November, 2012

November 5, 2012

Harriet Sherwood can see Palestine from here.

Harriet Sherwood’s recent Guardian story, ‘Winston Churchill sculpture unveiled in Jerus...

November 5, 2012

An unlikely endorsement of Israeli democracy at ‘Comment is Free’

Jamal Zahalka is an Arab citizen of Israel, and the member of a political party which opposes his st...

November 5, 2012

BBC report on violence in Sinai

h/t DG A group of armed men murders 16 people, steals two military vehicles – one of which it firs...

November 4, 2012

BBC’s Kevin Connolly rewrites history

If one has ever wished for a glimpse into the received wisdom of  BBC interpretations of Middle Eas...

November 4, 2012

Indy report on ‘apartheid’ poll illustrated with photo showing Palestinian kids seemingly behind bars

On June 27, Honest Reporting revealed The Independent‘s use of the following photo to illus...

November 4, 2012

The end of Israel will have to wait: On the patient anti-Zionism of the Guardian Left.

One of the more misunderstood dynamics of Israeli politics is the Jewish electorate’s move to ...

November 4, 2012

CiF Watch 2.0 (Beta)

CiF Watch has transitioned to a new blog theme, the style used by our sister site, BBC Watch. While ...

November 4, 2012

It is no dream: an impartial BBC article about Israel

Proving that it can indeed be done, the BBC Jerusalem Bureau’s Yolande Knell has written a bal...

November 3, 2012

Airbrushing terror: the BBC on Abu Jihad

On November 1st an article appeared in the Middle East section of the BBC News website concerning th...

November 2, 2012

Postcard from Israel – Nachlaot

The picturesque Nachlaot neighbourhood in Jerusalem started out as what we might call today ‘s...