Operation Pillar of Defense

October 28, 2024

Twelve years of ‘escalation’ framing from the BBC’s Jeremy Bowen

On the morning of October 26th, the BBC’s international editor Jeremy Bowen appeared on BBC Radio ...

March 24, 2019

Indy evokes ‘wag the dog’ conspiracy to explain Israeli wars with Hamas

The bottom line is that there is literally no real evidence to support The Independent's assertion t...

November 5, 2014

Now Amnesty International's Kristyan Benedict compares Israel to Islamic State.

This is a cross-post from Richard Millett. Amnesty International’s crisis response manager for...

August 31, 2014

CiF Watch prompts correction at the Indy over Hamas executions claim

An Aug. 22nd article in The Independent by Kashmira Gander about the war in Gaza included the follo...

July 23, 2013

CiF Watch prompts correction to ‘Comment is Free’ claim on Gaza rocket attacks

On July 21st we demonstrated that ‘Comment is Free’ contributor Giles Fraser made a sig...

July 21, 2013

Guardian story includes egregious undercount of Hamas rocket attacks

‘Comment is Free’ contributor Giles Fraser penned an essay on July 19th addressing both ...

November 14, 2012

Guardian ‘Live Blog’ on Gaza accuses IDF of “chest thumping” over killing of Hamas terror chief

The Guardian’s ‘Live Blog’ on the conflict in Gaza is titled ‘Hamas: killing...