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May 30, 2013
3:29 pm

How does the media relate to anti-Semitism?

During the 4th International Conference of the Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism, which has been taking place this week in Jerusalem, I was asked to give a......

May 9, 2013
12:16 pm

Stephen Hawking’s Media Mess

Professor Stephen Hawking’s decision to boycott Israel’s President’s Conference left a nasty taste in the mouth. It wasn't only the fact that the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement was able......

March 13, 2013
1:53 pm

Gaza child death: BBC’s pitiful response

Put yourself in the shoes of Hamas. During Israel's Operation Pillar of Defense, one of your rockets misfires and lands in a Gaza neighborhood killing an 11-month old infant......

January 16, 2013
12:40 pm

A Morsi moment in the media

While it took the New York Times days before it reported on anti-Semitic comments made by Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi in 2010, it took only a few hours before......

November 25, 2012
4:01 pm

Pillar of Defense: The media war in review

With a ceasefire in effect, Operation Pillar of Defense has drawn to a close. Of course there will be plenty of media coverage in the coming days and weeks......

November 11, 2012
12:55 pm

Finally, BBC admits to ‘shoddy journalism’

Just imagine the scenario: A flagship BBC news program investigates an alleged Israeli "war crime" and levels the accusation based solely on the uncorroborated evidence of unnamed Palestinian "eyewitnesses". A......

September 23, 2012
2:36 pm

UK media: IDF soldier’s death vanishes

On Friday afternoon, a terror attack on the Egyptian border resulted in the deaths of an Israeli soldier and three terrorists. According to the IDF, the amount of weaponry......

August 29, 2012
1:18 pm

Hearing the other side, up close

While my day job in pro-Israel advocacy ensures my exposure to all manner of positive messages about Israel, I also try to get a more rounded and sometimes critical......

August 15, 2012
11:30 am

Modi’in is not an illegal settlement!

Translated literally from Hebrew, the word "Modi'in" means "intelligence" -- something sorely lacking from the European Union's ...

July 8, 2012
3:37 pm

Looking back from a better place

On this, the eleventh anniversary of my aliya from the UK, I like to think back over my years in Israel as I do on every anniversary. Thankfully, the......

June 13, 2012
3:59 pm

How the Mavi Marmara sank Israel’s public diplomacy

That State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss's report into the Mavi Marmara flotilla incident has pointed to a severe shortfall in Israel’s public diplomacy comes as no......

June 10, 2012
2:55 pm

Der Sturmer in the UK?

What would Israel do if a journalist from Der Sturmer was filing reports from inside the country? Despite the fact that there is remarkable press freedom in Israel, extending......

May 17, 2012
11:05 am

They don’t like us — should we care?

The latest annual Country Ratings Poll of the BBC World Service makes for grim reading. That Israel finds itself in such dubious company as Iran,Pakistan......