Robert Fisk

June 7, 2020

Indy Mid-East correspondent tries to tie Israel to US police brutality

The Independent’s long-time Mid-East correspondent Robert Fisk has again demonsrated his malig...

November 26, 2019

Indy corrects a Robert Fisk smear of UN Watch – but errors remain

Editors at the Independent upheld our complaint that an op-ed by Robert Fisk included a baseless sme...

September 25, 2019

Indy hypocrisy in calling out antisemitic dog whistle

If the Independent wants to be taken seriously as a respectable anti-racist publication, they need c...

March 27, 2019

Indy’s Robert Fisk crosses the line to antisemitism

If populism, in both right-wing and left-wing manifestations, often promotes the idea that ‘th...

March 5, 2019

Following UKMW complaint, Indy tones down conspiratorial headline

The Indy headline caught our eye because "Israeli fingerprints" is a term often used by extremists t...

January 24, 2019

Robert Fisk: Politicians are “blackmailed” by false charges of antisemitism

Though he's referring to the American political debate, the accusation that supporters of Israel eng...

January 21, 2019

Did Robert Fisk just call himself a “bigot”?

It's impossible to get into the mind of Fisk, but it strains credulity to conclude that, after more...

December 12, 2018

Robert Fisk promotes libel that Israel deliberately kills Palestinian journalists

Fisk falsely suggests that Israel intentionally murders Palestinian journalists to prevent them from...

July 3, 2018

UKMW prompts Indy to correct Robert Fisk’s claim on Nazi-confiscated Jewish properties in Poland

Contrary to Robert Fisk's claim, Polish Jews do not have a "right" to “take back Nazi-confiscated ...

March 8, 2018

Contrary to Robert Fisk’s claim, Israel did offer Arafat at least 95 percent of the West Bank

Contrary to Robert Fisk's claim, Yasser Arafat was offered was a contiguous state encompassing Gaza,...