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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

UK Riots Expose Media Muck

The riots afflicting London and other parts of the UK have made headline news around the world. What has this got to do with coverage of the Middle East however?

Featured
Simon Plosker

HR: Elevating Action Against the UK Media

The UK is a major center of anti-Israel activity. HR is combining with its UK affiliate to increase emphasis on the UK media and the assault on Israel’s legitimacy.

News Critiques
Simon Plosker

Can’t Get You Outta My Head

RSS feeds often publish the first version of an article without any subsequent updates or

News Critiques
Simon Plosker

Israeli Government Video Irks Palestinians

Why has an Israeli video explaining the history and legal status of the West Bank upset the Palestinians? Could the real story be a threat to the distorted Palestinian narrative?

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Simon Plosker

The Age Recycles Staged Photo

Part of our Shattered Lens series on photo bias focused on how the wire services

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Simon Plosker

Media Fans Flames of Mossad Kiwi Conspiracy

What is it that compels mainstream media outlets to buy into conspiracy theories surrounding the all-powerful hidden hand of the Mossad?

News Critiques
Simon Plosker

Dirty Hari Gets Even Dirtier

The saga of Johan Hari’s plagiarism just gets worse and worse. Even if I wasn’t

News Critiques
Simon Plosker

Poor Headline of the Day

Take a look at these two headlines from two UK newspapers: The same story but

Backspin
Simon Plosker

Israel Blamed For Low Rainfall?

It’s not difficult to see where Michael Jansen’s sympathies lie writing in the Irish Times:

News Critiques
Simon Plosker

Media Palispins a Poll

A poll reveals some disturbing findings questioning Palestinian attitudes to peace with Israel. But how did the media spin the results?

News Critiques
Simon Plosker

Rosenberg’s Alternate Reality

When you hear anti-Israel activists chanting “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be

News Critiques
Simon Plosker

Sudan Salivates Over Salah

For some people the truth is just too hard to bear. That Sheikh Raed Salah

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