mark Smilowitz of Seattle: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/108570_place14.shtml Read HonestReporting's critique of the original pro-Palestinian op-ed: http://honestreporting.com/articles/critiques/Bingo_in_Seattle.asp Write to the Post-Intelligencer and compliment them for giving rebuttal space: editpage@seattlepi.com ==================== HonestReporting Communique 17 February 2003 "THE TIMES' TOY AIRPLANE" * * * Dear HonestReporting Member, In an egregious distortion of Palestinian terrorist activity, The New York Times' James Bennet filed a report entitled, "Hamas Says Israel...

HonestReporting Communique 05 February 2003 "CAPITALISM AT THE GUARDIAN" * * * Dear HonestReporting Member, In a grave act of disrespect, The Guardian (UK) capitalized on the death of Col. Ilan Ramon to take a swipe at the Israeli government. In a report headlined, "Israel remembers astronaut as Sharon capitalises on US links," Chris McGreal writes that the Israeli government "used the tragedy to paint Israel as a democratic western nation standing firm with the US against the barbarians." Read the article at: http://guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,887629,00.html Comments to: letters@guardian.co.uk Thanks to HonestReporting member Danny N. for the alert. ===== CANADIAN "POETRY" =====...

HonestReporting Communique 28 January 2003 "Der Sturmer in the UK?" * * * Dear HonestReporting Member, This week, as Israel continued to root out terror cells and destroy munitions factories in Gaza, much of the world media cynically portrayed Israel's actions as a campaign stunt by Ariel Sharon to bolster his reputation for effective security measures. For example, see this January 27 report in The Independent (UK): "Saeb Erekat, a Palestinian cabinet minister, said the Gaza raid was driven by Israeli politics. 'We believe he [Sharon] wanted to end the election campaign on this note with more Palestinian blood and...