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Israeli-Palestinian Interactions
7/31/2009
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Mar 23, 2011: CTV.ca removes profane, false and misleading commentaries which accused Israel of committing "genocide against the Palestinians" in an online forum after HRC complained.
- The Toronto Star, August 8 2009: After seven years, The Star corrects a statement formerly attributed to Moshe Yaalon: “A Nov. 14, 2004, column about the death of Yasser Arafat included an unverified quotation attributed to former Israel Defence Forces chief of staff Moshe Yaalon. Yaalon, now Israel's strategic affairs minister, was quoted in that 2004 column as saying in 2002 that "the Palestinians must be made to understand in the deepest recesses of their consciousness that they are a defeated people. That quotation, while widely cited over the years, did not appear in the 2002 interview published in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, to which it has been attributed. Alon Ofek-Arnon, a spokesman for Yaalon, told the Star in an email that Yaalon never said this. As well, in a correction about this same quote published March 6, 2009, by the Chicago Tribune, Ari Shavit, the writer of the 2002 Haaretz article, said Yaalon did not say that. The Star has been unable to reach Shavit.”
- CBC Online, Feb 19 2009: "A story published Feb 18 about the border crossings between Israel and the Gaza Strip originally said 3000 Palestinians killed in a conflict between Israel and Hamas in late 2008 and early 2009. In fact, about 1,300 Palestinians died in the conflict." Correction issued.
- Toronto Star, Jan 9 2009: “A letter to the editor published Jan 4 incorrectly stated that 950 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli settlers in the West Bank since 2000. In fact, according to B’tselem, the Israeli Information Centre for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, from 2000-2008, 41 Palestinians were killed in the West Bank by Israeli 'citizens.'" Correction issued.
- CBC Online, Aug 23 2008: CBC report claims “pro-Palestinian activists suffered from rough seas and accused Israel of sabotaging their communications equipment.” Story revised to say “Israeli foreign ministry dismissed the allegations that Israel damaged the communications system as ‘total lies.’”
- Toronto Star, June 2008 “Incorrect caption published with photos of Palestinians: While trying to flee from the Gaza Strip, Palestinians were wounded in a gun battle between Israeli troops and Palestinians militants near the Erez Crossing. The June 20 caption, under a photograph of the wounded, was incorrect.” Correction issued.
- Le Journal de Montreal, April 29 2008: "The death of a Palestinian boy in the Gaza Strip earlier this month, originally blamed on Israeli forces, was caused by mortar fire from Palestinian militants, a human rights group said Monday. On April 6, AFP cited medical sources as saying the child was killed by Israeli tank fire between the Gaza border with Israel and the Bureij refugee camp. The Palestinian Center for Human Rights subsequently conducted an investigation into the killing. "According to our inquiry, the child Abdullah Mohammed Bahar, four years old, was killed by a Palestinian mortar," said Jaber Wichah, deputy director of the PCHR, based in Gaza. According to the PCHR, Palestinian militants fired a mortar round which struck near the child's home, seriously wounding the boy in the head, as he was playing outdoors with his brother who was also injured but survived. The four-year-old died shortly after being taken to hospital, the PCHR said.” Correction issued.
- Saskatoon Star Phoenix, April 10 2008: Apology - "We really are sensitive to this issue but you do make a valid point about this photo vs. the Pope and the others. I’ve spoken to our news editor about being extra careful in this regard in the future to ensure that more context is included in photo captions.” According to a senior editor at the Saskatoon Star Phoenix, after we complained that a photograph depicting a Palestinian car destroyed after an Israeli air strike, failed to indicate that the attack was aimed at Islamic Jihad terrorists fleeing after conducting a brazen attack at an Israeli petrol station that killed two Israelis near Gaza. Instead, the photo was presented alongside other innocuous images of orange groves, tulips, Jaguars, and the Pope.
- CBC Around the World, Feb 8 2008: On-Air Clarification: "We want to clarify a story we told you about two days ago. After a suicide bomber killed one Israeli, we reported on the death of the Palestinian militant later that day saying it was in retaliation for the suicide bombing. In fact, there is no proof that the two incidents were linked."
- CBC Around the World, Jan 17 2008 - Apology: According to a senior CBC editor: “On October 24, you wrote to draw our attention to a report on the October 22 edition of CBC NEWS: AROUND THE WORLD. The report, prepared by CBC Middle East correspondent Peter Armstrong, concerned Marya Aman, a young Palestinian girl paralyzed from the neck down in an Israeli missile strike. You wrote that this was a “very similar” report to one by BBC reporter Katya Adler broadcast on the August 22 edition of CBC NEWS: AROUND THE WORLD. You see no reason to broadcast two such reports and suggested the duplication was a “lapse of editorial judgment.” However, as is often the case, foreign reports used on THE NATIONAL are picked up by CBC NEWS: AROUND THE WORLD. Regrettably, those who added Mr. Armstrong’s report to the October 22 line up were unaware that the program had already carried the similar BBC report during the summer."
- CBC, April 7, 2006: “A story published on March 31 about an explosion that killed a Palestinian militant wasn’t updated to include additional information about the cause of the blast. Consequently, CBC.ca had a story that incorrectly attributed the killing of a senior Palestinian militant to the Israeli military. The explosion was, in fact, a car bomb later blamed on a rival Palestinian faction.” Correction issued.
- Globe and Mail, Jan 16 2007: "Online photo displayed Palestinian mourners, but failed to indicate terrorist died while attacking Israel." Caption updated to include context, apology secured.
- CBC Online, July 22, 2006: CBC reported that 100 Palestinians had been killed in July and August of 2006. CBC failed to tell its readers that the majority of those killed were engaged in attacks against Israel. Previous reports were amended and subsequent reports referenced this information. Correction issued.
- CBC The Passionate Eye, Nov 26 2005: Documentary film 'Checkpoint' broadcast on the 'Passionate Eye' lacked information about Israel's security concerns. After HRC complaint, CBC inserted two 30-second clips containing contextual information about Israel's security apparatus into the re-broadcast of the documentary. Correction issued.
- Toronto Star, July 25 2005: A Palestinian was to blame for the stabbing death of a 12-year-old, not a Jewish settler as reported." Updated story printed.
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