Second Temple

August 4, 2021

Five questions for Mohammed el-Kurd the British media won’t ask

In previous posts, we’ve commented on fawning profiles of Palestinian Sheikh Jarrah activist M...

July 29, 2021

Guardian op-ed by Mohammed el-Kurd on Sheikh Jarrah: Nearly fact-free.

Though Palestinian Sheikh Jarrah ‘activist’ Mohammed el-Kurd claims he has no problem wi...

July 25, 2017

Indy legitimises bizarre claim that Jerusalem was NOT the ancient Jewish capital

In the spirit of efforts by the Palestinians (and UNESCO) to erase and rewrite Jewish history, The...

October 23, 2016

Debunking the UNESCO/media myth that Israel is trying to destroy al-Aqsa

In a new essay at Tablet, Shany Mor argues that though UNESCO was rightly criticized for passing a r...

September 17, 2015

Independent uncritically cites “report” by Iranian PressTV

The Independent’s coverage of recent Palestinian violence at the Temple Mount and throughout J...

November 19, 2014

CiF Watch prompts correction to false claim that Western Wall is Judaism's holiest site

An Oct. 23, 2013 story in The Telegraph by Dina Rickman titled ‘Meet the Women of the Wall: Israel...

November 5, 2013

Guardian ‘inadvertently’ acknowledges that the Western Wall is NOT Judaism’s holiest site

As we’ve noted in previous posts, the Temple Mount in Jerusalem (where the First and Second Je...

October 24, 2013

CiF Watch prompts Telegraph correction over false Western Wall claim

We’re not normally in the business of comparing the quality and editorial judgment of British ...

July 16, 2013

Tisha B’Av and the virtue of Jewish Statehood

(Here are a few paragraphs from an essay I had published today at PJ Media, which represents a rewri...

June 25, 2013

Harriet Sherwood misleads on religious significance of the Western Wall

Harriet Sherwood’s June 25 report on the upcoming visit to Israel and the Palestinian territor...