Simon Plosker
ARTICLES BY: Simon Plosker
Haaretz Accused Israeli Soldiers of a Horrific Blood Libel — But Twisted the Truth
On June 27, Haaretz published an exposé claiming that “IDF officers and soldiers told [the media outlet] they were ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near food...
‘Israel Doesn’t Want a Stable Syria’: The Media Uses Upheaval to Falsely Slander Israel
The Independent’s world affairs editor, Sam Kiley, has a long history of reporting from the Middle East for several mainstream media outlets including CNN, Sky...
Amnesty Lied About Israeli ‘Genocide’ — the Media Gladly Joined In
Amnesty International’s latest significant report, “‘You Feel Like You Are Subhuman’: Israel’s Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza,” is in keeping with the organization’s long history...
Double Standards as New York Times Accuses IDF of Using Palestinians as Human Shields
Replete with a headline designed to tarnish Israel’s entire military, The New York Times recently published an investigation alleging that IDF soldiers were using Gazans as human...
Al Jazeera Documentary Absurdly Attacks CNN & BBC’s ‘Pro-Israel Bias’
Qatari-funded Al Jazeera claims to have the scoop. While HonestReporting has spent the past year (and many years before that) exposing anti-Israel media bias, we’ve...
A Note From Israel: When the Media Battlefield and the Home Front Collide
A significant part of my professional life has been spent at HonestReporting. I’ve worked through far too many crises, including several major IDF military operations,...
Corrections Are Not Enough: Washington Post Misquotes Israeli Expert, Then Inserts Hezbollah Propaganda
Lieutenant Colonel (Res.) Sarit Zehavi, the founder and president of Alma -- an independent research and education center focused on Israel’s security challenges along its northern...
Mehdi Hasan Embarrasses Himself on Debate Show on Israel
Few tears were shed at HonestReporting in November 2023, when MSNBC announced the cancellation of the regular show of Mehdi Hasan, a long-time detractor of...
Pulitzer Prize Distracts From Systemic New York Times Bias
Pop, pop, pop. That's not the sound of gunfire in Gaza, but the uncorking of champagne bottles in Times Square and the Jerusalem bureau of...
Palestinian ‘Journalists’ on October 7: Why Won’t The New York Times Let the Facts Decide?
In the aftermath of HonestReporting's exposé of Palestinian photojournalists who infiltrated Israel’s border from Gaza on October 7, several media outlets reacted by attacking HonestReporting’s...
Washington Post Publishes Speculative Hit Piece to Muddy the Waters of Israel’s Shifa Hospital Operation
A November Washington Post op-ed headline read: “Evidence confirms Israel’s al-Shifa claims, so critics move the goal posts.” Now, a Washington Post investigation into the “assault...
BBC Bowen’s Insidious ‘Analysis’ of Israel’s Media Battlefield
The BBC’s international editor Jeremy Bowen barely conceals his disdain for Israel these days. This is his latest “analysis“: Let’s break this down. Israel’s borders with Gaza are...
Gaza Photojournalists: Media Fail to Address Their Own Ethics and Morals
HonestReporting’s expose on the Gaza photojournalists who infiltrated Israel on October 7 has caught the attention of the global media. As the story spread, however,...
Ukraine and Gaza: How a CNN Graph Reduces ‘Attacks’ on Medical Facilities to a False Moral Equivalence
Two conflicts are currently dominating the geopolitical and media landscape: the Israel-Hamas war and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Many attempts have been made to...
