Bethan McKernan

September 1, 2021

Guardian strangely claims Israel “barely noticed” Nizar Banat’s murder

A Guardian article by Middle East correspondent Bethan McKernan does a good job of reporting on the ...

August 17, 2021

Guardian refers to slain PFLP terrorist in Gaza as a “civilian”

H/T Tomer Ilan The Guardian published yet another report from Gaza focusing on Palestinians ‘c...

July 25, 2021

Guardian falsely suggests Efrat was built on Palestinian land

An article in the Guardian included interviews with a few residents of Efrat to gauge the views of ...

June 27, 2021

Guardian buries the PA’s killing of human rights activist Nizar Banat

On June 24th, Nizar Banat, a Palestinian human rights activist and critic of the PA died after Pales...

May 24, 2018

Editor’s note on why corrections matter – the perfect is the enemy of the good

The result of our work isn't revolutionary change in their reporting from the region, but significan...

May 23, 2018

Indy falsely claims Israeli troops “were ordered to use live fire” on 40,000 demonstrators (Updated)

This is but one extraordinarily misleading sentence within the cacophony of sensational, biased and ...

May 16, 2018

Indy evokes Syrian use of chemical weapons in accusing Israel of “gassing” a baby in Gaza

There hasn't been a shortage of inflammatory, misleading and inaccurate media claims during coverage...

March 15, 2018

UKMW prompts correction to Indy claim that no Arabs in Jerusalem are citizens

Whilst it's true that MOST of the more than 325,00 Arabs living in the city are permanent residents,...

February 15, 2018

UKMW prompts correction to Indy article on Iranian drone incident which omitted…the DRONE

In initial reports on Sunday and Monday, following hostilities on Saturday between Israel and Syria,...

October 1, 2017

Indy story on Gaza student “denied” visa to study in UK riddled with distortions

An article in the Independent suggests that Israel denied a travel visa for a 28-year-old Gaza stud...