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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.
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Reporting, at its essence, should be a fairly straightforward task. Even the most inexperienced journalist knows that any story should cover basic details such as who was involved, what happened, when it occurred, and should identify who did what.
But for some reason when it comes to reporting about Palestinian terrorist attacks on Israeli citizens and soldiers, the identity of the perpetrators is all-t0o-often osbcured.
Take for example the events of Sunday, in which a Palestinian woman clutching a knife approached a group of soldiers and, after trying to stab the troops, was shot dead. Hours later, three Israeli teenagers were injured, two of them seriously, in a drive-by shooting at a bus stop in the northern West Bank. The area has repeatedly been the scene of Palestinian terror attacks over the years, and the car used by the assailants had a Palestinian license plate.
Soldiers and medical personnel at the scene of a terror attack at Tapuah Junction in the West Bank, May 2, 2021. Photo: courtesy of United Hatzalah.
JNS.org – A branch of Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah faction on Sunday called on Palestinians to delete security camera footage to thwart attempts by Israeli forces to apprehend those responsible for the drive-by shooting in Samaria earlier that day.
According to the non-profit Israeli research institute Palestinian Media Watch, in a post on its official Facebook page within hours of the attack, Fatah’s Nablus branch wrote: “Our lauded people, honored members of our people, we call on you to get rid of the contents that were stored in the [security] cameras of your homes or your businesses today, and not to transfer any media content among yourselves that the occupation [i.e., Israel] is spreading.”
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.