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HR Comment: Lauding a Suicide Bomber

A Fatah-affiliated youth center has named a sports event after Wafa Idris, the first female Palestinian suicide bomber.

March 9, 2011 19:55 By : 31 Comments

Gaza Border Zone Shooting: Context Vanishes in No-Man’s Land

The UK’s Sunday Times featured a dramatic sounding story “Morpurgo sees child shot in Gaza border wasteland”. Did a children’s author really witness the IDF targeting a child?

February 15, 2011 20:17 By : 11 Comments

Erekat: Media’s Favorite Liar Resigns

What are the media going to do now that their favorite go-to-guy is no longer the Palestinian Authority’s most visible spokesperson?

February 14, 2011 14:55 By : 28 Comments

Palileaks and The Guardian’s Agenda Journalism

An overview of some of the issues generated by The Guardian’s publication of thousands of leaked Palestinian documents.

January 31, 2011 16:53 By : 30 Comments

Planning a Revolution? Use Facebook or Twitter?

Did social media bring down Tunisian dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali two weeks ago or force Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to appoint a successor? Well, no. But it clearly played some role in the unrest...

January 30, 2011 15:53 By : 1 Comment

Flotilla Report: BBC Plumbs the Depths

The BBC’s reporting of the Israeli commisssion of inquiry into the Gaza flotilla graphically illustrates all that is wrong with its coverage of Israel.

January 24, 2011 15:31 By : 46 Comments

Palestinian Tear Gas Libel: The Truth Comes Out

The results of the IDF’s inquiry are released. Will any of the media bother to report them?

January 20, 2011 15:22 By : 10 Comments

“Travel Palestine” Tourism Ad Erases Israel

Since when were tourists able to visit Jerusalem in a state of Palestine stretching from the Med to the River Jordan?

January 11, 2011 10:21 By : 11 Comments

Palestinians Caught in Another Libel?

Did a Palestinian demonstrator really die from inhaling tear gas or is this yet another Big Lie?

January 4, 2011 15:35 By : 4 Comments

Australians Reward Shoddy Journalism

Biased and one-sided reporting of the Gaza flotilla earns one journalist a prestigious award despite the holes in his winning entry.

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