Browsing Tag Christian Science Monitor

Divergent Polls On Israeli Attack: It’s All in the Question

Two polls released this week indicate divergent American attitudes towards Israeli military action against Iran. First, the University of Maryland reported that only one in four Americans would favor...

March 15, 2012 11:49 By : 1 Comment

No Differentiation For Dickie

Richard Silverstein Richard Silverstein claims to be a friend of Israel and publishes a blog called Tikun Olam. Instead of a cuddly fluffy “heal the world” site, his blog is popular with both...

February 22, 2012 16:41 By : Leave a Comment

Talking to Hamas, Talking to the Taliban

Rose-colored glasses are de rigueur in the Christian Science Monitor newsroom. With the US engaging the Taliban,  this Monitor staff-ed wants to apply similar logic to Israel and Hamas: President Obama...

February 9, 2012 10:08 By : Leave a Comment

Religious Trash Talk: Mitigating Palestinian Incitement?

Picking up on the Jerusalem mufti’s call of death to the Jews last week, the Christian Science Monitor examines “religious trash talk” by Palestinians and Jews, calling it a “trend”...

February 1, 2012 15:20 By : 2 Comments

Media Throws Israel Under the Bus

A Palestinian publicity stunt gets the media’s attention.

November 16, 2011 14:24 By : 21 Comments

Media Cheat Sheet 11/01/2011

Everything you need to know about today’s media coverage of Israel. Today’s big stories were UNESCO fallout, lingering issues from the recent Gaza rocketfire, and a surprising NY Times op-ed. UNESCO •...

November 1, 2011 19:50 By : 2 Comments

Media Cheat Sheet 10/31/2011

Everything you need to know about today’s media coverage of Israel. Gaza violence continues to dominate the news, Palestinians get UNESCO membership, Tunisia issues a warrant for Suha Arafat’s...

October 31, 2011 18:38 By : Leave a Comment

It All Started When Israel Fired Back… Again!

Who is the real aggressor as a rocket barrage strikes Israel’s south?

October 31, 2011 14:08 By : 30 Comments

Palestinian State Should be Judenrein, Part 2

Maen Areikat A post script on this morning’s blog post about a PLO ambassador saying that the Palestinian state being discussed in the UN should be judenrein. Maen Areikat, the PLO ambassador to...

September 14, 2011 20:35 By : 3 Comments

Barrage of Bias: Horrendous Headlines

The events of the past few days have generated some horrendous headlines. Here are just a few that we spotted.

August 22, 2011 12:45 By : 22 Comments