All The News Anti-Israel Posters Will Not Read Or Discuss 2

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The purpose of delegitimization is perfectly clear. Even as Arab regimes and the Soviets manipulated and corrupted the U.N. into efforts such as declaring that Zionism was a form of racism, they were also waging military campaigns to wipe Israel off the map.

One can see the same strategy at play in another horrifying spectacle. On Monday, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin gave an hour-long sermon with singular theme: delegitimizing the right of Ukraine to exist through wild accusations of atrocities and historical revisionism.

Sound familiar?

In Putin’s fantasyland, “modern Ukraine was entirely created by Russia or, to be more precise, by Bolshevik, Communist Russia.” The ultimate goal of this revisionism was then laid ominously clear: “You want decommunization? Very well, this suits us just fine.”

Putin might as well have picked up the delegitimization playbook from the U.N. itself.

Yet there are some who think that countries like Israel and Ukraine should play into these games premised on the fundamentally discriminatory and dangerous grounds of questioning their legitimacy. Human Rights Watch Executive Director Ken Roth – ignoring seven decades worth of enough evidence to fill multiple Amazon warehouses in order to use scare quotes – tweeted, “The Israeli government says it won’t cooperate with a UN investigation, citing, of course, ‘bias.’ The real reason seems to be fear that the UN will condemn its crime against humanity of apartheid.”

Legitimate debate, and legitimate criticism, is one thing. But that is not what the COI or Putin are about.

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CAMERA Op-Ed: Delegitimization links UN Anti-Israel Commission, Vladimir Putin, Ken Roth

Israel is right to snub the U.N. COI, and the U.S. – as well as all fair-minded democracies – need to step up and

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Arab media is now permeated with stories like this healine from Al Jazeera:

Adopting the employment of wars to promote settlement... An Israeli emergency plan aims to bring in 8,000 Jews from Ukraine.

Since the emergence of the Zionist movement, the Israelis have exploited wars and conflicts in Europe, Africa and various parts of the world to recruit hundreds of thousands of Jews to replace the Palestinians.

Because saving Jewish refugees is a war crime, or something.


But they won't reporton this:

Israeli diplomats have been assisting Lebanese, Syrian and Egyptian citizens to evacuate from Ukraine, transporting them from the war-torn nation alongside Israeli refugees, the Foreign Ministry confirmed on Sunday.

A spokesman for the ministry stated that citizens of several regional states, including those currently in a state of war with Israel had boarded a bus organized by Israeli diplomats on the Polish side of the border and that the embassy is also ready to “help Israeli residents from East Jerusalem.”

Israeli Ambassador Michael Brodsky said that there were no conditions on Israeli aid to residents of Arab states, telling Haaretz by phone from Poland on Sunday afternoon that any assistance rendered was “purely humanitarian.”

Another Haaretz reporter, Fadi Amun, tweeted:

A Lebanese citizen in #Ukraine with a group of Arab Israelis told me he's not getting help to escape. So an Israeli official now said in response: "We have no problem helping Lebanese or any other Arab citizens as well. He can join the Israeli bus"
A spokesman of @IsraelHebrew also confirms to me "there are Lebanese, Syrian and Egyptian citizens on the Israeli bus, some of them crossed the border of #Ukraine as refugees. The embassy also help Israeli residents from East Jerusalem"

Amun spoke to a Lebanese student who complained that the Lebanese embassy was not doing enough to get its citizens out of Ukraine, and Israel is doing more for Lebanese than Lebanon is.

It is especially notable that Lebanon and Syria are not exactly on the fence about signing peace treaties with Israel. These aren't goodwill gestures to promote a diplomatic solution. This is purely altruistic.

It will be interesting to see how this gets reported in the media of friendly Arab countries, and the responses.

Arab media: Israel "exploiting" Ukraine to save Jews. But they won't report that Israel is helping Arabs from enemy countries escape, too.

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Israel’s United Hatzalah delegation was formed at the request of Moldova’s chief rabbi, Pinchas Salzman, and will work in coordination with the Foreign Ministry to assist at the Ukrainian-Moldovan border.


“We are leaving for Romania, and from there we will arrive by car to Chișinău,” the Moldovan capital, explained delegation commander David Crispil ahead of his departure. “There we will connect with Israel Ambassador Joel Leon and representatives of the Jewish community, and along with them we will refine our mission.”

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Israeli medical delegation prepares to assist Ukrainian refugees at Moldovan border

A medical mission to Ukraine was organized by United Hatzalah and consists of a team of 15 medical professionals

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Given the hilly terrain, the footage that Reuters used is surely the West Bank, not the Gaza Strip. Moreover, the Gaza-Israel border is demarcated largely by an iron fence (at left) which does not resemble the concrete wall shown in the Reuters broadcast.

CAMERA last week alerted Reuters editors to the mistaken footage, but as of this writing, the video has yet to be corrected. The failure to address the issue is puzzling given that Reuters has a dedicated unit within its editorial department responsible for fact-checking visual material and social media claims. If Reuters fails to correct errors in its own visual material when outside observers flag them, how can the news agency be considered credible when it comes to debunking social media misinformation?

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Reuters Footage Mistakes West Bank for Gaza Strip

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Second, the article poorly translates a quote by former IDF chief of staff Moshe Yaalon, stating in English:

Moshe Ya’alon, who was the IDF chief of staff at the height of the second intifada, spoke of the need to “burn the Palestinians’ consciousness” – to exact a sufficiently high price to make the Palestinians realize that there was no point in continuing to perpetrate acts of terrorism.

Ya’alon did not speak of the need “to burn the Palestinians’ consciousness.” In his 2002 interview with Haaretz’s Ari Shavit, Ya’alon said:

If this is not burned [seared] into the Palestinian and Arab consciousness, there will be no end to the demands upon us.

Thus, a more accurate translation would be “to burn into the Palestinians’ consciousness.” Indeed, the Hebrew version of Amos Harel’s article last month more accurately reported:

Moshe Yaalon, the chief of staff during the peak of the Intifada, spoke during that period of the need for the “searing of consciousness,” extracting a heavy enough price to bring the Palestinians to the recognition that additional acts of terror don’t pay.

This particular Ya’alon quote has been frequently misreported in the international press, prompting corrections at The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, Time, Los Angeles Times and more, particular care should be exercised in precisely report the quote.

For more instances in which Haaretz‘s English edition introduced misinformation which did not appear in the parallel Hebrew coverage, please see “Haaretz, Lost in Translation.”

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Haaretz Headline Misquotes Ex-Top Shin Bet Officer on Arrests

A headline in Haaretz's English edition misquotes Haim Rubovitch and the accompanying article mangles a Moshe Yaalon quote with a long history of rampant

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After failing to set the record straight last May when Agence France Presse's Arabic service repeatedly referred to Jewish communities in northern Israel as "settlements," the Arabic-language wire reports no longer misidentify these locales within Israel's pre-1967 lines.

Throughout last week’s round of escalation between Israel and Lebanon, AFP's Arabic coverage consistently refrained from using this term when mentioning Kiryat Shmona, calling it “a town” instead. In comparison, between May 14 and 19, AFP referred to nearby Metula as “a settlement” no less than three times.

Notably, in recent months CAMERA Arabic prompted several Arabic news outlets to correct the “settlement” terminology with regards to Jewish communities inside Israel’s internationally recognized territory: BBC, Reuters and EuroNews.

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In 2020, media outlets parroted anti-Israel voices falsely charging that under international law Israel is required to vaccinate Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip while entirely ignoring the bilateral agreements determining otherwise. Countless reports alleging Israeli abdication on the vaccine front failed to acknowledged that Annex III, Article 17 of the 1995 Interim Accords placed responsibility for the population’s health into the hands of the Palestinian Authority, and further specified: “The Palestinian side shall continue to apply the present standards of vaccination of Palestinians and shall improve them according to internationally accepted standards in the field, taking into account WHO recommendations.”

AFP’s article yesterday, about stolen artifacts recovered from billionaire Michael Steinhardt as part of a deal with U.S. prosecutors, takes a page out of the so-called “vaccine apartheid” narrative. The piece, “Palestinians ignored in US deal on stolen antiquities,” suggests that Israel is required to relinquish the disputed items to the Palestinians, and assiduously ignores the bilateral agreements which refute the allegation of an Israeli obligation.


Items recovered from Steinhardt’s illegal collection, including a death mask originating in the Judean hills (Photo courtesy of NY DA’s office)

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Despite the numerous paragraphs alleging Israeli bad behavior for not turning over items to the Palestinian Authority, at no point does the article mention the relevant section of the Oslo Accords. Article II of Annex III of the 1995 Interim Agreement states:

With due consideration to the Palestinian demand that Israel shall return all archaeological artifacts found in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip since 1967, this issue shall be dealt with in the negotiations on the final status.

As for the most valuable item in Steinhardt’s illicit collection, the stone masks dating to 7000 BCE, AFP reported:

They were found in the Judean desert, which spans both Israel and the West Bank. Their provenance remains uncertain, but Hamamra [from the Palestinian Ministry of Tourism] insisted they were looted from Palestinian territory.

According to the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, however, they “originated in the foothills of the Judean mountains, most likely in the Shephelah in Israel.” (Emphasis added.)

The DA’s estimation, just like the relevant Oslo clauses, never saw the light of day in AFP’s coverage. There, the highly relevant information lay safely concealed beneath a strata of tendentious reporting.

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AFP's Archaeology Story Fails to Unearth Oslo Accords

AFP points an accusing finger at Israel for not handing over disputed antiquities to the Palestinian Authority while completely ignoring the relevant Oslo Accords.

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• Nowhere does history repeat itself more often than in Jerusalem and Israel. But far too many journalists covering events in the region are ignorant of the patterns. Rather than delving into the issues on which they report, they dismiss history, preferring to parrot the simplistic, propagandistic lines they hear in their echo chamber. The result is a distorted media narrative of Palestinian grievances and Israeli fault that is promoted by, and further promotes, an extremist anti-Zionist ideology that seeks the elimination of a Jewish state.
  Ramadan is a month of jihad, not only in terms of a Muslim’s psychological inner faith but in terms of physical conquest to expand Islam’s power and reach.
  A recent case in point is the reporting on the 2021 Jihad for Jerusalem that occurred during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. This was a violent campaign that was planned well before Ramadan and evolved into a full Hamas war with Israel that extended beyond the period of Ramadan. That war, in turn, became a tool to demonize Israel in the latest round of a hostile propaganda campaign whose goal is the delegitimization and eradication of the Jewish State.
  The mainstream media failed to a) examine all the factors that contributed to the violence, including the planning, organization and encouragement of anti-Israel aggression; b) point out the history of Islamic conquest and promotion of jihad during Ramadan; or c) compare the inflammatory, anti-Israel rhetoric used to incite the 2021 jihad with the century-old pretext by Arab leaders to incite attacks on Jews.
  The result was a false narrative blaming Israel with ever-changing pretexts that was amplified by anti-Zionist zealots seeking to end the existence of a Jewish state under the guise of human rights advocacy.
  How did the media fail? What did reporters miss?
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By failing to explore the full picture of what contributed to the violence in April and May of 2021 and by stripping the Palestinian leadership of agency, many journalists and media outlets contributed to the delegitimization campaign against Israel, playing straight into the hands of those who seek the demise of the Jewish state.

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Jihad for Jerusalem 2021: How the Media Facilitated the Delegitimization of Israel

The Ramadan jihad of 2021 was a violent campaign that was planned well before Ramadan and evolved into a full Hamas war with Israel

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Throughout the month of February 2022, sixteen written or filmed reports relating to Israel and/or the Palestinians appeared on the BBC News website’s ‘Middle East’ page, some of which were also published on other pages and four of which were carried over from the previous month.

(dates in brackets indicate the time period during which the item was available on the ‘Middle East’ page)

Three items related to regional affairs:

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SUMMARY OF BBC NEWS WEBSITE PORTRAYAL OF ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS – FEBRUARY 2022

Throughout the month of February 2022, sixteen written or filmed reports relating to Israel and/or the Palestinians appeared on the BBC News website’s ‘Midd

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No, the IDF is not out to harm anyone. Their goal is not to kill Arabs or harm Arab children. There are so many lies spread about the Israel Defense Forces, and people need to know the truth. The Israeli army’s goal is to defend the people of Israel and the state of Israel. When Israel’s enemies attack or try to kill Israeli citizens, Israel must respond. But the IDF is not a killing machine. They are not an army whose intention is to kill or harm anyone.

And this video is very telling of the nature of the Israeli soldiers. They want to create peace. They want to give. The soldiers are kindhearted.

The video here might be short and simple, but it says a lot. IDF soldiers giving a treat to two Arab children in a way that shows they care.

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Must See Video: How the IDF Really Treats Arab Children

The media will never show you.

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The NGO Monitor submission and Herzberg's planned speech can be seen here. Here, I highlight a couple of the points in the submission that do not get enough attention, and which show how legal concepts in international law get twisted by today's antisemites.

The right to self-determination is a core principle in the ICCPR. All too often, however, in UN frameworks (particularly the Human Rights Council) and in publications relating to Israel, including those presented to this committee, self-determination rights are presented as if they belong to the Palestinians alone; the equal rights of the Jewish people are ignored. Moreover, many of these statements seek to erase or deny the Jewish historical presence and connection to the region.
Several, for instance, repeatedly and offensively accuse Israel of engaging in a policy of “Judaization”. The PLO developed the term “Judaization” to erase the Jewish historical connection to the region, as well as to suggest that the very presence of Jews is alien and unacceptable. The use of the term Judaization, therefore, is an expression of anti-Jewish racism.
While it is perhaps not surprising that the PLO would employ such terminology, it is immoral for human rights organizations to use phrases supporting ethnically-based exclusion. In addition to erasing the self-determination rights of the Jewish people, many NGOs distort this vital concept as it applies to Palestinians.

And:

It is also legally and factually false to claim that Israel has imposed a “siege” on Gaza. Restricting the flow of goods in a war environment does not constitute a “siege” under international law and does not refer to the legal act of retorsion (e.g. sanctions, blockades). In fact, pursuant to Article 23 of the Fourth Geneva Convention (which sets standards for the provision of limited humanitarian aid), Israel has no obligation whatsoever to provide any goods, even minimal humanitarian supplies, if it is “satisfied” that such goods will be diverted or supply of such goods will aid Hamas in its war effort. As numerous accounts have reported, Hamas has diverted supplies from Gaza’s civilian population. Although Israel is under no legal obligation, and despite the diversion as well as attacks on the Israeli border crossings, Israel continues to provide thousands of tons of humanitarian supplies and goods to Gaza on a weekly basis.

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Pro-Israel NGO Monitor disinvited from UN Human Rights Committee meeting

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More than three years later, the great minds at Newsweek have apparently chosen a side in the alleged great “controversy and debate” concerning the history of Palestinian statehood. Unfortunately, the esteemed journalists did not choose the side of history.

In his Feb. 27 article, “Ukraine Resistance Like Palestinians Fighting Israel, Shaun King Suggests,” Scott McDonald makes the following ahistoric assertion:

Palestinians had much of their homeland stripped from them following World War II, and they have fought to not only maintain what they say is theirs, but from Israeli attacks as well.

The signing of the Oslo Accords, 1993, establishing Palestinian control of territory for the first time in history (Photo by Vince Musi / The White House / Wikipedia)

Until the Oslo Accords in the 1990s in which Palestinians gained control over parts of the West Bank, Palestinian Arabs never had any sovereignty over any land that they now claim. As Newsweekrightly noted in 2018 before its misguided “corrections,” at no point in history was there a Palestinian state.

Thus, in no way is it accurate to state that “much of their homeland [was] stripped from them following World War II.” From 1917 to 1948, the land that Palestinians claim was the British Mandate of Palestine, under full British control. Before the Mandate, Palestine was part of the Ottoman Empire.
In 2015, after MSNBC aired maps which graphically made the same false point that Palestinians were supposedly stripped from their homeland, the network commendably broadcasted the following on air correction:

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Newsweek Vs. History on Palestinian Statehood

The history of Palestinian governance is very brief, dating back only to the 1990s. It takes a certain level of journalistic incompetence, therefore, to

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