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When the Mullahs Attacked
"Something strange is happening outside."

"There are booms, but no sirens."

"A massive rocket just flew over my house."

"My kids are with their grandparents in the mamad [bomb shelter]."

Those were the messages in the HonestReporting staff chat the night of the Islamic Republic's unprecedented bombardment.

Once again, the Mullah Regime attacked the Jewish homeland and forced Israelis into shelters. Only this time, it was direct. Over 300 drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles were fired at us.

While we sheltered with our families, we prepared for what would come next. The lies. The justifications. The fake news that would go viral.

Immediately, it began. The false narrative? This was a symbolic strike in retaliation for Israel striking a diplomatic compound. Israel provoked Iran because it is trying to drag the US into war with Iran.

So, immediately, we responded.

We published posts and videos across social media reminding the world that October 7 was an Iranian plot, and that Israel has been under rocket fire for months by Iranian proxies in Lebanon and Yemen.

We amplified videos of rockets over the Temple Mount complex to showcase the hypocrisy of the Islamic regime that purports to safeguard Jerusalem, while endangering its holy sites.

We called out the New York Times, CNN, BBC, Owen Jones, Sky News, and Reuters for publishing Iranian talking points, instead of facts.

And, when we were back in the office on Sunday morning, we filmed original videos to set the story straight.

While Israel was under attack, HonestReporting was on the digital frontlines, tackling the blitz of bias against the Jewish State.

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Harrowing footage distributed on Wednesday showed Palestinian cameramen filming the violent abduction of Yarden Bibas into Gaza on October 7.

Their presence amid a blood-thirsty mob of terrorists proves a disturbing truth: Gaza-based journalists covering Hamas atrocities that day did not bravely risk their lives, as declared by institutions that recently granted them awards, but operated easily without any objections from the perpetrators.

In the video, a professional camera hovering over a Palestinian mob can be seen as its operator nonchalantly tries to focus on the terrified Bibas, who is tightly held on a motorbike in the middle of the chaotic scene.

34-year-old Bibas — whose wife Shiri and two young sons Ariel and Kfir have been abducted in a separate incident — is seen surrounded by armed men, bloodied, beaten, abused, and yelled at.

But the cameraman, as well as whoever films the video footage and others who hold up their phones, care only about capturing Bibas’s suffering, most likely in order to sell the footage to local and international news outlets.


That they could operate freely amidst the barbarity suggests that they were there with, at the very least, tacit approval from the mob. In fact, including journalists as part of the invading force was always part of Hamas’ plan.

Gaza-based journalists were there not just to document, but to exploit.

HonestReporting exposed this connection in November 2023, revealing that Gaza-based photojournalists had infiltrated into Israel with Hamas on October 7.

Subsequently, CNN and AP cut ties with one of them — Hassan Eslaiah — who had been photographed with none other than Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.

Related Reading: Broken Borders: AP & Reuters Pictures of Hamas Atrocities Raise Ethical Questions

But in general, media outlets failed to acknowledge these ethical violations. Not only do they still offer for sale pictures showing the lynching of an Israeli soldier or the abductions of civilians into Gaza. They showcase them in their selective war footage galleries, and win prestigious awards with them.

This is not journalism.

As revealed last month by Israel’s Channel 12 news magazine Uvda, the documentation and distribution of the October 7 atrocities was part of Hamas’ vicious plan.

And as an Islamic Jihad spokesperson recently admitted, international media reporters in Gaza have been willingly dancing to Hamas’ tune.

Related Reading: Liars and Marionettes: Media Ignore Exposure of How Terror Groups Manipulate Gaza News

So if we put two and two together, it’s clear that the video that captured media workers filming Bibas’ abduction shows only one example out of many.

As Hamas slaughtered more than 1,200 people in Israel and kidnapped 250 others, Gaza-based journalists were there to document.

Others celebrated the massacre on social media, like Motaz Azaiza, who – just this week – has been shamelessly declared one of TIME Magazine’s most influential people of 2024.


But any profit or recognition gained by such “journalists” or their organizations is tainted.

It’s been achieved thanks to Hamas’ passive or active approval, on the back of innocent people like Yarden Bibas.

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Misleading Figures
US Academic Skews Stats in The Guardian To Compare Gaza To Worst Recent Genocides

Statistics have been used to devastating effect since the outbreak of the October 7 war.

From Hamas-curated death tolls reported in the Gaza Strip to the disputes over the number of aid trucks entering the Strip, the spread of misleading or outright false data has done considerable harm to Israel’s reputation.

A Guardian op-ed is the latest example of such stats being weaponized to smear Israel.

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The Blitz of Bias
Something strange is happening outside.

There are booms, but no sirens.

A massive rocket just flew over my house.

My kids are with their grandparents in the mamad.

Those were the messages in the HonestReporting staff chat over the weekend.

Once again, an Iranian attack on the Jewish homeland forced Israelis into shelter. Only this time, it was direct. Over 300 drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles were fired at us.

While we sheltered with our families, we prepared for what would come next. The lies. The justifications. The fake news that would go viral.

Immediately, it began. The false narrative? This was a symbolic strike in retaliation for Israel striking a diplomatic compound. Israel provoked Iran because it is trying to drag the US into war with Iran.

So, immediately, we responded.

We published posts and videos across social media reminding the world that October 7 was an Iranian plot, and that Israel has been under rocket fire for months by Iranian proxies in Lebanon and Yemen.

We amplified videos of rockets over the Temple Mount complex to showcase the hypocrisy of the Islamic regime that purports to safeguard Jerusalem, while endangering its holy sites.

We called out the New York Times, CNN, BBC, Owen Jones, Sky News, and Reuters for publishing Iranian talking points, instead of facts.

And, when we were back in the office on Sunday morning, we filmed original videos to set the story straight.

While Israel was under attack, HonestReporting was on the digital frontlines, tackling the blitz of bias against the Jewish State.

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April 15, 2024
Media Analysis
Iran Attacks Israel: CNN’s Amanpour Minimizes Barrage & Fake News Goes Viral
Iran launched an unprecedented direct attack on Israel overnight on Saturday, launching at least 300 drones and missiles towards the Jewish state.

As the skies above and surrounding Israel were lit up with rockets overnight, social media was also alight with fake news, videos and photos purporting to be of the extraordinary attack.
Fake News Goes Viral Overnight
As the skies above and surrounding Israel were lit up with rockets overnight, social media was also alight with fake news, videos and photos purporting to be of the extraordinary attack.

While the majority of outright false information came from users on the platform X (formerly known as Twitter), Qatari mouthpiece Al Jazeera was also caught publishing a video that it falsely claimed showed rockets hitting Tel Aviv.

Meanwhile, infamous pro-Hamas influencer Jackson Hinkle was among the X platform users to share fake footage that he said showed “Israelis panicking” as the Iranian barrages hit Israel. BBC Verify journalist Shayan Sardarizadeh confirmed the video was actually of crowds in Argentina waiting to meet a musician.
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An Inconvenient Truth
Lies travel halfway around the world before the truth gets out of bed.

When news broke of the seven World Central Kitchen (WCK) aid workers killed in Gaza, media sources and human rights organizations alike demanded immediate investigations into how that could have happened.

Yet, how many of them reported that 2 IDF officers were dismissed for violating protocol?

How many of them published the photos with gunmen – not the WCK security personnel – standing atop the aid trucks?

How many of them reported that the WCK had lost all contact with the convoy, amidst concerns by the IDF that it had been overtaken by Hamas gunmen?

When Israeli hostage videos are released by terrorist organizations, the media rush to publish them and even qualify that they could not verify whether the statement had been made “under duress.” Hostages. Held by terrorists. In Gaza. Yet, they can’t verify if the statement is made under duress.

Yet, when Israel releases video of terrorist interrogations where the terrorist admits to manipulating the media to spread false narratives, those videos are ignored.

The pro-Israel community is consistently gaslit and told that Israel would have more credibility if only they were more transparent. Yet, when Israel complies, they are met with skepticism and silence.

That’s why HonestReporting is focused not only on debunking false narratives, but also on promoting true narratives. Our social media feeds bring the context, nuance, and missing pieces to the stories you are already reading in traditional media. We highlight the stories that get it right, and correct the ones that miss the mark.

Check out the best of this week’s content, and don’t forget to hit that follow button.

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April 11, 2024

Media Fail
Jon Stewart & Christiane Amanpour Use Daily Show Interview to Muddle Image of Israel

In a recent episode of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart hosted CNN anchor and host Christiane Amanpour to discuss the ongoing war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.

The remarks made by both Stewart and Amanpour during the segment were marred by claims and comments that were either outright distortions of the truth or lacking in proper nuance.

Read More ➝https://honestreporting.com/jon-stewart-christiane-amanpour-use-daily-show-interview-to-muddle-image-of-israel/

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Featured
Liars and Marionettes: Media Ignore Exposure of How Terror Groups Manipulate Gaza News

When Pinocchio lied, his nose grew longer. His falsehoods were just too obvious to be ignored.

But media outlets barely raised an eyebrow after a Big Lie was exposed this week, perhaps because it also exposed them as nothing more than wooden marionettes.

Read More ➝ https://honestreporting.com/liars-and-marionettes-media-ignore-exposure-of-how-terror-groups-manipulate-gaza-news/

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News Critique
Washington Post Platforms Superficial “As a Jew” Op-Ed on Israel & Gaza

Peter Maass, a journalist and former senior editor at left-wing publication The Intercept, admits that his “Jewish identity was always a bit vague.” He is also not an expert on international law, military tactics, or even the Middle East in general.

However, none of this has stopped Maass from using his Jewish heritage and past experience covering the war in Bosnia in the 1990s as a platform from which to not only falsely accuse Israel of war crimes in the present day but also to re-invent history in a recent op-ed for The Washington Post.

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News Critique
Time Magazine Becomes Confused Mouthpiece for Pro-BDS Google Employees

The campaign, led by current and former staff at tech giant Google, began several years ago as a murmur; it was initiated by a few pro-BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) workers who thought they could leverage the ubiquitous name of their employer to attack Israel.

But then the October 7 Hamas massacre breathed new life into the campaign; the atrocity seemingly galvanized its members who saw a revived opportunity opening up through which to attack the Jewish state.

Read More ➝ https://honestreporting.com/time-magazine-becomes-confused-mouthpiece-for-pro-bds-google-employees/

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Recommended Reading
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Dan Perry, Newsweek

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Emanuel Fabian, Times of Israel

Iran Has Ten Ways To Attack Israel; Which One Will It Choose? - Analysis

Seth J. Frantzman, Jerusalem Post

U.S. Officials Fear Most of Hostages in Gaza Could Be Dead - Report

i24News

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April 11, 2024

Media Fail
Jon Stewart & Christiane Amanpour Use Daily Show Interview to Muddle Image of Israel

In a recent episode of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart hosted CNN anchor and host Christiane Amanpour to discuss the ongoing war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.

The remarks made by both Stewart and Amanpour during the segment were marred by claims and comments that were either outright distortions of the truth or lacking in proper nuance.

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Featured
Liars and Marionettes: Media Ignore Exposure of How Terror Groups Manipulate Gaza News

When Pinocchio lied, his nose grew longer. His falsehoods were just too obvious to be ignored.

But media outlets barely raised an eyebrow after a Big Lie was exposed this week, perhaps because it also exposed them as nothing more than wooden marionettes.

Read More ➝ https://honestreporting.com/liars-and-marionettes-media-ignore-exposure-of-how-terror-groups-manipulate-gaza-news/

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News Critique
Washington Post Platforms Superficial “As a Jew” Op-Ed on Israel & Gaza

Peter Maass, a journalist and former senior editor at left-wing publication The Intercept, admits that his “Jewish identity was always a bit vague.” He is also not an expert on international law, military tactics, or even the Middle East in general.

However, none of this has stopped Maass from using his Jewish heritage and past experience covering the war in Bosnia in the 1990s as a platform from which to not only falsely accuse Israel of war crimes in the present day but also to re-invent history in a recent op-ed for The Washington Post.

Read More ➝ https://honestreporting.com/washington-post-platforms-superficial-as-a-jew-op-ed-on-israel-gaza/

Read time: 6 min

 
 
News Critique
Time Magazine Becomes Confused Mouthpiece for Pro-BDS Google Employees

The campaign, led by current and former staff at tech giant Google, began several years ago as a murmur; it was initiated by a few pro-BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) workers who thought they could leverage the ubiquitous name of their employer to attack Israel.

But then the October 7 Hamas massacre breathed new life into the campaign; the atrocity seemingly galvanized its members who saw a revived opportunity opening up through which to attack the Jewish state.

Read More ➝ https://honestreporting.com/time-magazine-becomes-confused-mouthpiece-for-pro-bds-google-employees/

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Recommended Reading
The News Media Has Helped Normalize Hamas – Opinion

Dan Perry, Newsweek

Israel Threatens ‘Powerful Response’ in Iran’s Territory if It Attacks From Own Soil

Emanuel Fabian, Times of Israel

Iran Has Ten Ways To Attack Israel; Which One Will It Choose? - Analysis

Seth J. Frantzman, Jerusalem Post

U.S. Officials Fear Most of Hostages in Gaza Could Be Dead - Report

i24News

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April 08, 2024

Critique
Tragic World Central Kitchen Aid Workers Incident Exposes Rank Hypocrisy

The tragic killing of the seven aid workers in Gaza in an IDF drone strike has undoubtedly changed the direction of Israel’s war against Hamas.

As the IDF admitted making “grave mistakes” in the strike on a World Central Kitchen (WCK) vehicle convoy, pressure has piled on Israel to agree to an immediate ceasefire in the Strip, as well as other unpalatable terms Hamas put forward.

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Podcast Analysis
Joe Rogan’s Troubling Anti-Israel Podcast Episodes

As one of the most popular podcasts in the world, The Joe Rogan Experience is known for dealing with controversial topics and interviewing people with alternative ideas.

However, just because The Joe Rogan Experience’s brand isn’t scared to go outside the mainstream, it does not absolve the podcast of spreading misinformation by either Rogan, himself, or one of his guests.

Here are just some of the times that Joe Rogan enabled the spread of anti-Israel misinformation or dangerous stereotypes about the Jewish people on his podcast.

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Video
The AI Tool Getting It Wrong About Gaza

Understanding how much damage Gaza has sustained is important, but should an experimental AI tool be answering this important question? Obviously not. Especially when it’s getting it wrong. Let us explain…

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What we do when the bad news is true
Gil Hoffman
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What We Do When
The Bad News Is True
Monday night’s air strikes that killed seven humanitarian workers from World Central Kitchen also struck a blow to Israel’s already tarnished reputation.

Unlike many blood libels proven false by HonestReporting during the current war, this time, the bad news was completely correct and unquestionably Israel’s fault.

So what do people who care about Israel do when the bad news is true?

Accept Responsibility – But remember that these tragic deaths are the exception that proves the rule: Israel minimizes and its enemies maximize harm to civilians.

Show Empathy – But contrast our genuine remorse with Hamas’ joy when any innocents are killed, no matter who they are.

Never Forget – Remind the world media that while this was an accident, the 1200 Israelis murdered on October 7 were killed on purpose.

Fight Further Libels – A biased journalist asked an Israeli government spokesman about “numerous cases of Israel targeting ambulances and humanitarian aid convoys.” When the media maligns Israel, we take action.

Question the Magnifying Glass – What other country’s image is under such constant scrutiny? Applying different standards to Israel not demanded from other democracies is part of the IHRA definition of antisemitism.

When times are tough for Israel and its image is suffering, HonestReporting is more essential than ever. Below are some of our best social media posts from the past week. Be sure to like and share them with your family and friends to help spread the word, in good times and bad.

Thank you,

Gil Hoffman

Executive Director

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5 Media Misquotes That Tarnished Israel’s Image During the War

Some of the world’s most trusted and influential media organizations have been guilty of publishing dubious citations, particularly in stories about Israel.

Whether deliberate or by mistake, a mistranslation or a misquotation, here are some of the most outrageous examples of false quotes published by the media since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.

Read More ➝https://honestreporting.com/5-media-misquotes-that-tarnished-israels-image-during-the-war/

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Media Critique
No Due Diligence: Media Silent on Terror-Supporting Ministers of New PA Cabinet

Last week, media outlets reported on the formation of a new Palestinian cabinet but hadn’t researched the background of its ministers, two of whom have been exposed as avid terror supporters.

Instead, media painted a flawed picture of the potential reform of the Palestinian Authority (PA) by either being uncritical of the new cabinet, or by mentioning challenges it faces that have nothing to do with terrorism.

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Media Analysis
Skewed Statistics: A Look at the Numbers Behind Gaza’s Civilian Casualties

Nearly six months into the war between Israel and the Gaza-based terror organization, one of the key weapons in Hamas’ arsenal is its cunning use of propaganda to delegitimize Israel’s fight against terrorism and build international pressure on the Jewish state to rein in its military campaign before it can complete its mission of completely uprooting Hamas’ terror infrastructure.

One of the most effective tools is the cynical use of Palestinian casualty figures, especially the claim that the vast majority (usually 70%) of casualties have been women and children.

This claim, which originates in the Hamas-run Ministry of Health, has been uncritically parroted by a variety of Western politicians and media outlets.

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Roman Ruins, Hamas Terrorists and Grand Plans on Paper: The Story of Gaza Port

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Eilat Naval Base Damaged by Drone Apparently Launched From Iraq

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Nobel Prize Laureate: Israel Must Reoccupy Gaza Strip

Erica Chachne, Jerusalem Post

Police Arrest Sister of Hamas Leader Haniyeh in Southern Israel Raid

Times of Israel

Award Controversy
AP Wins Award Honoring Photojournalists Who Captured Hamas Atrocities on Oct. 7

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“Disgraceful,” “Disgusting,” “Obscene” — that’s how users on social media platform X reacted this week after HonestReporting criticized the awarding of a Pictures of the Year to Associated Press photojournalists who captured Hamas atrocities on October 7 during the deadly terrorist rampage that sparked the Israel-Hamas war.

The Reynolds Journalism Institute selected its winner and ran with a photo of a mutilated Shani Louk by Gaza photojournalist Ali Mahmud despite questions raised in November by HonestReporting regarding Mahmud and other Gaza photojournalists who had infiltrated Israel with Hamas on October 7.

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Social Media
Language Matters: Why Meta Should Not End Ban on Arabic Word ‘Shaheed’

In a few months, sickening posts commemorating killed terrorists may be considered neutral content across the social media platforms of Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram.

That’s because Meta’s oversight board urged the social media giant this week to lift its ban on the Arabic word “shaheed,” or “martyr” in English, suggesting the word can carry a non-glorifying meaning.

But the loaded term is commonly used in the context of Palestinian and Arab violence against Jews, in Israel or abroad.

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Media Analysis
The Media’s Reaction to Al Jazeera’s Oct 7 Documentary Is Revealing

Al Jazeera’s latest feature-length documentary, “October 7,” holds few surprises.

It would be a time-consuming task to refute the package of lies that comprise the full hour-long documentary — from the malicious claim that Israel killed numerous Israeli civilians and hostages on October 7 to Al Jazeera disputing whether Hamas terrorists raped Israeli victims.

Although largely ignored by the mainstream media, this malicious piece of anti-Israel propaganda has found a home on the social media pages of virulent Israel-haters like Owen Jones and Mehdi Hasan.

Read More ➝ https://honestreporting.com/the-medias-reaction-to-al-jazeeras-oct-7-documentary-is-revealing/?swcfpc=1

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News Critique
Damage Done: How Al Jazeera’s Fake News Harmed Israel’s Reputation In Less Than 24 Hours

Less than 24 hours after Al Jazeera broadcast a fabricated testimony about alleged rapes by Israeli soldiers in Al-Shifa Hospital, the Qatar-based media organization quietly took down the story following the revelation that the witness had purposefully lied in her interview.

However, by that time, it was too late. Millions of social media users had already viewed this libel online and it continues to be spread to this day.

Read More ➝ https://honestreporting.com/damage-done-how-al-jazeeras-fake-news-harmed-israels-reputation-in-less-than-24-hours/?swcfpc=1

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Social Media
Israel at War: The Media Battlefield – Briefing #24

HonestReporting has been working around the clock to identify and respond to the worst media bias since the appalling events of October 7 and the subsequent launch of Israeli military action against Hamas.

You can already see many of the posts that we’ve published on our website but here’s a roundup of just some of the issues and media outlets that we’ve flagged on social media over the past several days that didn’t make it into full articles.

Read More ➝ https://honestreporting.com/israel-at-war-the-media-battlefield-briefing-24/?swcfpc=1

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Jerusalem Post

Israel Has Created a New Standard for Urban Warfare. Why Will No One Admit It?
https://www.timesofisrael.com/3-hurt-in-west-bank-terror-shooting-attack-on-cars-school-buses/

John Spencer, Newsweek
https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-794089

Gaza Fatality Data Has Become Completely Unreliable
https://www.newsweek.com/israel-has-created-new-standard-urban-warfare-why-will-no-one-admit-it-opinion-1883286

Gabriel Epstein, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/gaza-fatality-data-has-become-completely-unreliable

Terror Orgs Sustained Stinging Blow in Shifa Hospital Battle
https://www.jns.org/terror-orgs-sustained-stinging-blow-in-shifa-hospital-battle/

Yaakov Lappin, Jewish News Syndicate
https://www.jns.org/terror-orgs-sustained-stinging-blow-in-shifa-hospital-battle/

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HONEST REPORTING
March 25, 2024
Success
Po-Hamas Influencer Jackson Hinkle Banned From Instagram
Meta’s decision to de-platform the American influencer comes after HonestReporting and other organizations laid bare disturbing ways in which Hinkle has spread false information about the Israel-Hamas war.
Read More ➝ https://honestreporting.com/pro-hamas-influencer-jackson-hinkle-banned-from-instagram/?swcfpc=1

What Hostages? Media Ignore Hamas’ Captives, Oct. 7 Massacre
For the past five months, Israel has repeatedly stated its aims in the war against Hamas: destroying the terrorist organization and releasing the hostages abducted during its deadly October 7 attack on the Jewish
No Hamas, No Hostages
Time Magazine and Reuters took the simple route: they totally omitted the hostages and Israel’s justification for the Rafah operation from their recent reports.
Disturbingly, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been widely quoted explaining why it was necessary to operate in Rafah in order to eliminate Hamas and release the remaining hostages.state….Rinat Harash March 24, 2024
https://honestreporting.com/what-hostages-media-ignore-hamas-captives-oct-7-massacre/?swcfpc=1


The Guardian Attempts To Understand the ‘Real Hamas’
“What is the real Hamas?” is the question that journalist Joshua Leifer seeks to answer in a 6,000-word Guardian feature that examines the evolution of Hamas and explores the capacity in which the terror group could have a hand in governing the Gaza Strip after the war.

But the devil is in the details, and Leifer’s omission of critical facts undermines what could be a comprehensive understanding of Hamas.

Read More ➝ https://honestreporting.com/the-guardian-attempts-to-understand-the-real-hamas/?swcfpc=1

Media Largely Silent on Latest Survey of Palestinian Public Opinion
The Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research recently published the results of its quarterly survey on the sentiments within Palestinian society regarding Israel, the ongoing war in Gaza, internal Palestinian politics, and the international community.

With the media’s attention turned to Gaza and the West Bank, one would think that the results of this survey would have been covered by all the mainstream media organizations.

Read More ➝ https://honestreporting.com/media-largely-silent-on-latest-survey-of-palestinian-public-opinion/?swcfpc=1

Recommended Reading
Hamas, Al Jazeera Admit: Story of IDF Rapes in Gaza Hospital Fabricated

Ohad Merlin, Jerusalem Post

IDF: Hamas Gunmen Are ‘Destroying’ Shifa, Firing From Emergency Room, Maternity Ward

Emanuel Fabian, Times of Israel

Hamas Launches Rocket Barrage at Ashdod, First Toward City in Over 2 Months

i24News

As Israel Fights on 2 Fronts, It Might Be Asleep at the Wheel on Iran

Yoav Limor, Israel Hayom

A Sad Purim: Northern Israeli Towns Sheltering Instead of Celebrating

Yair Kraus, Ynet News

https://honestreporting.com/
News Critique
Voice of America Whitewashes Terror Backgrounds of Gazan Journalists

When Israeli forces raided Al-Shifa Hospital to remove a resurgent Hamas presence, among those detained was Ismail Al-Ghoul, who identified himself as an Al Jazeera journalist.

As part of its coverage of the raid, Voice of America (VOA) dedicated an entire piece to Al-Ghoul’s arrest but conveniently ignored his ties to Hamas as well as his deleted social media accounts that were full of anti-Israel incitement and praise for terrorism.

Read More ➝ https://honestreporting.com/voice-of-america-whitewashes-terror-backgrounds-of-gazan-journalists/?swcfpc=1

Read time: 6 min

Video
Journalists Present on the Scene of the Crimes on Oct. 7th Were No Coincidence
https://honestreporting.com/journalists-present-on-the-scene-of-the-crimes-on-oct-7th-were-no-coincidence/?swcfpc=1
These journalists were always a crucial element in Hamas’ plans.

“Uvda,” Israel’s top investigative show, uncovered an intelligence report detailing Hamas’ plan – down to the initiative to have journalists and photographers present to document the atrocities.

The question we've been asking: How did they know?

Watch Here ➝ https://honestreporting.com/journalists-present-on-the-scene-of-the-crimes-on-oct-7th-were-no-coincidence/?swcfpc=1

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March 15, 2024

Analysis
For a Bright Post-Hamas Future, Gaza Needs Education Reform

If Gaza is to have a brighter future after the war between Israel and Hamas is over, one of the key ingredients for this renewed society must be education reform, focused on democracy, de-radicalization, and normalization between Israelis and Palestinians.

If not, the stage will be set for future years of war and terrorism.

Read More ➝ https://honestreporting.com/for-a-bright-post-hamas-future-gaza-needs-education-reform/?swcfpc=1



Video
Lost in Translation? That Might Be on Purpose
https://honestreporting.com/lost-in-translation-that-might-be-on-purpose/?swcfpc=1

If you’ve ever read a translation from Hamas that seemed a little off, it’s not just you.

Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Iranian regime know that Westerners who fail to understand the native tongue of their message, the narrative behind their message, or the cultural implications in their message will be easily fooled into believing the words that they’re (actually not) saying.

Watch Here ➝ https://honestreporting.com/lost-in-translation-that-might-be-on-purpose/?swcfpc=1

Watch time: 2 min

 
 
Social Media
Israel at War: The Media Battlefield – Briefing #23
https://honestreporting.com/israel-at-war-the-media-battlefield-briefing-23/?swcfpc=1

HonestReporting has been working around the clock to identify and respond to the worst media bias since the appalling events of October 7 and the subsequent launch of Israeli military action against Hamas.

You can already see many of the posts that we’ve published on our website but here’s a roundup of just some of the issues and media outlets that we’ve flagged on social media over the past several days that didn’t make it into full articles

Read More ➝ https://honestreporting.com/israel-at-war-the-media-battlefield-briefing-23/?swcfpc=1

Read time: 2 min

 
Recommended Reading
Man, 50, Critically Hurt in Stabbing in South; Terrorist Shot Dead by Victim

Emanuel Fabian, Times of Israel

Palestinian Textbooks Feature Misogyny Funded by Europe, Report Finds

Ohad Merlin, Jerusalem Post

Hamas Executes Gaza Clan ‘Prince’ in Message to Potential ‘Collaborators’

Jewish News Syndicate

Expert Claims Hamas’s Gaza Death Toll Exaggerated or Faked

i24News

‘Endless Sirens’ Haunting Israelis on the Northern Border at War

Yair Kraus, Ynet News


2023 Annual Impact Report
2023 has been overshadowed by the horrific events of October 7 and the subsequent war against Hamas in Gaza.

But before October 7 ever happened, the Israeli people had been facing a year of increased terrorism. The Yaniv brothers (19 and 21) were murdered while driving. The Paley brothers (6 and 8) were murdered while waiting at a bus stop. And, the Dee sisters (16 and 20) and their mother were murdered on their way to vacation. Alessandro Parini was murdered for the crime of walking on the Tel Aviv boardwalk.

Yet, the international discourse both downplayed and legitimized many of these attacks.

Then, October 7th happened.

With HonestReporting’s new media strategy, we were able to have a significant impact on the discourse surrounding coverage of Israel.

Our content, adapted from our traditional online media critiques, is being disseminated on social media to those who need it most, turning complicated issues into easily understood concepts and providing the tools to combat the lies and disinformation.

2024 promises to be another challenging year for Israel but HonestReporting is uniquely positioned to meet those challenges head-on as Israel contends with the fallout of the Israeli military campaign in Gaza.

Thank you for validating our work and allowing us to impact the narrative. Here is our 2023 Annual Impact Report.

Sincerely,

Jacki Alexander

Chief Executive Officer

Click here to view the 2023 Annual Impact Report →
https://honestreporting.com/landing_pages/2023-end-of-year-annual-report/?swcfpc=1

March 11, 2024
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News Critique
Reuters Report on Killing of Journalist in Lebanon Tells Only Half the Story

In journalism, every story must answer five fundamental questions known as the 5 W’s: “Who,” “What,” “When,” “Where,” and “Why." These are the basic pillars that help build a reliable and coherent picture of reality.

Yet Reuters’ investigative report into the killing of the agency’s journalist Issam Abdallah in south Lebanon last October focuses heavily on all these questions except for the “Why.”

Read More ➝ https://honestreporting.com/reuters-report-on-killing-of-journalist-in-lebanon-tells-only-half-the-story/?swcfpc=1

Read time: 4 min

Media Analysis
Ramadan Violence at Al-Aqsa Mosque: Palestinian Riots & the Israeli Response

As Muslims around the world begin to observe the holy month of Ramadan, many media outlets have been particularly focused on connecting Ramadan to the ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza as well as the possibility of rising tensions surrounding prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.

These reports fail to properly convey what led to past disturbances, either leaving out who started the melee or placing the blame solely on Israeli security forces.

Read More ➝ https://honestreporting.com/ramadan-violence-at-al-aqsa-mosque-palestinian-riots-the-israeli-response/?swcfpc=1


Media Bias
War Crimes, Millions Starving & Ethnic Cleansing… Where Is the Media Outrage?

As the United Nations makes clear, both Sudan and Gaza are facing a humanitarian catastrophe. However, the war in Sudan is impacting a much larger number of people and has gone on for much longer.

The disparity in the volume of news coverage dedicated to both crises epitomizes the international media’s singular fixation on the Jewish state. For the media, when it comes to Israel, the myriad injustices and atrocities occurring around the globe seemingly dissolve into the background, becoming unworthy of the same scrutiny or outrage.

Read More ➝ https://honestreporting.com/war-crimes-millions-starving-ethnic-cleansing-where-is-the-media-outrage/?swcfpc=1

Recommended Reading
Who Is Marwan Issa, Deputy Head of Hamas’s Military Wing?

Neta Bar, Israel Hayom

IDF Sources: Replacement for Hamas Won’t Work While Sinwar Lives

Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jerusalem Post

In Gaza, as Elsewhere, Aid Missions Are Dangerous for Soldiers

Lazar Berman, Times of Israel

3 Palestinians Arrested in Italy on Terrorist Plot Suspicion

i24News
PLEASE BE ADVISED:
A significant increase in cyber/phishing attacks against Israeli organizations and institutions has been noted as a result of the war on Hamas. Such attacks may include fake or scam e-mails purporting to be from legitimate organizations in order to obtain personal information. If you receive an e-mail that appears suspicious, please contact the "apparent" sender by phone or your familiar contact at HonestReporting so as to confirm the legitimacy of the email. In any instance, you are welcome to contact action@honestreporting.com in the event of any uncertainty.

This Women's Day
This year, International Women’s Day doesn’t feel like one worth celebrating. How can we celebrate when 19 women are still held captive by Hamas in Gaza? So long as Naama, Judy, Noa, Romi, Arbel, Carmel, Maya, Eden, Inbar, Doron, Liri, Daniela, Shiri, Shani, Karina, Amit, Agam, Ofra, and Emily are held hostage, the accomplishments of women everywhere are diminished.
But not acknowledging the contributions of women is exactly what Hamas wants—and we can’t let them win.
So today, HonestReporting is shining a light on Eve Barlow, a fierce warrior for Israel, who was a successful journalist before being ostracized by her peers for her pro-Israel views.
HonestReporting teamed up with Eve to tell the story of Israel’s north: the communities that have been emptied, the families displaced, and what Iran is learning from Israel’s war with Hamas.
Don’t miss our mini-documentary unpacking why the clock may be ticking down to a potentially explosive confrontation with Hezbollah. Click on the image below to watch, and don’t forget to hit the thumbs up, and leave a comment.
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The Team at HonestReporting
 
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The Ring Of Fire. I wish it was a reference to the Johnny Cash hit, but it’s not. It’s a reference to something far more sinister – and something that has to be understood in order to really contextualize what’s happening; not in Israel, not in Gaza, not even in the Middle East, but on a global stage.

At the beginning of February, I returned to Israel for two days. In those two days, I went to the most dangerous parts of the country. No, I did not go to the South this time. Instead I travelled North with the help of the team at HonestReporting who accompanied me to various evacuated areas all along the border between Israel and Lebanon to explore the looming threat of Hezbollah, and the wider question of the Iranian regime. There we made a miniature documentary about what’s happening in Israel’s northern communities, where some 60,000 Israelis have been displaced, and where a constant question of a war on a second front with Hezbollah is in the air.
I visited an IDF post in the Golan Heights to talk to voluntary reservists, who have been stationed away from their families for months. I visited two kibbutzim: Metzuba and Dafna, both abandoned, and interviewed residents who came back just to talk about the dangers in their home villages. The latter, Dafna, is in the finger of the tip of Israel, moments from both the Syrian and Lebanese borders. The only living creatures remaining there now are the cows, and the cats, who are cared for by IDF soldiers.
I cannot put to words the surreal nature of visiting abandoned kibbutzim in the North, versus my experience in December visiting the torched and annihilated kibbutzim of the South, including Kfar Aza, Nir Oz and Be’eri. The northern kibbutzim, such as Metzuba and Dafna, showed me just how the southern communities would have appeared (albeit empty) were it not for Hamas’s destruction and devastation on October 7. And I couldn’t help but feel uncertain about whether or not these northern communities won’t be vulnerable to pogroms in the future. It is unthinkable, and yet we must think about it. We must conceive of it. We must be prepared for it. This is the reality. And the only reason why it’s the reality of these Israelis, and not the reality of anyone in the West, is because Israelis are most proximate to the threat from the Mullah regime of Iran.

In the documentary, which you can watch exclusively below, at the end of this post, you will meet two experts. The first is Sarit Zehavi of the Alma Center, who took me to a lookout in the same town that Romi Gonen (the 23-year-old hostage who remains in Gaza, and who was taken from the Nova music festival) grew up in. Sarit is former IDF intelligence, and runs a non-profit overlooking the northern territories, from which she assesses the threats every day. I could have spent a month going through Sarit’s information. Alas, we had a few hours. Sarit showed me the urgency of Hezbollah’s presence and how at any given moment, their army could attack the Galilee. Furthermore, Sarit gave me a birdseye perspective on the global threat that Israel understands better than anyone. The threat of fundamentalist Islam and its vision for the world.
It looks something like this:
Alma
This is a graphic of all of the Iranian proxies. You may recognize some of the flags, which appear on placards and posters at protests currently taking place all over the West, purporting to support progress and freedom. “You should do something about that,” said Sarit to me, joking. Dark humor is a salve during such upside-down times.

To understand why Hamas launched the war on October 7, you have to understand that the Abraham Accords, and the normalization process between Israel and various states, including the UAE, Sudan and Jordan, and potentially Saudi Arabia, has isolated Iran, and the Palestinians – who have their own independent power struggle between Hamas and Fatah; a struggle that is of no significance to Iran’s hegemonic vision.

Someone who was able to delve deeper into this with me was Avi Melamed; again, an expert I could have interviewed for a week. Iran’s vision, he explains, is anti-Western, and will not relent until Israel (the emblem of Western ideas in the Middle East) is annihilated via the Ring Of Fire; a circle of Iranian-funded proxies that are spread like the tentacles of an Octopus throughout Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq, Iran and the Gaza Strip. On October 7, Hamas bolted early and alone, with its plan to exhaust Israel, but Hamas expected the “unifying of arenas”, where a war would be launched simultaneously via the other proxies. This hasn’t yet happened, likely because Hamas pursued its own glory and didn’t wait on a signal from the other proxies, who have no empathy for Hamas’s subsequent struggles. The question isn’t whether the other proxies will strike. The question is when will they strike…

Systemic Bias? Top Reuters Editors Share Disturbing Content Online
Two top news editors at Reuters have shared unsettling social media posts throughout the Israel-Hamas war, HonestReporting revealed this week, casting doubt on their adherence to journalistic impartiality. The revelation, which comes after a series…
HonestReporting Staff
March 6, 2024
4:19 pm
Reading time: 4 minutes
Two top news editors at Reuters have shared unsettling social media posts throughout the Israel-Hamas war, HonestReporting revealed this week, casting doubt on their adherence to journalistic impartiality.

The revelation, which comes after a series of exposés by HonestReporting of the news agency’s Gaza-based photojournalists who had either infiltrated into Israel with Hamas on October 7 or praised its terrorists, raises concerns that anti-Israel bias in the wire service hasn’t plagued only its bottom ranks.

The online posts, by Reuters Executive Editor Simon Robinson and Global Foreign Policy Editor Samia Nakhoul, have been visible to many Reuters journalists who follow the two senior editors on LinkedIn and social media platform X. Yet the message of these posts is not a call for fair and balanced reporting on Israel, nor is it a demand for journalists’ objectivity.

Anti-Israel Content
On March 3, Robinson posted on his LinkedIn a 7,500-word anti-Israel essay from the London Review of Books that includes criticism of Western media coverage of the Jewish state.

Titled “The Shoah after Gaza,” the essay by Indian author Pankaj Mishra asks questions like: “How can the Western political and journalistic mainstream ignore, even justify, its [Israel’s] clearly systematic cruelties and injustices?”

It also includes claims such as: “The liquidation of Gaza… is daily obfuscated, if not denied, by the instruments of the West’s military & cultural hegemony,” including “prestigious news outlets deploying the passive voice while relating the massacres carried out in Gaza.”

Another paragraph reads: “Why have Western politicians and journalists kept presenting tens of thousands of dead and maimed Palestinians as collateral damage, in a war of self-defence forced on the world’s most moral army, as the IDF claims to be?”

And there’s also, as the title suggests, an inevitable shoehorning of the Holocaust: “A strenuously willed affiliation with the Shoah has also marked and diminished much American journalism about Israel.”

The post is still visible on Robinson’s profile, with comments ranging from “excellent article” to “that article is horrifically anti-Israel” and “Why can’t you call for fair and balanced reporting on Israel?”

But the senior editor–who is also Reuters’ Deputy Editor-in-Chief–has kept silent. He hasn’t removed the post nor tried to justify the unprofessional and inhuman spread of anti-Israel content online.

Related Reading: EXPOSED: Gaza Photojournalists Shared Call to Infiltrate Israel on Oct. 7

Pernicious Reposts
Perhaps Robinson felt safe doing so because earlier in the war, his colleague Nakhoul had seemingly set the tone.

On November 25, she reposted on X a message by BBC journalist Nada Abdelsamad, who had been investigated by her network over accusations of praise for the deadly October 7 Hamas attack on southern Israel that sparked the war.

In the Arabic message reposted by Nakhoul, Abdelsamad says she has sued the BBC over “professional abuse against me.

According to The Telegraph, Abdelsamad had been exposed by the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (CAMERA) after retweeting a video of Israelis hiding in fear on October 7, entitled: “settlers hiding inside a tin container in fear of the Palestinian resistance warriors.” The Telegraph added it came with a hashtag translated as “promise of the hereafter,” a Quranic reference to the killing of the Jews.

Doesn’t Nakhoul think a journalist who publicly voices such sentiment should be held to account?

An earlier repost by Nakhoul may provide an answer.

On November 3, she reposted a tweet that defended Abdelsamad, claiming “Her sin was to RE-tweet, in the chaotic early hours of 7/10, a news post referring to Hamas fighters as “resisters.”
So does Nakhoul think it’s okay for a journalist to do what Abdelsamad had done?

And would she care to explain that to her Jewish-Israeli colleagues?

Related Reading: Reuters Uses Gaza Journalist Who Praised Hamas’ Oct. 7 Massacre

What sort of message do Robinson and Nakhhoul’s posts send their subordinates, who look up to them as responsible leaders, mentors, and guides?

As Reuters fails to get to grips with HonestReporting’s exposé of a terror-praising Gaza journalist and others who had called on Gazans to infiltrate Israel on October 7, could it be that something is systemically rotten in the once-respected wire service?

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Despite HonestReporting's exposure of Raqqa's celebration of terrorism in November 2023, Reuters continues to publish her byline to this day.

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War in Israel’s North? Hezbollah, Iran, and the Ring of Fire

Recently, HonestReporting accompanied LA-based journalist Eve Barlow on a two-day tour of Israel's northern frontier.

Through interviews with regional experts and local residents, Barlow examines the tense situation along the Israel-Lebanon border, the possibility of a future Israeli war with Hezbollah, and how the military threat to the Jewish state's north has upended the lives of thousands of Israeli civilians.

Watch Here ➝ https://honestreporting.com/war-in-israels-north-hezbollah-iran-and-the-ring-of-fire/?swcfpc=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9xMg6vM5TA
Please turn subtitles on your video to get translations where needed. You will see an icon at the bottom right of the video [CC] to enable that.

The Ring Of Fire. I wish it was a reference to the Johnny Cash hit, but it’s not. It’s a reference to something far more sinister – and something that has to be understood in order to really contextualize what’s happening; not in Israel, not in Gaza, not even in the Middle East, but on a global stage.

At the beginning of February, I returned to Israel for two days. In those two days, I went to the most dangerous parts of the country. No, I did not go to the South this time. Instead I travelled North with the help of the team at HonestReporting who accompanied me to various evacuated areas all along the border between Israel and Lebanon to explore the looming threat of Hezbollah, and the wider question of the Iranian regime. There we made a miniature documentary about what’s happening in Israel’s northern communities, where some 60,000 Israelis have been displaced, and where a constant question of a war on a second front with Hezbollah is in the air.

I visited an IDF post in the Golan Heights to talk to voluntary reservists, who have been stationed away from their families for months. I visited two kibbutzim: Metzuba and Dafna, both abandoned, and interviewed residents who came back just to talk about the dangers in their home villages. The latter, Dafna, is in the finger of the tip of Israel, moments from both the Syrian and Lebanese borders. The only living creatures remaining there now are the cows, and the cats, who are cared for by IDF soldiers.

I cannot put to words the surreal nature of visiting abandoned kibbutzim in the North, versus my experience in December visiting the torched and annihilated kibbutzim of the South, including Kfar Aza, Nir Oz and Be’eri. The northern kibbutzim, such as Metzuba and Dafna, showed me just how the southern communities would have appeared (albeit empty) were it not for Hamas’s destruction and devastation on October 7. And I couldn’t help but feel uncertain about whether or not these northern communities won’t be vulnerable to pogroms in the future. It is unthinkable, and yet we must think about it. We must conceive of it. We must be prepared for it. This is the reality. And the only reason why it’s the reality of these Israelis, and not the reality of anyone in the West, is because Israelis are most proximate to the threat from the Mullah regime of Iran.

In the documentary, which you can watch exclusively below, at the end of this post, you will meet two experts. The first is Sarit Zehavi of the Alma Center, who took me to a lookout in the same town that Romi Gonen (the 23-year-old hostage who remains in Gaza, and who was taken from the Nova music festival) grew up in. Sarit is former IDF intelligence, and runs a non-profit overlooking the northern territories, from which she assesses the threats every day. I could have spent a month going through Sarit’s information. Alas, we had a few hours. Sarit showed me the urgency of Hezbollah’s presence and how at any given moment, their army could attack the Galilee. Furthermore, Sarit gave me a birdseye perspective on the global threat that Israel understands better than anyone. The threat of fundamentalist Islam and its vision for the world.

It looks something like this: https://honestreporting.com/war-in-israels-north-hezbollah-iran-and-the-ring-of-fire/?swcfpc=1
Media Bias

HonestReporting Responds
Reckless Reporting: Why Won't The New York Times Let the Facts Decide?

Giving its backing to a Gazan photojournalist who infiltrated Israel on October 7, The New York Times has accused HonestReporting of a "fabrication."

We've laid out the timeline of events and the evidence for you to decide.

Read More ➝ https://honestreporting.com/reckless-reporting-why-wont-the-new-york-times-let-the-facts-decide/
Read time: 6 min

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Jewish News Syndicate
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Gavriel Fiske, Times of Israel

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We are a blessed people living in our blessed homeland.
Thank you to each and every person who has been involved in giving to us during this war effort.
Ghoulish Media Praise ‘Humanity’ of Aaron Bushnell Who Set Himself On Fire Outside Israeli Embassy
HonestReporting
February 29, 2024

Media Bias
Ghoulish Media Praise ‘Humanity’ of Aaron Bushnell Who Set Himself On Fire Outside Israeli Embassy

The death of active-duty US serviceman Aaron Bushnell, who killed himself by self-immolation outside the Israeli embassy in Washington DC, was met with a profoundly unsettling response.

But evidence of Bushell’s warped and antisemitic views has not stopped some high-profile journalists from lionizing him.

Read More ➝ https://honestreporting.com/behind-the-numbers-understanding-american-support-for-israel/

Read time: 5 min


Analysis
Behind the Numbers: Understanding American Support for Israel

Two recent Harvard CAPS-Harris polls appear to represent a tidal change in American feelings toward Israel over the past two months.

However, an analysis of each poll on Israel and Hamas since October indicates that support for Israel has remained strong among Americans since the October 7 terror attack and that the negative focus on the war in the media and online has not led to a decrease in backing for Israel’s war against Hamas.

Read More ➝ https://honestreporting.com/israel-at-war-the-media-battlefield-briefing-21/?swcfpc=1

Read time: 5 min

 
 
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Israel at War: The Media Battlefield – Briefing #21

HonestReporting has been working around the clock to identify and respond to the worst media bias since the appalling events of October 7 and the subsequent launch of Israeli military action against Hamas.

You can already see many of the posts that we’ve published on our website but here’s a roundup of just some of the issues and media outlets that we’ve flagged on social media over the past several days that didn’t make it into full articles.

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Israeli Gov’t: ‘No Way’ Iran’s Press TV Would Be Issued Press Card

Jewish News Syndicate

Hamas Leader Sinwar Said To Believe His Forces Are on Road to Victory Against IDF

Lazar Berman, Times of Israel

Iran Gives Hezbollah Green Light To Increase Attacks in Case of Rafah Operation

i24News

Hamas Claims ‘Massacre’ as Palestinians Killed in Gaza Aid Delivery Disaster

Jerusalem Post

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Hogwash: The Israeli Boars Conspiracy
In a recent profile of the Israeli settlement of Homesh and the tensions between its Jewish residents and their Palestinian neighbors, The New York Times’ Steven Erlanger uncritically echoes the claim that some settlers are using boars to uproot local Palestinian agriculture.

This is not the first time that Israelis have been accused of setting wild boars loose in order to attack Palestinians and destroy their property.

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Media Bias
Journalists Using Israel-Hamas War as a Pretext For Claiming Tel Aviv is Israel’s Capital

Following the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of publications “mistakenly” describing Tel Aviv as the capital.

Since October 7, media organizations including CNN, The New York Times, The Daily Mail, The Times of London, The Independent, and The Telegraph have all made this error. Worryingly, several of them have failed to issue corrections, citing specious grounds.

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Protesting for an Intifada? It’s Not Helping Palestinians

“Freeing” Palestine “from the river to the sea” or calling for an intifada can’t bring peace because it’s calling for more violence.

For the extremists, that’s exactly what they want. If you want peace, you have to listen to what Israelis are saying as well.

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“Freeing” Palestine “from the river to the sea” or calling for an intifada can’t bring peace because it’s calling for more violence. For the extremists, that’s exactly what they want. If you want peace you have to listen to what Israelis are saying as well.
– Luke Tress
– Abed Rahim Khatib
 
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Hezbollah’s Dangerous Surface-To-Air Missile ‘Equation’ - Analysis
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-788941
Seth J. Frantzman, Jerusalem Post

Hours Before Hamas Attack, IDF Noticed Hundreds of Terrorists Activating Israeli SIMs
https://www.timesofisrael.com/hours-before-hamas-attack-idf-noticed-hundreds-of-terrorists-activating-israeli-sims/

Emanuel Fabian, Times of Israel

Houthi Attacks Knock out Underwater Cables Linking Europe and Asia - Report
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Netanyahu to Fox News: Israel Has a Plan To Remove Civilians From Rafah
https://www.jns.org/idf-presents-war-cabinet-with-rafah-civilian-evacuation-plan/
Joshua Marks, Jewish News Syndicate

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February 23, 2024

Media Bias
Wire Services Face Fallout Over Exposure of Gaza Photojournalists’ Oct. 7 Actions

The fallout from HonestReporting’s exposure of Gaza-based photojournalists who infiltrated into Israel from Gaza on October 7 continues. The conversation started by this organization concerning the ethics of both the Palestinian media workers and those outlets that employed them or used their work has been consequential.

In the past few days, the world’s two biggest news agencies have again found themselves in the spotlight.

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Analysis
Who Are the Killed Gazan Journalists Affiliated With Palestinian Terror Groups?

While the media falsely claim that Israel is deliberately targeting Gazan journalists, they won't tell you about the Gaza-based media workers who are either members of or affiliated with Hamas and other terror organizations.

So here's the list that isn't being publicized.

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One Killed, 11 Wounded in Terrorist Shooting Attack Near Jerusalem Checkpoint

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Eight UNRWA Employees Arrested by Israel Over Hamas Ties

Maariv, Jerusalem Post

Herzog Vows Freedom of Worship for Muslims on Temple Mount

Jewish News Syndicate

IDF Formulates Plan for Gradual Return of Displaced Israelis to Communities Bordering Gaza

i24News

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Failing to Hold Palestinians Accountable
Since the Israel-Hamas war began, there have been 199 terrorist attacks – shootings, stabbings, car rammings, and explosive devices – inside Israel.

Another 626 attempted attacks were thwarted by Israeli security. That’s almost 6 terrorist attacks that have been attempted or carried out each day since October 7. Not counting the horrific massacre that occurred on that day.

Just yesterday, three Palestinian terrorists opened fire and murdered Matan Elmaliah, 26, and injured a pregnant woman and seven other commuters.

Yet, with 134 Israeli hostages still held in Gaza, the world continues to demand a ceasefire…from Israel.

Imagine if that energy was instead put toward demanding an immediate ceasefire of Palestinian terrorists who target Israeli civilians.

Instead, the international community continues to hold Israel to impossible standards while infantilizing the Palestinians.

HonestReporting is leading the charge in holding the media accountable for their biased reporting, and setting the record straight when the media doesn’t report the full story.

Take a look at our social media content from the past week to go beyond the headlines of Hamas’ duplicity, the reason why a blockade is not the same as an occupation, and some important details you’re not hearing about the casualty count in Gaza…

 
Sincerely,

Gil Hoffman

Executive Director and Executive Editor

HonestReporting

February 19, 2024
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Media Analysis
Media Distort Israel’s Refusal To Be Bullied Into Rewarding Unrepentant Terrorists

Following indications by the likes of the United Kingdom and France that they could formally recognize a Palestinian state without Israel’s approval, the Israeli government issued a statement in response

Some media, however, skewed their coverage to falsely claim that Israel was rejecting outright the possibility of a future Palestinian state.

Read More ➝https://honestreporting.com/media-distort-israels-refusal-to-be-bullied-into-rewarding-unrepentant-terrorists/
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Media Fail
When UPI and the Hamas Press Office Are Indistinguishable

It’s not often that a mainstream media outlet publishes a piece so full of disinformation that it ridicules itself as a credible news source.

But that’s exactly what UPI did in a piece whose blatant anti-Israeli, pro-terror stance puts the American news agency on a par with the worst propaganda platforms distributing fake news against the Jewish state.

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Video
A Blockade Is Not an Occupation
https://honestreporting.com/a-blockade-is-not-an-occupation/
The people claiming that Gaza is still occupied by Israel are horribly mistaken. The truth is that Israel doesn’t even provide most of the resources that these claims are based on.

Still confused? Let us explain.

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Israel at War: The Media Battlefield – Briefing #20

HonestReporting has been working around the clock to identify and respond to the worst media bias since the appalling events of October 7 and the subsequent launch of Israeli military action against Hamas.

You can already see many of the posts that we’ve published on our website but here’s a roundup of just some of the issues and media outlets that we’ve flagged on social media over the past several days that didn’t make it into full articles.

Read More ➝ https://honestreporting.com/israel-at-war-the-media-battlefield-briefing-20/

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Russia’s Worrisome Invite to Hamas, PIJ and Its Implications

Seth J. Frantzman, Jerusalem Post

US Readies New Weapons Shipment to Israel; Embassy Says No Human Rights Concerns

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HonestReporting Ends
Crowdfunding ​​​​for Oct 7 Infiltrator
Reuters photographer Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa thought he could get away with mischaracterizing himself again.

He already fooled Reuters into employing him as a journalist after he infiltrated into Israel with murderers, kidnappers, and rapists on October 7.

Fayq boasted in a video revealed by HonestReporting that he broke into homes in Sderot as men were kidnapped and a dog was killed. In the video he posted on Instagram Live, Fayq called upon Gazans to enter Israel and take some "settler women" for themselves.

This did not stop Reuters from leading its 2023 Year In Pictures with Fayq's photograph of an IDF soldier being taken from a tank by an angry mob.

Then Fayq tried to paint himself as a victim, raising money for himself on Gofundme, the world's largest crowdfunding platform.

HonestReporting led a campaign on social media and worked behind the scenes, noting that Gofundme's terms of service prohibit content that "promotes behavior...in support of terrorism, hate, violence."

Within 24 hours, the page was taken down.

When journalists cross the line and become terrorists fighting Israel, there must be zero tolerance.

That also applies to Qatar's state-run TV channel, Al Jazeera.

This week, the IDF revealed evidence obtained from a laptop found in Gaza that Al Jazeera journalist Mohammed Wishah held a senior role in the terrorist group’s anti-tank unit, including photographs of him teaching young jihadis how to fire anti-tank missiles and make incendiary devices.

Another Al Jazeera journalist, Ismail Abu Omar, was found to have accompanied Hamas terrorists into Israel on October 7. In footage Omar himself posted, he can be seen inside Kibbutz Nir Oz.

Like Abu Omar and Fayq, Hassan Eslaiah of CNN and AP infiltrated into Israel and participated in the massacre.

A friend of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, Eslaiah was fired from CNN and AP after HonestReporting's expose.

But there has been no word from Reuters about Fayq, who also must be held accountable.

Check out our top social media posts from the week, including a video about Wishnah, Abu Omar, and the truth about Al Jazeera's alliance with Hamas.

 
Gil Hoffman

Executive Director and Executive Editor

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When Will the Western Media Realize the Grim Truth About Al Jazeera and Hamas?
Two incidents came to light over the past week that should be the final nail in Al Jazeera‘s credibility coffin. The first was the unmasking of one of the network’s journalists as a Hamas commander….
Rachel O'Donoghue
February 14, 2024
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Two incidents came to light over the past week that should be the final nail in Al Jazeera‘s credibility coffin.

The first was the unmasking of one of the network’s journalists as a Hamas commander.

The IDF revealed evidence that was obtained from a laptop found in Gaza and showed Mohammed Wishah held a senior role in the terrorist group’s anti-tank unit, including photographs of him teaching young jihadis how to fire anti-tank missiles and making incendiary devices.

Unsurprisingly, Wishah’s terrorist background did not preclude him from securing a comfortable reporting job at the Qatari-owned network, which has previously been forced to take down fake anti-Israel stories and stands accused of repeatedly promoting Hamas propaganda.

The second incident involved another Al Jazeera journalist, Ismail Abu Omar, whose leg was amputated after being injured in an Israeli air strike in Rafah.

Around the same time that Al Jazeera was describing the injuries Omar sustained as proof of a “full-fledged crime [to be] added to Israel’s crimes against journalists,” it was revealed that Omar accompanied Hamas terrorists into Israel on the day of the October 7 massacre.

In footage that Omar himself posted online on the day of the attacks, he can be seen inside Kibbutz Nir Oz and even praised the Hamas terrorists carrying out the atrocities, saying: “The friends have progressed, may God bless.”

On October 7, he also boasted that Palestinian children would “play with their heads” in reference to massacred Israeli civilians.


Despite the trend of Al Jazeera employees moonlighting as either Hamas supporters or seasoned Hamas terrorists, which included another two journalists being revealed as terror operatives after their deaths in January, the media continue to ignore the unpleasant truth about Al Jazeera.

Indeed, the very same outlets that quite rightly balk at the idea of trusting media controlled by authoritarian regimes, such as Russia Today or the New China News Agency, seem worryingly comfortable with uncritically regurgitating Al Jazeera’s lies. Worse, they seem to actively cover for the network.

Take The Guardian, for example, and its repeated criticism of Russian state-owned media, which it has accused of being “Vladimir Putin’s fake news factories” and of promoting the “Kremlin message.”

But apparently, such ethical concerns don’t extend to uncritically reprinting the claims of an outlet that is effectively owned by an Islamic regime that is headed by the all-powerful Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.

The Guardian failed to do a modicum of journalistic due diligence when it came to reporting Al Jazeera’s absurd claim that Omar was “directly targeted by a missile fired by a drone.”

Did the article state that Omar accompanied terrorists who murdered and raped civilians during the October 7 massacre? No. Did it reveal that he expressed a wish to see Palestinian kids play with the severed heads of Israelis? No. Did it mention that Al Jazeera is owned by the Qatari state and closely aligned itself with Hamas? Of course not.


The Guardian journalist who wrote the piece, Peter Beaumont, even had the audacity to lament how “Al Jazeera’s Gaza team has paid a particularly heavy price during the war” while referencing the deaths of Hamza Al-Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuraya and omitting the fact that they were terror operatives.

As for Al Jazeera journalist Mohammed Wishah, whose Instagram page includes photos of him with Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar and Ismail Haniyeh, The Guardian failed to cover his exposure as a Hamas commander at all.

Of course, The Guardian wasn’t alone in not reporting the damning revelations about Al Jazeera.

There was silence among mainstream Western news outlets — from CNN to The Washington Post — when the evidence against Mohammed Wishah emerged. It almost defies belief that not a single story was written about a journalist tasked with reporting the facts out of Gaza who was also a Hamas terrorist.

The Knesset has started advancing a bill that would give the government the power to close the offices of foreign media channels that are found to be likely to harm the security of the state, including, potentially Al Jazeera.

But the foreign press attitude toward Al Jazeera remains stubbornly positive.

How much more evidence of the network’s terror ties does the media need for that to change?

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