What is Fatah Actually Celebrating?
Fatah is celebrating its 48th anniversary, but the group was in fact founded in 1959 which was 54 years ago. So what 1965 event are they actually celebrating?
Sounds Israeli: The Idan Raichel Project
Israeli artist Idan Raichel blends African, Latin American, Caribbean and Middle Eastern sounds.
The Guardian Invents Israeli Airstrike on Gaza Rally
The photo caption claimed an air strike occurred during a rally on December 8th, but no Israeli strikes have occurred since November 21.
UK Writer Compares Security Barrier to the Warsaw Ghetto Wall
The Observer (sister publication of the Guardian) published a review, by film critic Philip French, of the film '5 Broken Cameras,' a documentary produced by a Palestinian about his “resistance” to Israel’s security fence in Bil’in. In in addition to the story’s predictable Palestinian narrative, French writes that "Inevitably, seeing this barrier going up in Israel we think of the wall surrounding the Warsaw ghetto, the one that appeared overnight in Berlin…."
Postcard from Mount Tabor
Mount Tabor, standing 575 meters above sea level at the eastern end of the Jezreel Valley, is the site of the battle fought by Deborah and Barak against the Canaanite king Sisera, according to the Bible. Now it is the site of two monestaries, with three Bedouin villages nestled at its base.
Sounds Israeli: Rita
Rita's music reportedly became an underground hit on underground radio stations in some Muslim countries, including Iran.
The Blood Libel Begins: The Guardian’s Original Reporting on Al Dura
The Guardian took the hideous claim that the IDF fired mercilessly at a young boy until he was dead at face value, without even a hint of journalistic skepticism.
Anti-Semitic Cartoons at the Guardian
For Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell, Israel is a sinister, controlling and manipulative state.
The Foreign Media’s ‘Rightward Shift’ Never Happened
The Guardian and other foreign media invested heavily in promoting their desired political narrative of a Jewish state lurching dangerously towards the right.
Defamation: Combating the Assault on Israel’s Legitimacy at the Guardian
Benjamin Pogrund, a former South African journalist, and anti-Apartheid activist, who made Aliyah in 1997 and founded Yakar’s Centre for Social Concern, published a piece at ‘Comment is Free’ on Oct. 25 titled ‘Israel has moved to the right, but is not an apartheid state.' Pogrund refuted the recent poll on Israeli views of Arabs, and the profound distortion of the poll results, which smeared Israel with the charge of apartheid, by Gideon Levy of Ha’aretz.
Let’s BDS Turkey!
Dear friends of the BDS movement, now is your chance to prove that you are not just shills for terrorists and Arab rejectionism.
False Charge of ‘Palestinian Kids in Cages’ Lives On in Documentary
One Israeli media outlet steadfastly refuses to set the record straight.
Arab Teachers’ Rejection of Holocaust Education Highlights Arab Anti-Semitism
Rumors of a U.N. decision to introduce Holocaust studies in schools in Palestinian refugee camps run by UNRWA have outraged Jordanian teachers.
Postcard from Israel: Nachlaot
The picturesque Nachlaot neighbourhood in Jerusalem started out as what we might call today ‘social housing’. From 1875 onwards benefactors such as Moses Montefiore began building new neighbourhoods outside the walls of the Old City to house the growing Jewish population and relieve some of the overcrowding and squalor of the Jewish Quarter. Thus, Nachlaot is in fact a cluster of fused neighbourhoods, with each one originally having a specific ethnic character and its own synagogue.
Terrorists as ‘Political Prisoners’: CiF Watch Prompts Guardian Correction
The Guardian has called terrorists convicted of murder or attempted murder 'political prisoners.'
Ahmadinejad more Popular than Obama? Iranian News Agency Tricked by the Onion
The satirical news website, The Onion, published a story on shocking poll results, showing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - who is widely viewed with disdain in the U.S - to be more popular than President Barack Obama among rural whites in the U.S. The Iranian FARS News Agency was quick to republish the obviously fake story. When the agency realized its mistakes they claimed that "if a free opinion poll is conducted in the US, a majority of Americans would prefer anyone outside the US political system to President Barack Obama and American statesmen."
The Guardian’s Prisoner of the Day
Here’s what a Guardian reader casually glancing at the Palestinian “prisoner” wouldn’t have known.
How One British Paper Commemorated Int’l Holocaust Memorial Day
Spare us your Holocaust pieties and consider honoring Jews who are still among the living.
Blurred Reality: Muslim Protesters’ Anti-Jewish Slogans
The media has overlooked Muslim protesters' hypocrisy in protesting what they perceive as slander against them by slandering the Jews.
The Media and the ‘Palestinian Only’ Bus Lines
Contrary to claims made in the media, there are no ‘Palestinian only’ bus lines.
Sounds Israeli: Lina Makhoul Sings ‘Hallelujah’
Nineteen year-old Israeli Arab Lina Makhoul won Israel's "The Voice" reality show.
IDF stymies Guardian’s Obsession with Conscientious Objector
Over a two month period, Sherwood has published three reports and over 1500 sympathetic words about Blanc’s case.
Sounds Israeli: The Fools of Prophecy
A raw live version of the Israeli hit 'Ein Ani' performed in front of an IDF unit in 2012.
‘Articles of Faith’: The Absence of Critical Thinking About ‘Settlements’
Those who insist that the "settlements" represent the biggest obstacle to peace should be asked to explain why their theory doesn't match with the history.
Israel ‘Accused’ of Ensuring Gazan’s Had Proper Nutrition
The most interesting aspect of the Guardian/AP report on Oct. 17, ‘Israel used calorie count to limit Gaza food during the blockade,' in addition to the extremely misleading headline, is that there is little if anything in the story which demonstrates that Israel did anything improper whatsoever.
Sounds Israeli: IDF Performs Hatikva in Sign Language
This [particular] Volunteer Soldiers’ Basic Training was extra special.
Postcard from Israel: Tel Lachish
The site of Tel Lachish shows evidence of human habitation in Israel spanning many different historic periods over thousands of years.
Harriet Sherwood Won’t Reveal Shawan Jabarin Terror Ties
To learn more about the story we contacted Anne Herzberg, NGO Monitor’s legal advisor.
UNRWA Gaza Head Blames Anyone but Hamas
UNRWA Gaza chief Robert Turner’s “prescription” for saving Gaza’s Palestinians, set out in an article on the Guardian's Comment is Free site, is based on a severe case of historical myopia. For it’s the one word that Mr. Turner neglected to use in his anti-Israel screed that is in fact behind Gaza’s rapidly devolving state: Hamas.
Abbas Announces 10-Month Moratorium on Jew-Hatred (Satire)
Imagine if Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced a 10-month partial freeze on incitement and antisemitism in the West Bank in a bid to restart stalled peace talks with Israel.