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April 23, 2017

Times of London misleadingly suggests Israeli blockade causes Gaza health crisis

Once again, we see how the media's default narrative, regardless of the particulars, is to hold Isra...

April 23, 2017

How to complain to OFCOM about BBC programmes

As noted here earlier this month, OFCOM is now able to consider complaints concerning content on som...

April 21, 2017

Weekend long read

1) NGO Monitor reports on ‘EU Funding to NGOs Active in Anti-Israel BDS Campaigns‘. R...

April 20, 2017

Financial Times editorial on persecution of Mid-East Christians avoids noting the Israeli exception

Though the editorial is also notable in all but ignoring the role of radical Islam in the flight of ...

April 20, 2017

Reviewing BBC News website portrayal of Israel and the Palestinians in Q1 2017 – part two

A summary of the BBC News website's coverage of Israel and the Palestinians during Q1 2017....

April 19, 2017

Reviewing BBC News website portrayal of Israel and the Palestinians in Q1 2017 – part one

A summary of the BBC News website's coverage of Israel and the Palestinians during Q1 2017....

April 19, 2017

Times of London headline fail – in search of “Hamas Doves”

The Times of London headline - suggesting the existence of heretofore unseen Hamas peaceniks - is ab...

April 16, 2017

Happy Pessah!

Wishing all our readers celebrating the 7th day of Pessah a very happy holiday....

April 14, 2017

Weekend long read

Our weekly round-up of Middle East related background reading. ...

April 14, 2017

Guardian restores ‘corrected’ article – but still includes claim of wall around Haifa! (Update)

This morning we noticed that the article was restored by editors. And, whilst the highly inflated PA...