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Guardian video of Peres discussing Iranian nuclear issue inserts unrelated...
The Guardian recently posted a one and a half-minute video on their Israel page showing a recent interview with Shimon Peres. The clip, which, though dealing almost entirely with the Iranian nuclear...
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Guardian: Non-Jewish Israelis who live in settlements should not be called...
The Guardian considers all Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria (The West Bank) and eastern Jerusalem to be “illegal” under international law. Though we’ve fisked the specious legal and political...
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The Telegraph publishes fair & balanced report on Israeli settlement ‘growth’
Our increasing commentary on Israel related coverage by sites such as The Independent, The Telegraph, The Times, The Economist and the Irish Times is often helpful in properly contextualizing coverage...
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Despite Economist claim, ‘fanatical settlement’ of Kochav Ya’ir is neither...
(See UPDATE on this post below) While the UK media (much like its US counterpart) often employ euphemisms – and often wild rhetorical somersaults – to avoid passing ‘value judgments’ on Palestinian...
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CiF Watch prompts Indy correction to claim that abducted teens were ‘settlers’
Yesterday, we posted about a Guardian report co-authored by Peter Beaumont which included a false and characteristically tendentious reference to the three Israeli youths abducted by Palestinian...
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Bizarre claim in the Guardian: ‘Red roofs are mandatory in Israeli settlements’
‘What can ‘forensic architecture’ reveal about the conflict in Gaza?‘, Guardian, Sept 1, focuses on the Haifa-born, London educated architect Eyal Weizman, evidently famous in some circles as the...
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Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell can’t “spot the difference” between Russia and...
Within the growing body of work in the field of Comically Erroneous Political Comparisons, Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell just distinguished himself as a rising star. Here’s a Sept. 1st cartoon by...
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British MP’s query on Jerusalem prompting David Cameron’s ‘shock’ is based on...
Widely reported comments last week highly critical of Israeli construction in east Jerusalem by David Cameron, during Parliament’s weekly question-answer session, set off an Israeli media firestorm and...
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Details, details, details: Telegraph misleads on Israeli settlement claim
So, the number 463 includes only 50 new homes, 234 units in one new nursing home building and the legalization of 179 already existing homes.
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UK media note construction of Jewish homes in “east” Jerusalem; ignore new...
Are Israeli homes built across the green line only considered "illegal settlement construction" when the homes are built for Jews?
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UKMW prompts correction relating to this question: How many settlements are...
Whatever one’s views on Israeli construction across the green line, the narrative often advanced in the UK media – of new settlements expanding at ‘a record pace’, eating away at ‘huge swaths’ of...
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UK media obfuscate ‘stunning’ US shift on settlements and peace
The White House expressed the view that the overwhelming majority of settlement construction is not an impediment to peace. However, most UK media reports on the announcement instead focused on the...
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New settlement policy. Haaretz: ‘construction curbed’. Guardian:...
Whilst it won't become clear for quite a while if the new guidelines will result in a continuation of this construction slow-down, it's quite a commentary when far-left Haaretz frames the settlement...
View ArticleUKMW prompts Telegraph correction to false Amnesty claim on ‘settler-only roads’
Though the quote is still highly problematic, we're glad that we were again successful in convincing editors that such propaganda about 'racist roads', which of course serve to amplify dishonest...
View ArticleUKMW prompts 2nd British media correction to false Amnesty claim on...
Following our tweet, we contacted Daily Mail editors, who similarly amended the quote to remove the "settlers-only" roads claim.
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