28 August 2002
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs website is attempting to minimize the scale of the IDF’s destruction of the Jenin refugee camp through a Flash presentation. Read more about Israeli MFA distorts scale of destruction Jenin refugee camp
29 August 2002
The fence is not built on the demarcation line, also known as the ‘Green Line’ but is built on confiscated Palestinian land, separates Palestinian communities, denies access to land to farmers, breaks off water lines, and de facto illegally annexes more land and water resources for Israeli consumption. Read more about False wisdoms about Israel's security 'fence'
24 August 2002
“Palestinians accused Israel of massacring up to 500 civilians [in Jenin].” You’ve seen the claim. It’s been so oft-repeated that you might remember hearing it from the horse’s mouth. But it didn’t really happen. EI asks the Economist for a source. Read more about Economist: Jenin's massacre myth
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