Gil Hoffman
ARTICLES BY: Gil Hoffman
The US Responded to a Ticking Time Bomb, But the Media Still Blamed Israel
Taking 66 Americans hostage at the US embassy in Tehran in 1979. Killing 258 Americans in three separate Beirut bombings in 1983. Killing 19 US...
How Western Media Have Aided the Iranian Regime’s Attacks on Israel
Knesset member Azmi Bishara fled Israel dramatically in 2007 to avoid prosecution for accepting payment in exchange for giving Hezbollah information about strategic locations in...
Why the World Media Must Wait to Criticize New Israeli Government
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government is set to be sworn in Thursday, nearly two months after the November 1 Israeli election. It feels like the...
The Case for Israel Celebrating Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a holiday that unites a very divided and diverse America. President Abraham Lincoln made a point of proclaiming a national Thanksgiving Day in the...
We Are Undeterred After Being Targeted by Iranian Press TV
My organization, HonestReporting, came under attack this week for its success in highlighting antisemitic social media posts of journalists who praised Nazi leader Adolf Hitler...
Regaining Israel’s Deterrence on the Media Battlefield
Almost five decades after Israel was attacked on Yom Kippur on the military battlefield, our organization was attacked on the media battlefield on the holiest...
Operation Breaking Dawn and Tisha B’Av: Viewed Through the Prism of History
The Haggadah read by Jews around the world on Passover says it clearly: “Not just one alone has risen against us to destroy us, but in...
Sportsmanship vs. ‘Sportswashing’ During NBA Player’s Israel Visit
The International Quran News Agency (IQNA) is the first and only specialized Koran news agency in the Islamic world and publishes daily in an impressive...
From Hitler and Stalin to Putin and Raisi: Why Downplaying Evil Is So Dangerous
In her new book, “The Newspaper Axis,” UC Davis history professor Kathryn S. Olmsted writes that many American and British newspapers failed to take the...
Biden’s Visit Proves Israel Shouldn’t Become a ‘Republican’ Issue
If the unofficial motto of news editors and producers remains “if it bleeds, it leads,” it is no wonder that the visit of US President...
Will the Media Get Biden’s Israel Trip Right This Time?
US President Barack Obama saved his top pro-Israel card, Vice President Joe Biden, for 15 months into his presidency. Obama’s hope was to maximize Biden’s...
Stopping BDS Cold: Five Lessons to Be Learned From Ben & Jerry’s Attempt to Cream Israel
The agreement enabling Ben & Jerry’s ice cream to continue to be sold throughout Israel announced on June 29 was a sweet victory against the...
