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This is a cross-post of Lenny Ben-David‘s response to a story in today’s NY Times. Reporter Isabel Kershner replied to Ben-David, who updated his post.  Kershner’s response is included...

Here’s Hamas’s own footage of Qassam rockets launched from civilian areas. Their human shield doctrine is collateral damage waiting to happen.

Mideast unrest presents opportunities and danger (mostly the latter) for Western and Arab media. A quick overview of the state of media freedom in Egypt, Syria, Bahrain and Libya. Egypt: Blogger Maikel...

Congrats to Elder of Ziyon and CiF Watch for winning their respective quarter-final rounds of the 2011 Pro-Israel Blog-Off. The quarter-finals will continue in a few weeks, after Passover. HonestReporting’s...

I don’t normally offer unsolicited advice on media relations to Arab dictators. But the media escorts described in this NY Times dispatch (or click via Twitter) from Tripoli are so dysfunctional,...

  • I’ll forgive Irish Times readers if they’re unclear on the chronology of unfolding Gaza events. Reporter Mark Weiss doesn’t even mention a laser-guided Kornet anti-tank missile...

Since Saturday morning, Palestinian terror groups have fired 50 rockets at Israel. The IDF’s retaliatory strikes killed a key Hamasnik involved in Gilad Shalit’s abduction. IDF intelligence...

An anti-tank missile hit an Israeli bus outside Kibbutz Saad in the Shaar HaNegev area, critically injuring a teenage boy and the driver. Residents are being instructed to remain in shelters as additional...

I’m just juxtaposing two headlines. AP: Poll: 32% of Palestinians support the killing of settler family in recent attack Gallup: Israelis More Skeptical About Peace ‘Nuff said.

A Russian billionaire told a Washington conference he wants to found a Jewish version of Al-Jazeera. Alexander Mashevich said: “Every day and every hour people get negative information about Israel,”...