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West Bank

The West Bank (also known as Judea and Samaria) is a disputed territory between Israel and Jordan. Captured by Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War, it remains under divided administration between Israel and the Palestinian Authority pending a final status agreement.

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Simon Plosker

Jerusalem is a “West Bank Town?”

Comedian Eddie Izzard performs in Tel Aviv, which the Daily Mail’s Mail Online refers to as the Israeli capital while also calling Jerusalem a “West Bank town.”

Down Under
Simon Plosker

A Journalist’s Blind Hatred of Israel

Fairfax Media’s chief political correspondent Mark Kenny unleashes a hate-filled attack on Israel in the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.

Featured
Simon Plosker

‘Busloads of Ukrainian Settlers’?

Writing in The Guardian, Sarah Helm fails to disclose the background of a Palestinian “cartographer” and falsely claims that busloads of Ukrainian immigrants are being whisked to West Bank settlements.

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Simon Plosker

Politicizing Israeli Wildfires

The Guardian and AFP are more concerned about the location of fires near Jewish settlements than the fires themselves.

Backspin
Daniel Pomerantz

HR’s Security Field Trip with IDF Colonel

HonestReporting supporters join IDF Colonel (res.) Grisha Yakubovich on a field trip to see the daily realities of life on the ground for Palestinians and Israelis in the disputed territories.

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