CAMCI's goal is to promote more accurate media coverage of Israel. CAMCI articles are published on a Israel has a very troubling image in the world.
This can have serious repercussions. Companies looking to invest in Israel, may look elsewhere if they are uncomfortable with the way the country in perceived. Tourists will be wary to visit a place when their knowledge is based on reports that Israel acts outside the norms of Western Civilization. Israel finds itself constantly unable to join regional international associations because of its ima
ge. Billions of dollars that would otherwise be invested in the country are lost. We want to change that. We believe that Israel’s negative image is due to aspects of the way Israel is depicted in the press. The focus of the Center is to provide clarity to the media and public regarding Israel and the Middle East including accurate reporting with the goal of promoting peace. Some examples of the areas we will focus on are:
1) The consistent use of the term “terrorism” to include all acts of violence motivated by politics or ideology against innocents, whether or not these acts occur within the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
2) The proper context of the area referred to the media as “East Jerusalem” to reflect the historic importance of the city as well as the fact that it was liberated from Jordanian occupation in a defensive war.
3) The treatment of residential areas in the disputed territories referred to in the media as “settlements” to show that their international legal status is an open question.
4) Proper recognition of Israeli actions to promote peace as opposed to Palestinian actions that are contrary to reaching an agreement. We do not desire to pick fights with journalists, most of whom are trying to do a very difficult job under tremendous pressure. We are not interested in chasing down every errant headline written in haste. Nor do we consider ourselves a “hasbara” organization that needs to justify every Israeli action and policy. We believe that Israel will be best served when events are reported with proper context, correct terminology, and a complete focus on accuracy above all else. Yarden Frankl, Executive Director
Yarden Frankl is one of the foremost experts in analyzing media coverage of Israel. He has been working in the field for over a decade. His work includes over 200 articles appearing in the Times of Israel, the Algemeiner, the Jewish Press, Israel National News, and on HonestReporting.com where he was a senior editor for 11 years. He was a frequent guest on the Voice of Israel and produced dozens of videos on the subject of anti-Israel media bias. Yarden moved to Israel from the Washington, D.C. area where he worked on Capital Hill and as a lobbyist for AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. He holds a Master’s Degree in National Security Studies from Georgetown University and a B.A. in International Relations from Colgate University. Yarden is also the author of CrossingtheYarden.com, his personal blog that chronicles his life in Israel and his struggle with his wife’s Stella’s cancer and untimely death in 2013. He is an accomplished endurance athlete who has run dozens of marathons, ultra-marathons, and cycling treks. Yarden is also a consultant to the ALYN Hospital Wheels of Love Charity Bike ride.
Conflicting accounts of what happened at the border. Whose side makes more sense.
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Headlines are becoming more sensational and less accurate. And it's only going to get worse.
In the last few years, the top complaint of those pushing for greater accuracy in news coverage of Israel has been with misleading headlines. Often, the news article underneath the headlines give a proper accounting of the event, yet the fear is that many people will just skim the news and the headl...
Here is an example of why no one really takes Hasbara seriously. A click-bait headline to get people upset at the NYT when all the fuss is that the paper had an interview with someone who said that Israeli folk dances adopted the steps of Arab dances and set them to new music. The "New York Times" did not "accuse" anyone of "stealing" anything!
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Slavery and terrorism are both repugnant. If you are sickened by the PA's glorification of terrorists, you should be equally sickened by those who glorify generals who fought against the United States to preserve the ability to own human beings.
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When you think of non-violence, who do you think of? ABBAS???????
No. Not even close. Mahmoud Abbas may not be the most extreme Palestinian leader, but to refer to him as a “staunch opponent of violence” as one of the world’s most influential news companies did defies credibility. The above sentence can be found in the Associated Press article, “Israeli Troops Pla...
I wish I wasn't an expert in this.... Shameful article in the Washington Post.
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Trump gets scrutiny while Abbas gets a free pass. The latest from the CAMCI.Report.
Mr. Abbas insisted that Palestinians were not preaching hatred. “I affirm to you that we are raising our youth, our children, our grandchildren on a culture of peace.”
Marwan Barghouti claims to be political prisoner. Too bad the NYT didn't say the real reason he is in prison.
Our hunger strike from jail will remind the world that Israel’s occupation is illegal and unjust.
Why does Reuters think so many "settlers" are leaving? Wishful thinking?
An article in Reuters attempted to make the claim that the "settlement" movement in Israel is dying out as......
How should a newspaper illustrate a future 40 family town? With a picture of a 40,000 person city?? The latest from the CAMCI.Report in the Jewish Press.
When a newspaper reports that the government of Israel will build a small community for 40 displaced families, what is the most accurate way they can show the plan?
Gaza: Hot haircuts and a baseball league with no baseballs. That's what the AP chooses to report on from Gaza. The latest CAMCI.Report.
The technique is yet another form of resilience displayed by Gaza's 2 million residents, who are entering their 10th......
AP waxes poetic about " another form of resilience displayed by Gaza's 2 million residents, who are entering their 10th year under a blockade." Yes, getting a haircut is indeed heroic.
Palestinian barber Ramadan Adwan has found a fiery way to trim his client's hair — if they are brave enough.
Is Trump responsible for a "sharp rise" in anti-semitism?
The latest from the CAMCI report.
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Why does the press use the international community to provide context on some issues but ignores them when it comes to labelling Hamas a terrorist group? The latest from the CAMCI.Report.
Masked Palestinians hold axes and a gun as they celebrate with others an attack on a Jerusalem synagogue, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on November 18, 2014. Two Palestinians armed with a meat cleaver and a gun killed four people in a the Bnei Torah synagogue in Jerusalem's Har Nof neighborho...
When you let your agenda lead your coverage.
The AP is attempting to smear David Friedman with this incredibly biased “fact check” article: David Friedman, President Donald Trump’s pick to...
The article in the NYT describes "small groups of protesters." So why the big picture of a handful of critics?
Trump's announcement was neither surprising nor a change in policy.
Reporting on President Trump’s press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, The New York Times wrote: Mr. Trump’s comments...
The New York Times daily podcast reports that there are 50 Palestinian deaths for every Israeli one -- leaving Palestinians as the only ones pushing for peace. The latest from the CAMCI.Report.
"The problem is that it made the conflict much more manageable. And so like now for Palestinians its terrible......
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A year working as a journalist in Israel and the Palestinian territories made Hunter Stuart rethink his positions on the conflict.
Great analysis in the WSJ.
Some want to annex the West Bank, others to separate from the Palestinians—and all view Jerusalem as anything but a settlement
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J Street and Settlement Watch are NOT objective sources. Latest CAMCI Report in the Algemeiner.
When the media use advocacy groups with political agendas as sources, they have an obligation to present the views of...
The demand to be first on stories is so heavy that it's surprising this stuff doesn't happen even more. Good digging by Israelicool.
TOI with a journalism fail yet again
Reuters provides some accurate information. But leaves out a whole lot more. The latest from The CAMCi.Report
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A spat between the new President and the Media should be a warning sign... the latest from The CAMCI Report
I don’t know how many people attended the inauguration of President Trump. I can choose to believe the media. They have made their case by using pictures and maps, comparing Trump’s inauguration to President’s Obama’s eight year ago. What they say and show seems persuasive to me. Or I can choose to…
President Trump accuses the media of lying on the size of the crowd at his inauguration. Do the media lie? Does someone who accuses the media of lying need to offer evidence? Or will each individual decide on whom to believe based on whom they already believe?
Why are there more Palestinian than Israeli casualties?
The casual news reader will get one impression reading 200 Palestinians and 40 Israelis have been killed and quite another learning that the 200 Palestinian were terrorists/“attackers”
It is alarming how the President-elect of the United States can decide who gets to cover him. The media may not be perfect, but they perform an essential role in a democracy.
Donald Trump is a master manipulator, and the news media has found itself at the edge of a cliff. It needs better footing, fast.
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The New York Times will have a new Bureau Chief in Jerusalem.
Ian Fisher, an assistant editor, joined the newspaper in 1990 and reported from Israel during the second intifada.
The latest from the CAMCI Report
Since September, there have been many terrorist attacks in Israel. The Palestinian attackers are basically on su***de missions. Palestinian casualties.
The latest from the CAMCI Report
Was the truck driver who murdered four soldiers and wounded another 17 in Jerusalem a terrorist? How about a Palestinian who stabs a solider in Hebron?
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Where is this place that the media call "Palestinian territory." The latest from CAMCI.Report
When covering the issue of Israeli settlements, the media often describe them as being built on "Palestinian" land or......
One of the things I keep writing about is the historical context of why Jerusalem is today united under Israeli sovereignty. It has little to do with the Bible or religious fanatics and has everything to do with what happened in 1948.
Simply put, under Israeli control, Muslims can pray in Jerusalem. Under Islamic control, Jews could not live there.
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