From outward appearances, 2013 has been a relatively quiet one for Israel. Unlike in previous years, we have not seen incidents of the scale of the Mavi Marmara or major operations to combat rockets from Gaza that have produced crises for Israel’s public diplomacy.
Nonetheless, HonestReporting has tackled head-on disturbing trends and challenges as anti-Semitism and demonization of Israel seep into the mainstream media.
Another major issue facing Israel and Jewish communities worldwide is the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement while the mounting uncertainties of Palestinian intentions, Iran’s nuclear program, and Arab Spring unrest have all remained on HonestReporting’s radar.
Charity Navigator, America’s premier charity evaluator, this year gave HonestReporting its coveted four-star rating for sound fiscal management and commitment to accountability and transparency, thus further recognizing the professionalism of the organization.
The HonestReporting 2013 Annual Report (PDF format, 28 pages, 3 MB) contains underlined hyperlinks; clicking them from the PDF will open related web pages. The links (and other resources) are listed below for your convenience. The PDF’s Table of Contents is linked to interior pages.
ProTip: Open the PDF with Adobe Reader (free download), select from the menu at the top View > Page Display > Two Page View and also select (turn on) “Show Cover Page in Two Page View” in the same Page Display menu. Doing this will display the PDF in proper magazine style with spreads open (odd-numbered pages on right, even-numbered pages on left). Our 28-page Annual Report includes:
- Fighting the Demonization of Israel in the Media
- Case Study: The “Wrong” New York Times Photo
- HR in the Media
- Speaking Events and Policy Debates
- Outreach to Students
- Social Media
- Missions to Israel
- Website Growth
- MediaCentral
Download a FREE PDF of the 2013 Annual Report now and forward it to someone who cares for Israel. HonestReporting is on the frontlines of the fight against anti-Israel bias in the mainstream press and on the Internet.
Links from the PDF:
- Cementing Hate on Holocaust Memorial Day (page 6)
- Quotes from Joe Hyams about the cartoon: JTA, The Algemeiner, Washington Jewish Week, The Jewish Chronicle (page 6)
- Simon Plosker’s opinion piece on the cartoon published in The Algemeiner (page 6)
- HR’s action alert causing a deluge of complaints to Dagbladet (page 7)
- The number of emails clearly caught Dagbladet‘s attention (page 7)
- Cartoon depicting Israel as the ravenous monster Moloch, published in German daily Su?ddeutsche Zeitung (page 7)
- HR cited in this Jerusalem Post report (page 7)
- Su?ddeutsche Zeitung backed down and apologized (page 7)
- Shortly after the photo was published in The New York Times… (page 8)
- HR published, “New York Times Photo Outrage” (page 8)
- HR slideshow on cases of photo bias (page 8)
- NYT Public Editor Margaret Sullivan posted a column (page 8)
- HR CEO Joe Hyams’ op-ed in The Times of Israel (page 9)
- Public Editor Sullivan issued a rare second post on the topic (page 9)
- The Algemeiner referred to HR’s original post (page 9)
- HR issued a final communiqué on the issue (page 9)
- Article about the work of media watchdogs republished by The Jerusalem Post (page 10)
- Simon Plosker’s contributions to The Times of Israel: commentary, critique, call to end the demonization of Israel, exposé of Pallywood, critique of anti-Semitism (page 10)
- The Algemeiner published Plosker’s pieces on The Sunday Times cartoon affair and Iranian use of western PR techniques (page 10)
- Christian press: Articles about HonestReporting or citing information produced by HR appeared in major publications, including WorldNetDaily, Rapture Ready, The Balfour Post, Rapture Forums, Beliefnet, and The Jerusalem Post Christian Edition (page 10)
- Financial Times Tweet Exposed: HonestReporting called the tweet “disgraceful”; HR’s success was covered in The Jewish Chronicle, Jewish News One TV, and J-Wire (page 11)
- UN Removes False Photo Tweeter: HR cited as a source by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (page 11)
- Truth Be Told: event covered in The Jerusalem Post (page 13)
- Joe Hyams in the Hornstein program (page 14)
- The Blankfeld Award for Media Critique: Sri Lankan-Born Student Wins HR Award Defending Israel (page 15)
- Golda Och Academy Students at HR HQ (page 16)
- HR Missions to Israel website (page 21)
- MediaCentral: The New York Times wrote about the sentiment among Israeli Arabs (page 24)
- MediaCentral: powerful reportage from China Radio in English (page 24)
- MediaCentral: article on Peace Dividends from the Financial Times (page 25)
- Charity Navigator Rates HonestReporting as “Exceptional” (page 26)
Related Resources:
- Sign up for free HR Media Bias Alerts or Israel Daily News Stream emails
- The 2013 Dishonest Reporting Awards
- A Year of Biased Reporting: Why The New York Times Won the 2013 Dishonest Reporting Awards
- The Blankfeld Award for Media Critique
- Fighting BDS (Facebook)
- HonestReporting on Facebook
- HonestReporting on Twitter
- HonestReporting on SlideShare
- HonestReporting’s YouTube Channel
- MediaCentral
- HonestReporting Missions
