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Featured Article
The Debate About Israeli Settlements
The Israeli settlement of Ofra
Settlements established by Israel in territories captured in the 1967 war have become a matter of great controversy among pro- and anti-settlement advocates who debate the legality of such communities.
  
New CAMERA Publication
 Dershowitz The Case for Moral Clarity
Legacy Heritage CAMERA Fellows Program: Deadline July 1, 2009
May 29, 2009
We're looking for committed undergraduate students with excellent communication skills for the 2009-2010 CAMERA Fellows program. Organize pro-Israel events on campus and earn $1000 and a free trip to Israel.
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UCC Body Acknowledges Human Rights Abuses in Iran
July 2, 2009
The United Church of Christ's General Synod has called for the end to oppression against peaceful demonstrators and the media in Iran.
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In New York Times, Tony Judt Rules on Jewish Settlements' Legal Status
June 22, 2009
With an error-filled column by Tony Judt, an outspoken opponent of the Jewish State, the New York Times chose to feature an ideologue instead of a jurist to write about the legality of Israeli settlements.
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SECOND UPDATE: Mennonite Central Committee Silent on Iran (JUNE 30)
June 15, 2009
The Mennonite Central Committee, a pacifist group that routinely condemns Israel and works to burnish the image of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has nothing to say about the Iranian regime as it suppresses the people it governs. (Second Update)
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NBC’s Brokaw Raises Israel-Nazi Analogy?
June 11, 2009
Tom BrokawThe famed anchor apparently knows little about either Buchenwald or the Arab-Israeli conflict -- because he thinks they're similar!
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Spreading Falsehoods About Israel on the Internet
June 10, 2009
A popular feature of internet news sites are talkback threads. But the proliferation of hateful sentiments and falsehoods are a source of concern. CAMERA reviews several talkback threads from the Huffington Post.
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Lutheran Bishop Responds Angrily to CAMERA Letter
June 8, 2009
ELCA Bishop Margaret Payne refuses to correct the record.
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Are there Seven Million American Muslims?
June 5, 2009
In his speech to the Arab and Muslim world on June 4, President Obama cited a figure of  7 million Muslims in America. This number is exaggerated.
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National Geographic: Blaming Israel for Christian Decline
May 27, 2009

In its June cover story, National Geographic blames the decline of Christianity in the Middle East on Israel and whitewashes the harsh treatment Arab Christians have endured at the hands of their Muslim brethren.

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The Battle Over the Temple Mount
May 26, 2009
Muslim denial of Judaism's historical and religious ties to Jerusalem and the Temple Mount, the Waqf's illegal construction there, and the violent response to Jewish activities there present an obstacle to peace-making efforts. 
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CAMERA Staff Prompts Correction on AP Photo Caption
May 20, 2009

As a result of CAMERA's correspondence with AP, the wire service corrects a photo caption which falsely stated that a Palestinian protester has "passed out" from tear gas fired by Israeli troops.

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Ha'aretz Senseless on Gaza
May 19, 2009

Ha’aretz again launches a campaign of erroneous accusations about Israel, this time concerning restrictions on goods entering the Gaza Strip. Among this week's falsehoods: Israel prohibits the entry of diapers and toilet paper and has just one crossing to transfer goods.

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NY Times Skews the News on Christian Decline in the Mideast
May 17, 2009

New York Times report on the Mideast's declining Christian population ignores key facts on  Palestinian and Israeli Christians. First, Israel's Christian population is growing. Second, Palestinian Christians are emigrating largely as a result of Muslim persecution.

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UPDATED: Papal Visit in Israel Tests the LA Times
May 14, 2009

The Los Angeles Times today corrects one of three errors found in its coverage of the Pope's visit to Israel. The two omitted errors had been previously corrected by the paper back in 2003 and 2008.

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BACKGROUNDER: Palestinian and Jewish Refugees
May 12, 2009
During and after the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, both Arabs and Jews fled their homes. This overview corrects common myths about Palestinian refugees and the so-called "Nakba," and examines the neglected story of the Jewish refugees.
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Pro-Chavez Web site Features Anti-Semitism
May 12, 2009
Anti-Semitic and anti-Israel invective fills the pages of a Venezualan Web Site, Aporrea, that was founded by Chavez supporters and is linked to a diplomat currently serving in San Francisco.
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Lutheran Bishop Gets it Wrong About Barrier, Hospital, Tourism
May 11, 2009
Rev. Margaret Payne, bishop of the New England Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in New England recently misinformed the listeners of Interfaith Voices about the facts on the ground in Israel and the West Bank.
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The New York Times Skews the Story on Israeli Archeology
May 10, 2009
The New York Times ignores Muslim efforts to politicize archeology and erase Jewish history while criticizing Israel for focusing its archeological development on "Jewish heritage."
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UK’s Independent Defends Unethical Journalism
May 7, 2009
The Independent ran several columns expressing fury about the BBC Trust's ruling that Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen violated ethical guidelines — perhaps because the newspaper itself is guilty of the same sort of  inaccurate, advocacy journalism.

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Gearing Up for Papal Visit, AFP Kicks Off With Flawed Coverage
May 5, 2009
In anticipation of the Pope's upcoming Mideast trip, AFP is rolling out preliminary coverage. Today's reports about the May 8-15 pilgrimage demonstrate a faulty grasp of both Jewish and Christian issues in Israel.
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UUA Pastor Remembers the Holocaust, Ignores the Hate
May 4, 2009
A Unitarian-Universalist Pastor in Massachusetts makes a great show of acknowledging the Holocaust, but fails to acknowledge anti-Jewish hostility in the Middle East.
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AFP Whitewashes History of Iraq's Jews
May 3, 2009
An AFP article on Iraqi efforts to renovate ancient religious sites whitewashes the history of Iraqi Jews and raises more questions than it answers. Will the sites be restored to preserve their original Jewish character, or will renovations turn the Jewish sites into mosques?
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Reuters' Selective Lens Demonizes Israel on 61st Independence Day
May 3, 2009
Reuters' photographs marking Israel's 61st Independence Day depict a false image: according to Jews and Arabs living within Israel's borders, Israel should not exist. All those Israelis who think otherwise are war-mongers.
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New CAMERA Publication: Dershowitz's "Case for Moral Clarity"
May 1, 2009
The Case for Moral Clarity is an anthology of Op-Eds authored by Professor Alan Dershowitz, analyzing and exposing the spurious allegations that Israel's military campaign against Palestinian rocket and mortar attacks constituted a "disproportionate response," violated international law or targeted non-combatants.
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Arafat Quote Unverifiable, Likely Inaccurate
April 29, 2009
A quote attributed to Yasir Arafat in various places on the internet cannot be verified and is probably inaccurate.
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Has the Huffington Post Become a Magnet for Israel Haters?
April 29, 2009
The Huffington Post is a leading on-line news source. But it tolerates defamatory, false charges against Israel and openly anti-Jewish sentiment in its talk-back threads.
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Press Release on Key BBC Ruling Against Mideast Editor Jeremy Bowen
April 15, 2009
The BBC Trust's ruling that its Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen violated the broadcaster's ethical guidelines calling for impartiality and accuracy amplifies concerns that BBC News coverage of the Arab-Israeli conflict is largely biased against Israel.
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CAMERA Researcher on the Steel on Steel Radio Program
April 8, 2009
CAMERA's Christian Research Analyst Dexter Van Zile was interviewed on Steel on Steel radio program, hosted by John Loeffler (left), about former President Jimmy Carter's new book We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land: A Plan That Will Work.
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George Bisharat’s Kangaroo Court
April 8, 2009
George BisharatGeorge Bisharat, a law professor at UC Hastings, has the very unfortunate habit of leveling blatantly false charges in his anti-Israel op-eds, which just as unfortunately sometimes get published in major newspapers.
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CAMERA Column in Jerusalem Post: "'NY Times' Trigger Happy on Israel"
April 3, 2009
The New York Times' unfair overemphasis on allegations of Israeli misdeeds relative to similar, and sometimes more credible, stories about Americans is, simply put, discrimination against the Jewish state.
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Irish Times: “Leading and Shaping” Public Opinion Against Israel
March 31, 2009
A 6-week study of the Irish Times's news coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict demonstrates an overall departure from that newspaper’s commitment to accurate, responsible journalism.
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NPR Editor Jenkins Blames Israel for ME Deadlock
March 31, 2009
loren jenkinsIn a public meeting, NPR's Loren Jenkins, who previously linked Israel to Nazis, has faulted Israel alone for the Middle East impasse, charging it with using Gaza for "bombing target practice."
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Charges of IDF "Wanton Killing" Crumble
March 27, 2009
The brigade commander of the unit linked to alleged “wanton killings” in Gaza launched his own investigation after hearing of the charges. He spoke with actual eyewitnesses who said that the alleged killings did not take place.
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Patrick Oliphant's Ugly Cartoon Bias ... Again
March 26, 2009
In his syndicated drawings which habitually depict Israel negatively, facts are not part of the picture.

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Free 10-Day Trip to Israel for College Students
March 23, 2009
College students can earn a free 10-day visit to Israel on the CAMERA Fellows student leadership trip from June 14-24. A few spots are available for knowledgeable student activists to join the CAMERA Fellows Representatives.
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NPR Claims Jewish Gangs Harrassing Muslim Girls in Paris
March 23, 2009
Article Updated on March 22, 2009.
Did National Public Radio fabricate a story about Jewish gangs harrassing Muslim girls in an attempt to show that violence between Muslims and Jews in France is not all in one direction?  This appears to be the case.
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Washington Post Intelligence Lapses Over Charles Freeman
March 19, 2009
The Washington Post prides itself on its national security coverage. But the Washington Times scooped it in covering the controversy over former Amb. Charles "Chas" Freeman Jr.'s selection as chairman of the National Intelligence Council.
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LA Times Un-Solves the "Jewish Problem"
March 17, 2009
The Los Angeles Times has published another Op-Ed calling for the revocation of Jewish national rights, and in doing so unfairly applies a different standard to the Jewish people and Israel than it does to other nations and nation-states.
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Chicago Tribune Corrects Misquote by UCSD's Gary Fields
March 9, 2009
Gary Fields, an associate professor of communications at UC San Diego, "could not confirm the origin" of a quote he used to demonize Israel in the Tribune. That's because the quote, which was recently corrected by the New York Times and International Herald Tribune, is fabricated.
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Book Review: The Trouble With Textbooks: Distorting History And Religion
March 9, 2009
The Trouble With Textbooks: Distorting History And Religion exposes historical, religious and social misrepresentations of propagandistic porportions by the K–12 school textbook publishing industry in the United States. The book is essential reading for educators, students and parents alike.
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The Independent Refuses to Correct Flawed Column on West Bank Sewage
March 6, 2009
The Independent's refusal to correct its false contention that Jews are responsible for contaminating West Bank water provides an example of a major newspaper allowing its anti-Israel political agenda to trump factual reporting.
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Jimmy Carter’s Second Draft
March 3, 2009
Jimmy Carter noticeably toned down his rhetoric in his most recent book; but the text – an obvious attempt to sanitize Hamas’ hostility and violence – is still filled with errors of fact and marred by egregious omissions.
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Washington Post Drops the Ball on Durban II Prep
March 1, 2009
An April 2009 re-convening of a U.N. conference supposedly against racism portends another bigoted assult on Israel. The role of the U.S. State Department in preparations for the gathering was sharply criticized by U.N. expert Anne Bayefsky but got whitewash treatment by the Post.
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UPDATED: Wall Street Journal Misrepresents Israeli Politicians
February 27, 2009
The newspaper has corrected a news story by Charles Levinson that falsely cast Tzipi Livni as wanting to transfer Israel's Arabs to Palestinian control. A misleading reference to Avigdor Lieberman calling for their "expulsion" was not corrected.
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Extremists Seek to Delegitimize Israel During "Apartheid Week"
February 26, 2009
The week of March 1 is the week for indoctrinating students to hate Israel. The country's most virulent adversaries will concentrate their attention on campuses in North America and beyond, spreading falsehoods and encouraging boycott of the Jewish state, or even its destruction.
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BBC Acknowledges Mistaken Reference to Holiest Jewish Site
February 20, 2009
CAMERA's formal complaint prompted the BBC to correct its erroneous reference to the Western Wall as "the holiest place in Judaism" and acknowledge that Jews' holiest site is actually on the Temple Mount.
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New York Times Article on War Crimes Allegations Reveals Bias
February 20, 2009
New York Times' reporter Marlise Simons relies upon an anti-Israel activist to characterize Israelis in an article about attempts to charge Israelis with war crimes. But she is unsure Hamas rocketing of Israeli towns constitute a war crime.
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Israeli Account of Alleged School Shelling Contradicts Media Reports
February 19, 2009
Israel claims nine terrorists and three civilians were killed by shells landing near an UNRWA school contradicting UNRWA testimony and media coverage that indicated 43 civilians were killed.
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Senior Human Rights Watch Staffer Supported Violence against Jews and Israel's Destruction
February 19, 2009
HRWHuman Rights Watch condemns terrorism but effectively denies Israel’s right to stop terrorism and to defend itself. Before joining HRW, senior staffer Joe Stork supported Israel’s destruction and denied its legitimacy. It appears then to make perfect sense that Stork works for HRW.
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Israel, through the Washington Post darkly
February 5, 2009
Israel has a guilt complex. Israel is politically sick. Israel misleads the United States. And some of its own people think its leaders are war criminals. So says recent Washington Post coverage.
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CAMERA Letter in Baltimore Sun Points to Major "Obstacle to Peace"
February 4, 2009
The February 2 CAMERA letter rebuts a Baltimore Sun editorial by pointing to Palestinian rejectionism as the real underlying cause of the conflict.
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REVISTA: Spanish-Language Media Analysis

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Timeline and Causes of “Operation Cast Lead” in Gaza

Hamas Charter

(Click for a translation of the Charter.)
 
Why has Hamas never ceased to target Jewish civilians within Israel even after Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip more than three years ago? The answer lies in its governing charter.

Notable Quotes
“I don't think any country would find it acceptable to have missiles raining down on the heads of their citizens. The first job of any nation-state is to protect its citizens. And so I can assure you that if ... somebody was sending rockets into my house, where my two daughters sleep at night, I'm going to do everything in my power to stop that. And I would expect Israelis to do the same thing.”
Barak Obama, July 23, 2008 press conference, Federal News Service.
 
“The government of Canada has been very clear since the beginning of this crisis that it believes that the Hamas rocketing was responsible for the initial development of this crisis and for the continuing deepening humanitarian tragedy.”
Canadian minister of foreign affairs Peter Kent, quoted by AFP.
 
“I don't think that there has ever been a time in the history of warfare when any army has made more efforts to reduce civilian casualties and deaths of innocent people than the IDF is doing today in Gaza.”
British Col. Richard Kemp, senior advisor on army issues to the British government, speaking on BBC.
 
 

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