CNN in Perspective
By Neil Lazarus
(July 9th, 2002)

"Aren't the Israelis and Palestinians both terrorizing each other?"
Ted Turner

This question by CNN and Time-Warner CEO Ted Turner proved to be the final straw for pro-Israel campaigners in the relentless and unfavorable presentation of Israel in the mass media over the past 20 months.

Digging beneath the surface in the Middle East conflict
By Hanoch Marmari
(May 7, 2002)
reprinted with the permission of Haaretz Daily © (English)

A newspaper editor bears the double responsibility of producing both a quality product and adhering to the principles of journalistic ethics. A newspaper covering the Israel-Palestinian conflict bears the added weight of navigating through a minefield of misdirection and rumors - many of them circulated by the media themselves. This situation demands some serious soul-searching from representatives of the fourth estate who too often lend credence to the Palestinian claim that Israel is to blame, justifying their actions by complaining that “Everything started when she hit me back.”
Ha’aretz editor-in-chief Hanoch Marmari takes a close look at his paper and other media and how they grapple with the responsibility of reporting from the Middle East.

Analysis and Commentary from UN watch in Geneva
(May 1, 2002)

The Jenin fact-finding committee of former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari, former UN High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata and former head of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Cornelio Sommaruga, are in Geneva, awaiting an agreement on the terms of reference between the UN and the State of Israel.

Questionable Reporting - "Jenin Massacre" Headlines
Sara Bedein
(April 18, 2002)

Indoctrination in the Palestinian Media
By Itamar Marcus
(April 11, 2002)

Although there have been national leaders who have orchestrated mass murder since the defeat of Nazi Germany, no government has openly preached genocide as a systematic ideology of public policy. This taboo has been broken now by the Palestinian Authority.