BBC misleads again on Gaza’s coastal waters and airspace
On September 17th the BBC News website published an article on its Middle East page entitled “Palestinian killed during Israeli raid in West Bank“….
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Harriet Sherwood parrots false charge of ‘Water Apartheid’
Harriet Sherwood published a report in the Guardian on Aug. 8 about a new Palestinian city being built near Ramallah (Rawabi rises: new West…
BBC’s “Obstacles to Peace” do not hold water – part 2
In part one of this article we looked at the various historical claims made by Martin Asser in his article on water – one of…
BBC’s “Obstacles to Peace” do not hold water – part 1
At the bottom of the Middle East page on the BBC News website one finds a series of ‘Country Profiles’. Below the ‘Overview’ page…
Oxfam Distorts, BBC Reports: Jews Stealing land and water from Palestinians
A guest post by Gidon Ben-Zvi, who blogs at Jerusalem State of Mind On July 5, the BBC published the shocking results of a…
Postcard from Israel – Tiberias waterfront.
With a history spanning almost 2,000 years, the town of Tiberias – built by Herod Antipas between 17-22 CE and named in honour of…
UK Dep’t for International Development removes video accusing Israel of stealing Palestinians’ water
A guest post by Oded Ben-Josef, on Aug. 23, commented on a video posted on the site of the UK Department for International Development…
Water cooler conversation at the offices of the Guardian between Harriet Sherwood and a new intern*
CiF Watch’s team of crack reporters recently went undercover at the offices of the Guardian. After getting lost in a large dank room which…
Hamas attacks children’s water park in Gaza (Guardian devolves into self-parody)
The idea that the Guardian has, all along, been a parody newspaper gains more credibility everyday. Perhaps its possible that – as their rhetorical…
Weekend long read
1) The ITIC reports on ‘The New Palestinian Authority Government’. “The new government has 23 ministers, compared to 26 in the government headed by…