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Jul 14, 2024, 4:27 PM

The International Court of Justice never said that

Saying Palestinians have ‘plausible rights to be protected from acts of genocide’ is far from an accusation of genocide

May 28, 2024, 4:26 PM

Agenda-free? Bias-free? AP’s journalism deserves scrutiny

From citing unreliable casualty figures to implicitly adopting the Hamas narrative, the news agency has shown an anti-Israel slant

Feb 28, 2023, 10:43 AM

The New York Times’ Jesus problem

Accuracy about biographical details of a historical figure central to a leading world religion shouldn't be too hard

Oct 10, 2021, 11:42 PM

Flushing the Israel out of ancient Israel

An Israel Antiquities Authority archeologist at the site of the recently unearthed toilet from the First Temple-period in Jerusalem (Yoli Schwartz / Israel Antiquities Authority)

The AP's report on the discovery of a First Temple era toilet omits Jewish references, while a NY Times Rosh Hashanah recipe evokes 'Canaanites,' not Israelites

Jan 20, 2021, 3:23 PM

Why doesn’t the NYTimes rely on its own archives?

The New York Times building, New York City. (iStock)

The 'paper of record' is getting its Israel-related facts wrong, and it isn't even correcting the errors that contradict its past reporting

Jan 7, 2020, 3:51 PM

Beyond levity: The New York Times’s 2019 ethical failures

A caricature of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump published in The New York Times international edition on April 25, 2019, which the paper later acknowledged 'included anti-Semitic tropes.' (Raoul Wootliff/Times of Israel)

If only goofing the caption of an Israeli political poster was the most egregious anti-Israel error by the paper of record

May 21, 2017, 1:49 PM

Looking Back at the ‘Fake News’ of Jerusalem

Tomorrow , President Donald Trump, marked by controversy and unpredictability, arrives in Jerusalem, Israel’s hotly contested capital. That alone is a potentially combustible combination. Add to the mix the fact that Jerusalem is subject to more intensive media coverage than...

Oct 29, 2014, 11:29 PM

New York Times editor admits holding Palestinians to a lower standard

Editor Matt Seaton tweeted he'd publish op-eds on Palestinian discrimination as soon as they have a state

Jul 8, 2014, 2:06 PM

Faux Fairness at The New York Times

The Times is an American icon and fairness is a core American value. It’s no wonder then that The Times says it places a premium on fairness, a laudable journalistic value. Its Standards and Ethics guidelines state: “The goal of...

Jun 16, 2014, 2:30 PM

NY Times: Israeli Rescue Attempts Destabilize Relations With Palestinians

Israel’s attempts to rescue three kidnapped teens are endangering Palestinian-Israeli relations, reports The New York Times today. “The growing search for them and their captors further destabilized Israeli-Palestinian relations, and challenged the new Palestinian government’s ability to hold together...

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Tamar Sternthal is the director of the Israel Office of CAMERA