United Arab Emirates

November 14, 2021

Spectator revives ‘chosen people’ smear

(This is a revised version of a post we published yesterday, Nov. 14.  The previous version contain...

September 7, 2020

Reviewing BBC amplification of the notion of ‘betrayed’ Palestinians

Last month we documented some widely promoted framing in BBC radio and television reports concerning...

August 18, 2020

Irish Examiner editorial on UAE-Israel peace includes ‘farcical’ claim

An Aug. 15 Irish Examiner editorial (Irish Examiner View: Palestinians’ absence means Israel and U...

August 17, 2020

Sky News Arabia serves as Emirates’ mouthpiece in coverage of Israel-UAE peace

Sky News Arabia (SNA), a jointly owned American-Emirati news outlet that carries a Western brand nam...

August 16, 2020

Guardian joins Iran and Turkey in opposing UAE-Israel peace deal

An Aug. 15th analysis of the UAE-Israel peace deal by Seth Frantzman, the Jerusalem Post’s Mid...

June 11, 2017

UK Media Watch prompts Guardian correction over ‘Israeli think tank’ claim

The Guardian's claim regarding the putative position of "Israeli" thinktanks on the Saudi-UAE isolat...

December 16, 2015

Guardian: Not clear if ‘rock throwing dolls’ were heading to Palestinian Authority

The Guardian’s Peter Beaumont yesterday reported on the seizure, by Israeli Custom officials,...

July 13, 2014

Challenge to UK media: name an army that goes to greater lengths than the IDF to protect civilians

Writing in Jerusalem Post on Friday, Amotz-El noted that “twenty-seven years after its establi...

February 7, 2013

The Guardian takes note of a Middle Eastern country not involved in “rendition”

A guest post by AKUS Controversy over the practice of “rendition” has been intense. In a recent ...

December 27, 2012

What the Guardian won’t report: Israel wins at the UN. Israeli culture wins in the Middle East

On Dec. 21, 2012, a UN resolution on “Entrepreneurship for Development” was proposed by Israel,...