Tag Archives: anti-Israel bias

William Schabas resigns from UN’s anti-Israel Gaza inquiry

Posted on 4 February 2015 by

Finally! Some great news from the UN – William Schabas, the head of the kangaroo court known as the Schabas Commission, the commission of inquiry established by the Human Rights Wrongs Council to investigate Israel’s war crimes in Gaza during … Continue reading →

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After the Paris murders: Islam and the West, and blaming the Jews

Posted on 14 January 2015 by

The horrific terrorist murders in Paris have led to much thinking and opining about the root causes of the attacks and Muslim hostility towards the West and the Jews.  The prime root cause in my humble opinion is Western denial … Continue reading →

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Sunday morning videos: Israel advocacy

Posted on 7 September 2014 by

Here are three great videos about Israel advocacy which you should watch: I wrote about Matti Friedman’s searing essay slamming the international media for their anti-Israel bias and one-eyed view of the Middle East conflict. It was a long essay, … Continue reading →

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A reporter’s inside story about the disproportionate focus on Israel

Posted on 28 August 2014 by

If you read nothing else about the war, aka Operation Protective Edge, read this article. Matti Friedman, a former AP correspondent, explains how he and his colleagues got Israel so wrong in this seminal article “An Insider’s Guide to the … Continue reading →

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The Media Intifada – looking at the media’s anti-Israel bias

Posted on 25 August 2014 by

As regular readers of this blog know well, media bias is a “favourite” bugbear of mine. The outrageous injustice and unfairness of the mainstream media’s bias against Israel, expressed in tendentious stories, slanted reports, manipulation of facts and statistics, and … Continue reading →

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Breathtaking disingenuousness: UNHRC head Navi Pillock Pillay criticizes UNHRC for ineffectiveness over Syria and other conflicts

Posted on 23 August 2014 by

UN Human Wrongs Rights Council head witch Navi Pillock Pillay has come out with what can only be described as a case of extreme blindness, total self-unawareness and a moronic level of disingenuousness when she accused the UNHRC of having … Continue reading →

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