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CBC Senior Reporter Raffy Boudjikanian Continues To Launder Anti-Israel Allegations Into News Stories - Honest Reporting

In a series of recent reports, CBC News Senior Reporter Raffy Boudjikanian amplified unfounded allegations against Israel, turning them into the basis for ‘news’ stories. On April 21, he penned an article, “Ottawa has asked Israel to investigate Can

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Le Journal de Montréal Columnist Loïc Tassé Admits Israel Faces Murderous Terrorist Groups, Subsequently Condemns Isr

version française In his May 30 opinion column in Le Journal de Montréal, commentator Loïc Tassé came remarkably close to understanding the crux of the problem in the Middle East, before losing perspective after all. His column, “Israel on the attac

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La Presse Publishes Column By Montreal Painter Raja Hammoud Absurdly Accusing Israel Of Genocide - Honest Reporting Cana

version française When a group of activist organizations accused Israel of genocide, effectively changing the definition of the legal term in their attempts, calling it too “narrow,” they were mocked for having done so, with legal scholar Mark Goldfe

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American Jewish Committee | Congress: Condemn Candace Owens and Hasan Piker's Extreme, Antisemitic Rhetoric

Candace Owens and Hasan Piker are spreading extreme, antisemitic rhetoric that poses serious dangers to society. Join AJC in urging action from leaders.

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CBC Podcast Front Burner Continues Its Fixation With Israel In Latest Episode On AIPAC - Honest Reporting Canada

The June 8 episode of CBC’s podcast Front Burner, hosted by Jayme Poisson, featured Alex Shephard of The New Republic magazine. At the core of the 35-minute segment, “The backlash against AIPAC,” features both the host and guest not in our view reco

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Le Devoir Editorial Writer Marie Vastel Recycles Anti-Israel Conspiracy Theory, Ignores Genocidal Goals Of Iran & It

version française In addition to being factually baseless, anti-Israel conspiracy theories are often characterized by their obscene implausibility. In her June 3 editorial in Le Devoir, “From impunity to provocations,” editorial writer Marie Vastel s

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Le Devoir’s Magdaline Boutros Falsely Portrays Israel As Trying To Annex Gaza - Honest Reporting Canada

version française Some words can sound the same. They might even be used synonymously. But they do not always mean the same thing. So, when a reporter shifts between “control,” “take control,” and “takeover,” it would appear to readers that a

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Le Devoir Reporter Amélie David Pens 1,600 Word Article Featuring Accusations Of Alleged Israeli Crimes In Lebanon; Som

version française To have Le Devoir reporter Amélie David chronicle the war in Lebanon, Israel is mercilessly killing innocent Lebanese civilians, while Hezbollah – the openly genocidal Iranian-backed Islamic terrorist group dedicated to Israel’s de

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Toronto Star Columnist Rick Salutin Ignores Fanatical Extremism of Islamic Republic Of Iran & Its Terror Proxies - H

Among the most consistent messages made by the Islamic Republic of Iran and its terrorist proxies, including Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis, is that they will never – under any circumstances – accept Israel’s right to exist, because they see the v

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Winnipeg Writer Josiah Neufeld Spreads Baseless Anti-Israel Tropes In Recent Diatribe Publishes In Broadview Magazine &a

Winnipeg writer Josiah Neufeld recently reported on a Canadian conference in Manitoba held in support of Palestinian Christians in Gaza. His May 28 article was published in Broadview, the official (taxpayer-funded) magazine of the United Church of Canada,

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Tell Senators: Stand with the Iranian People

The Iranian regime’s brutal suppression of the Iranian people and the mass murder of protesters cannot go without a firm response...

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CBC Reporter Ashley Fraser Produces Report Falsely Blaming Israel For Humanitarian Conditions In Gaza, Fails To Mention

At first glance, a recent CBC News broadcast appeared to be something of a human-interest story, profiling doctors in Gaza providing eye surgeries following two years of war in the coastal enclave. But the June 2 report, “Doctors in Gaza perform cornea

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CBC’s Yasmine Hassan Blames Israel For Gaza’s Medical Crisis, Leaves Out Enormous Israeli Aid And Hamas’ Weaponiza

In a May 30 CBC News broadcast, journalist Yasmine Hassan presented Gaza’s supposed medical crisis as a story of Israeli restriction while omitting the aid and medical coordination Israel is actively facilitating. She also left out the true reason for t

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Strengthen Holocaust Education in America

Teaching our children about the Holocaust isn't just tradition, it’s one of our powerful weapons against rising antisemitism.

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Le Journal de Montréal Columnist Normand Lester Alleges Without Evidence That Israel “Manipulated” Trump Into Strik

version française In his May 28 opinion column in Le Journal de Montréal, “War in the Middle East: Who Will Lose,” columnist Normand Lester spares no punches in criticizing the joint American and Israeli strikes on the Islamic Republic of Iran earli

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La Presse Columnist Laura-Julie Perreault Treats Palestinian “Journalist” Deaths As Proof Of Israeli Malice - Honest

version française In journalism, even opinion journalism, facts and context matter. When a columnist writes about life and death in a war zone, basic standards of verification do not suddenly disappear because the subject is emotionally powerful.On May 2

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La Presse Journalist Louise Leduc Falsely Portrays Israel As Trying To Take Over Gaza - Honest Reporting Canada

version française On May 29, La Presse treated its readers to a real-time example in what we regard as narrative-driven reporting with an article by Louise Leduc, “Netanyahu wants all of Gaza.” Ostensibly a news report analyzing Israeli troop movemen

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Two CBC Radio Programs Give Largely Uncritical Platform To Anti-Israel Activist & McGill University Employee Ehab Lo

Anti-Israel flotilla activists continued to be given uncritical news coverage, courtesy of the taxpayer-funded CBC. In a pair of recent radio interviews, Ehab Lotayef, a participant in the recent ill-fated flotilla to Gaza who works as IT and Technical Se

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CBC News Reporter Saša Petricic Frames Hamas Commander’s Death As “Casualty” While Minimizing Continued Violation

CBC News journalist Saša Petricic has spent well over a decade producing what we consider to be heavily biased reports about Israel and the Middle East. In his May 27 report, “Strike kills Hamas military chief in Gaza, Israel says,” he reported on th

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CBC Reporter Margaret Evans Repeats Hamas-Linked Casualty Claims and Downplays Israel’s Security Concerns In Latest Ga

CBC News Senior International Correspondent Margaret Evans’ May 23 article, “Trump's Board of Peace struggles to progress beyond far-from-perfect ceasefire in Gaza,” covered the Board of Peace’s first report to the UN Security Council.She wrote of

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We Need Action to Confront Threats - CIJA Action Hub

Join us in sending a message to the Prime Minister: enough committees, enough studies, enough delays—it's time for immediate measures.

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CBC Metro Morning Radio Program Host Chris Glover Offers Sympathetic Platform To Defender Of Anti-Israel Flotilla Stunt

The Canadian news media’s sympathetic coverage of the ill-fated flotilla to Gaza continues. After a group of anti-Israel activists, some from Canada, claiming to be bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza and attempting to breach Israel’s legal blockade of

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CBC’s Daybreak North Host Carolina de Ryk Gives Uncritical Platform To Gaza Flotilla Activist’s Sister - Honest Repo

Another day, another CBC radio program is providing the Canadian public with a sympathetic portrayal of the recent Gaza flotilla stunt, portraying its participants as innocent humanitarians, all while ignoring details which fly in the face of that depicti

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CBC Interviews Le Devoir Columnist Emilie Nicolas, Who Repeated Debunked Claim That Israel Trains Dogs To Rape Palestini

Yet again, a group of activists as part of the recent flotilla to Gaza stunt have been given positive coverage from CBC, Canada’s taxpayer-funded broadcaster. The May 25 segment on CBVE-FM, CBC Radio One in Quebec City, featured the CBC interviewing Emi

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Former Canadian Diplomat Jon Allen’s Toronto Star Column Misrepresents International Legality Of Israel’s Blockade O

When a major news outlet publishes an opinion column by a former diplomat, readers expect an analysis grounded solidly in international law. Unfortunately, Jon Allen’s recent commentary in The Toronto Star omitted critical details in offering his indict

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CityNews’ Erica Natividad Gives Uncritical Platform To Gaza Flotilla Activists While Ignoring Radical Activism - Hones

A recent CityNews broadcast permitted anti-Israel flotilla activists to promote unfounded allegations against Israel, all while viewers were given virtually no context about their stunts or their radical histories. The May 28 report, “Canadian flotilla

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CityNews Vancouver Reporter Jack Rabb Gives Sympathetic Coverage To Gaza Flotilla Activists - Honest Reporting Canada

Yet another Canadian news media outlet is providing highly sympathetic coverage to a group of activists who recently participated in the anti-Israel flotilla to Gaza and returned to Vancouver, where they were met with a loud demonstration inside the city�

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Tell Congress: Every House of Worship Deserves Protection

Houses of worship should not have to choose between keeping the lights on and keeping their doors safe.

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CTV News Host Anne-Marie Mediwake Gives Michael Lynk A Free Pass To Push One-Sided Gaza Narrative - Honest Reporting Can

On May 20, CTV Your Morning host Anne-Marie Mediwake interviewed Michael Lynk, former UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory, in a segment entitled: “Humanitarian Situation in Gaza 7 Months After Ceasefire.�

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Teach Coalition - Thank Governor Hochul and State Legislators for Delivering Historic Support for Nonpublic School Stude

Governor Hochul and New York lawmakers have taken a historic step forward for nonpublic school students and families. With nearly half a billion dollars in annual support for nonpublic school students, the FY27 state budget includes major investments that

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CBC News Reporter Cameron MacIntosh Regurgitates Palestinian Complaints Into ‘News’ Broadcast - Honest Reporting Can

CBC News reporter Cameron MacIntosh’s May 17 broadcast, “Israel pushes into West Bank for settlement expansion” accused Israel of “bringing violence” into Judea and Samaria (or in media parlance, the “West Bank”), talking about the “Nakba,

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Radio-Canada Writer Rania Massoud Produces Puff Piece On Anti-Israel Flotilla Activists - Honest Reporting Canada

version française If one is curious how a handful of anti-Israel activists on sailboats managed to secure front-page coverage as international heroes, one need look no further than CBC Radio-Canada. On May 14, reporter Rania Massoud published 'We are awa

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In Video About Flotilla Stunt, Globe & Mail and Canadian Press Ignores That Nurse & Anti-Israel Activist Luiza R

The Globe and Mail recently joined a wave of Canadian media in treating Gaza-bound activist flotillas as humanitarian missions rather than cheap political stunts. A May 19 video posted to its website, “Canadian on Gaza flotilla recalls violent intercept

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Toronto Star Commentator Denise Handlarski Draws False Equivalence Between Hamas’ Sexual Crimes & Baseless Allegat

In her May 21 opinion column in The Toronto Star, “Sexual violence by Israel and Hamas is stomach-churning. So too is the reaction to it,” Denise Handlarski, an associate professor of history and social justice at Trent University, makes the seemingly

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Tell Congress: Take Action to Protect the Jewish Community Today

Antisemitism is rising, and Jewish communities across the country continue to face serious security threats. Congress now has an...

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“Hyper-Local” News Outlet Village Media Publishes Two Fawning Articles On Local Anti-Israel Activist Within Two Week

In her second such puff piece in barely two weeks, Monika Rekola, a Midland, Ontario-based bird watcher and horticulturist writing for Village Media, an online publication serving a number of small communities in Ontario and claiming to focus on “hyper-

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CBC Day 6 Features Yet Another Anti-Israel Guest, This Time American Comedian Matt Lieb Complaining About Israel’s Par

A recent segment on CBC Radio’s Day 6 program featured host Brent Bambury interviewing an American activist complaining about Israel’s presence at Eurovision. The interview adds to a pattern of platforming anti-Israel commentators (and largely excludi

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CBC News Senior Writer Sara Jabakhanji Publishes Four More Articles Promoting Hardline Anti-Israel Agendas - Honest Repo

When CBC News Senior Writer Sara Jabakhanji signed an open letter in 2021 calling for more overtly pro-Palestinian content in the news media, she has followed up on that demand by repeatedly authoring articles for Canada’s taxpayer-funded broadcaster pr

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CBC News Host Susan Ormiston Interviews Arab Journalist Lamenting “Nakba Day,” Mourning The Failed Attempt In 1948 B

“Nakba Day” is a political theatre built around grievance. Commemorating the attempt by Arab armies to annihilate Israel in 1948 and calling that failed genocide of Jews a “catastrophe,” Nakba Day invites well-meaning Westerners to mourn a state t

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Liev Schreiber, Mayim Bialik Reject Israeli Industry Boycott in Letter

Liev Schreiber, Mayim Bialik, Debra Messing are among 1,200 signees of an open letter denouncing the call for a boycott of Israeli film institutions.