24 June 2002
Bowing to strong Israeli pressure, CNN is to broadcast a special series profiling Israeli victims of terror. Astonishingly, neither the website nor the planned series profile any of the more than 1,000 unarmed Palestinian civilians—one quarter of them children—killed or any of the 19,452 Palestinians injured in the past 21 months by Israeli occupation forces. Read more about CNN negates Palestinian victims and international law
Amman, Jordan 27 August 2002
Gamla, an Israeli organization has published detailed plans for the “complete elimination of the Arab demographic threat to Israel” by forcibly expelling all Palestinians. Gamla receives tax deductible contributions via a US charity whose stated goal is “promoting greater tolerance and understanding between religious and secular communities and between Arabs and Jews.” The Electronic Intifada’s Ali Abunimah investigates. Read more about The growing clamor for ethnic cleansing
28 February 2001
The New York Times’ editorial praises the Israeli Labor party’s decision to join a “national unity” government on the grounds that it could exert a “moderating influence” on the new government’s approach “on issues like military tactics against Palestinian unrest.” EI notes that if the outgoing Labor government has been “moderate” in its response, Palestinians could well be forgiven for wondering what a harsh response would look like. Read more about New York Times editorial praises "moderate" Israeli Labour party
24 March 2001
Although the media does report on the Israeli imposed internal closures of the West Bank towns, the effects of this closure on Palestinian education are under-reported. Read more about The under-reporting of Israel's repression of Palestinian education
2 March 2001
For two-and-a-half days, since it began on the night of Saturday 7 October 2000, large groups of settlers were rampaging through Palestinian villages and towns in the West Bank and 1948 areas/inside the Green Line, attacking Palestinians and their property. In many cases they were protected and even aided by the Israeli military. Read more about Widespread settler violence unreported
1 March 2001
On Friday 6 October 2000, it was noted that many radio/TV reports from the first two-thirds of the day suggested that the clashes were winding down when the reality was that, by the end of Friday, 11 more Palestinians were killed (5 WB, 6 Gaza) and Palestinian human rights organisation Addameer recorded 177 injuries in the West Bank and 132 in Gaza. Read more about The under-reporting of Palestinians killed
30 March 2001
In various news reports, the Palestinian minority in Israel is selectively termed as “Arab Israelis” or “Israeli Arabs.” Palestinians living in what became known as Israel call themselves “Palestinians”, sometimes further specifying that they are “Palestinians of 48” and thus are an integral part of the Palestinian people. Read more about Unqualified use of the term "Arab Israeli" instead of "Palestinian"
24 May 2002
The phrase “rubber bullets” was used to describe rubber-coated metal bullets, heavy steel projectiles with a thin coating of rubber, that are regularly used to lethal effect alongside — not instead of — live ammunition. Read more about Misleading terminology: "Rubber" bullets
11 April 2001
Israel has long been trying to get journalists to normalise their annexation of East Jerusalem and occupation of Palestinian land. Semantics is one of the battlegrounds. Read more about Gilo settlement described as a "community", "neigbourhood", or a "suburb of Jerusalem"
12 April 2001
Most media still present events in Palestine in the context of an ongoing, struggling, or dying “Peace Process” a phrase that since the signing of the Oslo accords has all but replaced pre-Oslo references to Israel’s military occupation of the Gaza Strip and West Bank (including East Jerusalem). Read more about The "Peace Process" vs. the Military Occupation