Guest Essay: Dr. Eado Hecht, renowned Israeli defense analyst
THE KIND OF WORK TO EXPECT
TEN QUESTIONS for Australia’s Robert Magid: His “Eyeless in Gaza” Documentary Unmasks Western Media Coverage
How the foreign press got it wrong during the 2014 Israel-Hamas war
Is Reuters’ Jerusalem Bureau Chief Luke Baker Biased Against Israel? TEN QUESTIONS for Gene Foreman: Ethics Textbook Author
By Richard Behar, with Gabriel Davis
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Ten Questions for Israel’s Eado Hecht: A Top Military Expert Torpedoes Obama & Kerry Legacy
“Obama’s policies did nothing to promote peace or democracy in the Middle East. Assuming that promoting them was American policy and not just lip service, they have actually set … Read →
Ten Questions for Kobi Michael: Former Israel National Security Official Rips Bernie Sanders
"Mr. Sanders has to say that if he will be the president, he will demand that the Palestinians stop playing games and to say once and for all that they accept the formula of two … Read →
HADIDISM: Does Peter Baker of the New York Times have a Diaa Hadid Problem?
Part Two “The shit that went down” — see the end of Part One in this multi-part series — was Diaa Hadid’s description to me of the sandstorm of criticism she received after the … Read →
Does Peter Baker of the New York Times have a Diaa Hadid Problem?
Part One By all accounts, Peter Baker is a straight shooter when it comes to fair and honest reporting, and he enjoys a stellar reputation as a result. Before joining the New … Read →
FIT TO PRINT?: The fishy business of the New York Times in Iran
[March 14, 2016] Mideast Dig will scrutinize New York Times coverage of the Middle East in a regularly updated feature. We call it 'FIT TO PRINT?' There are details below on … Read →
DAGGERS & DIAMONDS: Equating Attackers and Victims
DAGGERS & DIAMONDS It’s no shocker that roughly 60% of Americans don’t read beyond the headlines of news stories — as was revealed in an in-depth study in 2014 by the American … Read →
ASSOCIATED MESS: How the AP Botched Its Investigation of Civilian Deaths in the Israel-Hamas War
Posed photographs. Intentional miscategorizations. Buried corrections. One-sided sourcing. Cherry-picked quotes. And a just-plain-wrong conclusion about "most" Gaza casualties … Read →
OPEN LETTER TO NYU’s PRESIDENT: Why The American Studies Assn.’s Israel Boycott Makes Me Ashamed To Be An Alumnus
[This article was originally published on January 14, 2014, at Forbes.com, with editorial assistance from Gary Weiss] Note: An update follows this article. By Richard Behar Dear … Read →
THE MEDIA INTIFADA
Bad Math and Ugly Truths about the New York Times (and Many Western Media Outlets) in the Israel-Hamas War of 2014... —[Originally published at Forbes.com; August 21, … Read →