Akiva Van Koningsveld
ARTICLES BY: Akiva Van Koningsveld
Media Fail to Connect Dots Between Palestinian NGOs and PFLP Terrorist Group
After Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz in October 2021 designated six Palestinian non-governmental organizations as terror groups due to their close ties to the US-designated Popular Front for...
Two Years After Soleimani Drone Strike, Media Still Obscuring Iranian Terror Leader’s Legacy
On January 3, 2020, a US precision drone strike outside Baghdad International Airport killed Qassem Soleimani, the longtime head of Iran’s Quds Force, the Islamic...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Sanitizes Operation by Jailed Palestinian Terrorists
A January 1 article by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC News), published under the headline “The Parents Smuggling Semen Out of Prisons and Across Borders...
Journalist Celebrates Palestinian Murderers and Terrorists as Heroes and ‘Martyrs’
Mohammed El-Kurd’s disinformation campaign related to US-designated Palestinian terror groups has been well-documented by HonestReporting. For example, The Nation’s “Palestine Correspondent” this year hailed as...
Whose Two-State Solution Is It? Media on Holiday as Palestinian Authority Attacks Arab-Israeli Politician for Recognizing Jewish State
Last week, Israeli Arab politician Mansour Abbas, head of the Islamist Ra’am (United Arab List) party and a member of Israel’s ruling coalition, made a...
If Israel Can’t Be Blamed, the Media Doesn’t Report on the Palestinian Authority’s Crackdown on Critics
Ghanem Zreikat. Alaa al-Rabi. Amer Hamdan. Jihad Abdo. To the readership of prominent publications like The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, and others, the names of these...
5,000-Word Human Rights Watch Report on Israeli ‘Abusive Policing’ Fails to Condemn Arab Violence
Human Rights Watch (HRW) continues its all-out assault against Israel. As Gaza Strip-based terrorist groups in May fired thousands of rockets at Israeli population centers, another dangerous front...
See No Evil, Report No Evil? Reuters, AP Reimagine Antisemitic West Bank Riots as ‘Protests’
Two news wire services -- the Associated Press (AP) and Reuters -- continue to sanitize aggressive and antisemitic Palestinian efforts to intimidate Jews living in...
Media Erases Iran’s Ties to Hamas and Terrorism
The Hamas terror organization this week declared that “the countdown to another confrontation with Israel has begun.” In a separate statement, Gaza’s rulers recently encouraged Palestinians in Jerusalem...
It’s Time for a Fact-Based Conversation About Israeli ‘Settler Violence’
“Hate crimes are the root from which terrorism grows, and we must uproot it.” -- Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz “Our resistance in the occupied lands...
Palestinian Incitement Laid Bare: Hamas Murders Israeli, Child Calls on Allah To ‘Burn’ Jews
Eliyahu David Kay, 26, was shot dead on Sunday by a Palestinian terrorist in the Old City of Jerusalem. Several others were wounded when Hamas...
Banished: Where Telling the Truth About Israel Got UNRWA’s Former Gaza Director
Five months after being declared "persona non grata" in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, Matthias Schmale has left UNRWA. Schmale previously directed the controversial Palestinian refugee agency’s...
Media Silent Amid US, EU Push for Palestinian ‘Unity’ Government Including Terrorist Hamas
The Biden administration is reportedly spearheading renewed efforts to create a Palestinian unity government that would include the US-designated terrorist group Hamas, according to reports...
Palestinian Authority Rewards Antisemitic Rioters with US-Funded $25K Arafat Prize
The Palestinian Authority (PA)-controlled Yasser Arafat Foundation -- during a ceremony at the Ramallah Cultural Palace -- presented its annual prize to the West Bank...
