Opinion
A taxi passes by in front of The New York Times head office, Feb. 7, 2013. Photo: Reuters / Carlo Allegri / File.
The topic of Israel and the Palestinians is notoriously contentious. A minor clash in Jerusalem has the potential to generate headlines around the world, stir up sentiment throughout the Middle East, and, in turn, lead to more fighting and even war.
That’s why it’s essential the media tell the story accurately. But news organizations repeatedly distort stories relating to the conflict.
Here are five ways news outlets continue to do so:
1. Blaming Israel for Palestinian violence
From the beginning of the latest escalation, Israel was routinely blamed for the decisions of Palestinian terrorists.
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Many mainstream media have written deceptively about riots or violent events in and around Jerusalem in recent days. These anti-Israel media distorted the story with fantastical headlines, like
The
New York Timesâ âIsraelis and Palestinians Clash Around Jerusalemâs Old City: The violence broke out as an extremist Jewish supremacy group marched in the city.â
The anti-Israel media narrative was that some Jewish extremists just decided one day to march around the city looking to attack Arabs. Disgracefully, like the general portrayal of this conflict, the media got the timeline upside down, ignored more than a week of Arab planning, incitement and violenceâand used misleading, incendiary terminology only against the Israeli side.
Media spin Palestinian ‘TikTok intifada’ into baseless slander against Israel
Media spin Palestinian ‘TikTok intifada’ into baseless slander against Israel
Articles read by millions falsely portray baseless, unprovoked attacks by Jews on unsuspecting Arabs, when in fact the reverse is true.
The
New York Times’ “Israelis and Palestinians Clash Around Jerusalem’s Old City: The violence broke out as an extremist Jewish supremacy group marched in the city.”
The anti-Israel media narrative was that some Jewish extremists just decided one day to march around the city looking to attack Arabs. Disgracefully, like the general portrayal of this conflict, the media got the timeline upside down, ignored more than a week of Arab planning, incitement and violence and used misleading, incendiary terminology only against the Israeli side.