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Norwegian Doctors in Gaza: Obective Observers or Partisan Propagandists?
Mads Gilbert became an overnight media star in Gaza
Mads Gilbert and Erik Fosse, Norwegian doctors who entered Gaza on December 31,  have become overnight media stars as they are interviewed by the world press to provide a presumably non-partisan perspective on events in Gaza. But do they have an agenda?
  
Hamas Charter
 

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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.
At LA Times, Obscured Targets
January 4, 2009
Ashraf Khalil selectively reports about targets in Gaza, ignoring information that a mosque and a Hamas leader's home were used as weapons depots, and omiting mention of the phone calls warning residents to evacuate.
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CAMERA Prompts Washington Post Correction: Nazareth Not in the West Bank
January 3, 2009
In a haste to cover unfolding events, the Washington Post rushed additional journalists into Israel. Two newly assigned reporters erroneously stated that the Israeli town of Nazareth is in the West Bank.
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Who Broke the Ceasefire? CNN's "Fact Check" Falls Short
January 3, 2009
CNN's Rick Sanchez promised "fact checking" of anti-Israel charges, "fairly [and] honestly." In fact CNN's incompetent research just compounded the errors. Viewers hoping for accurate coverage of the Middle East would do well to avoid Sanchez, and his co-anchor Jim Clancy, like the plague.
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In Gaza Conflict, Context is Key
January 2, 2009
As in the Hezbollah War of 2006, in today's Gaza conflict some reporters, such as CNN's Rick Sanchez, shift the story to alleged "disproportionate" Israeli attacks, with a false focus on relative losses by the parties.
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Palestinian Spokesmen Rely on Time-Tested Tactic
January 1, 2009
Since there are no good arguments for the Palestinian rocket attacks against Israel, Palestinian spokesmen resort to fabrications to bolster their cause. They are joined by UNRWA's Karen Abu Zayd.
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Pulse on Gaza's Medical Situation
December 31, 2008
CAMERA examines claims and counter-claims in the media about the condition of Gaza's medical system, and takes Ha'aretz's Amira Hass to task for her one-sided reporting.
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UPDATED: New York Times Calls Extremists "Human Rights Advocates"
December 31, 2008
The New York Times prejudicially describes as "human rights advocates" a group that includes people who advocate against the existence of the Jewish state, accuse Israel of "genocide," and explicitly legitimize violence.
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WCC's Kobia Issues Fatwa: Israel Must Stand Down
December 29, 2008
Rev. Samuel KobiaRev. Samuel Kobia, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches has issued his fatwa: Israel must stand down in the face of incessant rocket attacks from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.
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Israeli Court: Peace Now Lied, Must Pay Now
December 23, 2008
In a slam dunk ruling Peace Now was convicted of libel for claiming that Revava sat on Palestinian-owned land, ordered to pay 20,000 NIS plus tax in damages, and to publish an apology in the newspapers Ha’aretz and Maariv.
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Ha'aretz Radical Mainstreamed in LAT
December 22, 2008
The Los Angeles Times' Ashraf Khalil dresses up fringe Israeli writer Gideon Levy as "one prominent Israeli" whose views are as newsworthy as Tzipi Livni's, Benjamin Netanyahu's, or Ehud Olmert's.
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WorldVision’s Deceptive Plea for Support
December 22, 2008
WorldVision, a Christian organization that promotes child welfare, uses a distorted narrative about the Arab-Israeli conflict to raise funds for its work in the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza.
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Looking Into the Details of the Economic Situation in the West Bank
December 17, 2008
 How well does the media inform its readers on the changing economic status of the West Bank and Gaza ?
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UPDATED: London Times Coverage of Mumbai Events Includes Anti-Semitic Remark
December 9, 2008
Updated: The London Times deleted an incongruous, anti-Semitic remark that had previously been slipped into an otherwise informative online article about unfolding events during the terror attacks from Mumbai.
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UPDATED: Los Angeles Times Corrects Misattributed Statement on Uranium
November 27, 2008
In a Los Angeles Times article about the origins of uranium particles found in Syria, Borzou Daragahi misidentifies a claim made in a Syrian letter as a statement made by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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BBC’s Web Site Conveys an Anti-Israel Message
November 26, 2008
If one were to depend solely on the BBC for information about the Arab-Israeli conflict, one might understandably come away with the impression that Israel is at the root of all evil in the Middle East.
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