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CAMERA Letter in Baltimore Sun Responds to Unfair Criticism of Israel

A Baltimore Sun Op-Ed, using Israel’s “Pillar of Defense” operation against Hamas as news peg, blamed Israel for a host of Middle East ills. CAMERA’s letter to the editor “Criticism of Israel ignores the facts” set the record straight.

Gaza conflict divides KSU students

Middle Eastern conflict hit home last week as students held demonstrations at Kent State to educate the campus community about continuous fighting between Israelis and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

UPDATED: CNN Duped by Anti-Israel Soccer Petition

Everything about CNN’s claim that soccer star Didier Drogba joined 61 other players to protest the killing of Gaza teens playing soccer is false. Drogba signed nothing, there were fewer than 62 signatories to the petition, and Israel didn’t kill 4 people playing soccer. UPDATE: CNN has corrected.

Sun Sentinel Columnist Gets Facts Wrong

Pierre Tristam gets a number of facts wrong in an op-ed published in Florida’s Sun Sentinel. He falsely claims Gazans can’t fish in the Mediterranean (they can) and that they cannot trade with the outside world. They do.

New CAMERA Monograph: Indicting Israel: New York Times Coverage of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

A new monograph about CAMERA’s six-month study of The New York Times details how the newspaper treats Israel with a harsher standard, omits context, and shows a clear preference for the Palestinian narrative.

Israel: A Perfect Example

Israeli venture capitalist Jonathan Medved laughs when people talk about boycotting products from Israel. Do that, Medved says, and you might have to face more than a few inconveniences. ‘Every day, each and every one of us is using Israeli techno …

PBS Corrects Erez Crossing Error

In response to CAMERA and public complaint, PBS Newshour corrected its inaccurate reference to Erez as the only crossing point between Israel and Gaza.

Updated: PBS Gaza Coverage Partisan, Shoddy, Unbalanced

PBS’ “Newshour” aired back-to-back stories about Gaza and Israel resuming normal life. The Gaza segment is filled with civilians and devastation. In contrast, viewers do not see a single Israeli victim of Hamas rockets, nor is there one shot of destruction in southern Israel.

Memo to the Media: Check Those Civilian Casualty Claims

In Operation Pillar of Defense, some media, relying on Palestinian sources, exaggerate the proportion of civilian casualties in Gaza. They give less weight to Israeli figures and ignore the fact that 2 out of 3 fatalities are men between ages 18-40.

Jewish students uncomfortable on campus

‘Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness’ are rights that are supposedly God-given and also government-protected according to the Declaration of Independence. In America, we are granted a whole lot of rights, among them the freedom of speech, whi …