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Indy legitimises ludicrous charge that Israel is ‘ethnically cleansing’ Jerusalem 27 Aug 2013 | 06:03 pm
If facts and logic governed the media’s coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, then recent claims by Palestinian spokesperson Hanan Ashrawi that new Israeli homes in the neighborhood of Ramat S...
Tripod: CAMERA links in 3 languages, Aug. 22-26: BBC Watch, In Focus, Presspectiva, & ReVista 27 Aug 2013 | 12:26 pm
Our regular roundup of posts from CAMERA affiliated sites: BBC documentary on Tel Aviv gay pride fails to keep up with the news A BBC World Service radio documentary on Tel Aviv’s Gay Pride parade pa...
Qalandiya “Martyrdom”: Harriet Sherwood Tweets from the Palestinian street 26 Aug 2013 | 05:51 pm
Several Palestinian rioters were reportedly killed this morning after Israeli border police were ambushed while attempting to arrest a terror suspect in Qalandiya, north of Jerusalem. A Border Police ...
3rd time’s a charm: CiF Watch prompts correction to Telegraph “correction” on refugees 26 Aug 2013 | 02:07 pm
On Aug. 20th we posted about a report at The Telegraph by their Middle East correspondent, Robert Tait, which grossly inflated the number of Palestinian Arab refugees from the 1948-49 Arab-Israeli war...
Guardian: Mahmoud Abbas gives up claims on “historic Palestinian city” of Haifa 25 Aug 2013 | 07:21 pm
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is clearly a moderate. How do I know? Well, per Harriet Sherwood’s latest Guardian report (Aug. 23), for starters, he recently said the following about the conces...
Sounds Israeli: New music from Idan Raichel 24 Aug 2013 | 10:58 pm
This week’s edition of ‘Sounds Israeli’ features the video for “Mon Amour” from The Idan Raichel Project’s most recent album “Quarter to Six” – a song representing a collaboration with Raichel’s close...
Guardian’s egregious double standards on display in report on Israeli Facebook post 23 Aug 2013 | 02:26 pm
Over the last week the Guardian’s Jerusalem correspondent Harriet Sherwood has devoted two reports to the row over comments posted by an Israeli government official on his personal Facebook page. Aug...
Tripod: CAMERA links in 3 languages, Aug. 20-21: BBC Watch, In Focus, Presspectiva, & ReVista 23 Aug 2013 | 01:15 am
Our daily roundup of recent posts from CAMERA affiliated sites: BBC provides platform for claim that Palestinian terrorists are ‘political prisoners’ BBC presenter makes no attempt to correct claim b...
Guardian staff endorsed comment on ‘Zionist evil’ is deleted by…another staffer? 22 Aug 2013 | 08:10 pm
On Aug. 19th we posted about the following conspiratorial and quite bizarre reader comment beneath a Guardian story (unrelated to Israel), which received the prestigious ‘G pick’ label (orange ribbon ...
How to Survive as a Jew in Sweden? Shut up and fade into the woodwork. 22 Aug 2013 | 04:10 pm
Last year I had the pleasure of interviewing a Swedish Zionist activist named Annika Henroth-Rothstein, who recounted her experience advocating for Israel in a country whose tiny Jewish population con...
