Study: US Textbooks Contain Gross Bias & Misrepresentation re
Christianity, Israel, Judaism & Islam
As reported by the Jerusalem Post: Among the claims made about Israel in
some of the textbooks are that Arab countries never initiated wars
against Israel, Arab nations desire peace while Israel does not...The
study compared language used in describing Jewish and Christian belief
with that describing Muslim belief. "The textbooks tend to be critical
of Jews and Israel, disrespectful about Christianity, and rather than
represent Islam in an objective way, tend to glorify it," says
[researcher Dennis] Ybarra.
Read more:
http://blog.camera.org/archives/2008/09/study_us_textbooks_biased.html
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Lonely Planet Travel Guide Offers Rabidly anti-Israel Misinformation
Lonely Planet's Guide to Israel and the Palestinian Territories (5th
edition, 2007) caters to the rabidly anti-Israel activist, providing a
skewed view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and even offering up
suggestions for anti-Israel activism.
Read more:
http://camera.org/index.asp?x_context=2&x_outlet=78&x_article=1541
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New York Times Labels Extremists as "Human Rights Advocates"
Once again, the Times is whitewashing Israel's adversaries. This time,
it is lending undue credibility to the Free Gaza Movement, a
controversial group of extreme pro-Palestinian/anti-Israel activists, by
describing them not as a pro-Palestinian activist group - which they
undeniably are - but rather with the noble designation "human rights
advocates."
Read more:
http://camera.org/index.asp?x_context=2&x_outlet=35&x_article=1538
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Lauren Booth (Tony Blair sister-in-law) Photographed Shopping at Grocery
Store in Gaza "Concentration Camp"
Lauren Booth, the sister in law to former British Prime Minister, Tony
Blair, recently offered her opinion that Gaza resembled a "concentration
camp" and decried the humanitarian situation there, claiming it rivaled
that of Darfur.
This photo taken during her recent excursion to Gaza with the Free Gaza
Committee shows Ms. Booth shopping in a well-stocked, computerized,
grocery store in the alleged concentration camp.
Read more:
http://blog.camera.org/archives/2008/09/lauren_booth_photographed_shop.html
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