Gidon Ben-Zvi
ARTICLES BY: Gidon Ben-Zvi
Media Spotlight on Religious Freedom in Israel Doesn’t Extend to PA’s Jailing of Christian Pastor
As the holidays of Passover, Ramadan, and Easter converge, Israel’s need to strike a delicate balance between facilitating access by members of numerous religious denominations...
AP, UPI & Reuters Headlines Erase Distinction Between Terrorists and Victims
Two of the world’s leading news services -- the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI) -- reported inaccurately on the story of a...
Worse Than Wrong: The Danger of Misleading Headlines About Terror Wave in Israel
Battling media bias begins at the top: the headline. A shooting on Dizengoff Street in central Tel Aviv on April 7 by a Palestinian assailant that...
CNN, ABC, AP, Vice Dredge Up ‘Cycle of Violence’ Myth
Israel’s attempt to stem the recent terrorist tide and restore safety for the country’s citizens is being depicted by the media as being part of...
AP Suggests Israel to Blame for Deadly Terror Wave, Ignores Palestinian Incitement and Rejectionism
In a piece titled "After Israel attacks, sidelined Palestinian issue reemerges," the Associated Press (AP), a global news service with 1,300 clients, reports: Three deadly attacks...
Wrong Side of History, Again: Palestinian Leaders Lambast Middle East Summit
Israel’s hosting of this week’s Negev Summit with four Arab countries and the United States was described by leading media outlets as a “historic meeting”...
Axios Article Incorrectly Suggests Annual Ramadan Violence Connected to Jewish, Christian Holidays
Buried deep in an article, titled “Blinken to visit Israel, West Bank, Morocco and Algeria,” Axios -- a popular news site that offers quick takes...
Race to Reject Israel: The Problematic Palestine Marathon
Sports have the unique power to foster inclusion and bridge gaps in increasingly divided societies around the world. But not, it seems, in areas where the...
Did Peter Beinart Just Blame Israel for Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine?
In an article in The Guardian titled, "The US supports illegal annexations by Israel and Morocco. Why the hypocrisy?," Peter Beinart draws a parallel between...
Media, Take Note: It’s Not Israel Vs. Iran, It’s Iran Vs. Most of Middle East
As world powers and Iran discuss reviving the 2015 deal aimed at curbing the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, major news organizations are depicting developments in...
Prominent Black Lives Matter Figure Equates Ukrainian Resistance to Palestinian Terror Attacks
Newsweek reported on February 27 that social justice activist Shaun King drew a moral equivalence between the plight of the Ukrainian people under attack by...
Debunking Another Anti-Israel Myth: Jewish Self-Determination Is Not a ‘Colonial’ Enterprise
The publication of Amnesty International’s latest report charging Israel with maintaining a “cruel system of apartheid” -- and of trying to establish “Jewish domination and...
The Media Hangs on AOC’s Every Word — Except When it Comes to Israel
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is a media phenomenon. She has 12.8 million Twitter followers, 1.8 million friends on Facebook, and 8.5 million followers on Instagram....
Beyond Biased Headlines: Disproving the Israel ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ Charge
Last month, the Israeli police obeyed the law by carrying out the court-ordered eviction of the Salihiya family in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah/Shimon HaTzadik neighborhood. Israeli...
