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Simon Plosker

Simon Plosker

Simon Plosker

With over two decades of experience in various non-governmental organizations in the UK and Israel, Simon Plosker returned to HonestReporting in October 2022 as Editorial Director having previously been part of the organization’s management team from 2005 to 2020. Prior to his first spell at HonestReporting, Simon worked in Israel for NGO Monitor, BICOM, and served for a short period in the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit. He was Managing Editor of the Geneva-based NGO United Nations Watch for two years before moving back to the frontline defending Israel from media bias. Simon has a BSoc.Sc in International Studies and Political Science from the University of Birmingham and an MSc in History of International Relations from the London School of Economics. He immigrated to Israel in 2001 from London.
News Critiques
Simon Plosker

CDC Map Fail?

Maps produced by the US public health institute, the CDC appear in the Daily Mail showing the spread of a tropical disease in the Middle East yet do not name Israel.

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Simon Plosker

New York Times Photo Bias Militarizes Israeli Kids

The New York Times uses a photo of Israeli girls playing with IDF weaponry without proper context, to illustrate a story on fissures between the military and political echelons in Israel.

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Simon Plosker

Daily Beast Anti-Semitic Image Shocker

The Daily Beast uses an image of a traditional Jewish skullcap to inappropriately draw a linkage between Judaism and a private drug rehab clinic in Israel.

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Simon Plosker

New York Times and the Jewish “Homeland”

Examining the concept of “homeland” within the American context, James Traub in the New York Times claims that Jews gained a homeland in 1948 while Palestinians lost theirs.

Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS)
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Flying in the Face of BDS: What Fuels the Hate?

Following his appearance at an anti-BDS conference in Jerusalem, HonestReporting CEO Joe Hyams explains in The Times of Israel why the BDS movement thrives on more than anti-Semitism, cash and ill-will.

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