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Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS)
Simon Plosker

Sanitizing the BDS Movement?

After Israel announces a blacklist of BDS-supporting organizations, how did some media present the aims of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement?

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Simon Plosker

‘Live Fire’: Media Falsely Accuse Israel

Some media accuse Israel of wounding hundreds of Palestinian protesters using “live fire” even though the IDF employed rubber bullets and tear gas to control rioting.

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Simon Plosker

Historical Hyperbole and False Rape Allegations

Writing in the Daily Mail, historian Dominic Sandbrook makes sweeping and inaccurate generalizations, historical statements lacking in context, and even falls for the very propaganda he claims to oppose.

News Critiques
Simon Plosker

Demolition Job: Balance and Relevant Facts Go Missing

As Israel demolishes illegally built Palestinian structures in the West Bank, The Independent’s Bethan McKernan does her own demolition job in a series of one-side stories lacking in balance and omitting relevant facts.

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Simon Plosker

Cherry Picking: Conscientiously Objectionable

An “exclusive” non-story in The Independent about an Israeli teenage girl jailed for refusing IDF military service is rehashed in the Daily Telegraph minus the nuances in the original.

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Simon Plosker

From the Scene: Temple Mount Troubles

HonestReporting’s Simon Plosker accompanies journalists to see for himself what is going on in Jerusalem’s Old City as Palestinians “boycott” prayers on the Temple Mount.

Down Under
Simon Plosker

Settlements Are the Only Issue for 60 Minutes

On Australian Channel 9’s 60 Minutes, Liam Bartlett produces an appallingly one-sided report on settlements using a Palestinian narrative and outright distortions.

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Daniel Pomerantz

Hey Newsweek: Israelis Want Their Country Back

Newsweek’s Tom O’Connor (Twitter: @ShaolinTom) twists Israeli statements and Jewish history to draw the convoluted conclusion that all of Israel is…not Israel.

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Simon Plosker

Media Goes Kumbaya For Hamas

Why are some media claiming Hamas no longer calls for the destruction of Israel and its new manifesto is even meant to promote the peace process?

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