Tamar Sternthal

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May 21, 2017, 1:49 PM

Looking Back at the ‘Fake News’ of Jerusalem

Tomorrow , President Donald Trump, marked by controversy and unpredictability, arrives in Jerusalem, Israel’s hotly contested capital. That alone is a potentially combustible combination. Add to the mix the fact that Jerusalem is subject to more intensive media coverage than...

Oct 29, 2014, 11:29 PM

New York Times editor admits holding Palestinians to a lower standard

Editor Matt Seaton tweeted he'd publish op-eds on Palestinian discrimination as soon as they have a state

Jul 8, 2014, 2:06 PM

Faux Fairness at The New York Times

The Times is an American icon and fairness is a core American value. It’s no wonder then that The Times says it places a premium on fairness, a laudable journalistic value. Its Standards and Ethics guidelines state: “The goal of...

Jun 16, 2014, 2:30 PM

NY Times: Israeli Rescue Attempts Destabilize Relations With Palestinians

Israel’s attempts to rescue three kidnapped teens are endangering Palestinian-Israeli relations, reports The New York Times today. “The growing search for them and their captors further destabilized Israeli-Palestinian relations, and challenged the new Palestinian government’s ability to hold together...

Jan 22, 2014, 1:35 PM

Lies, damned lies, and eulogies

Post-mortem media coverage of Ariel Sharon is rife with factual errors, two of which appear in a New York Times op-ed

Nov 22, 2012, 6:41 PM

Agence France-Presse perpetuates a Hamas lie

The French news agency is the only one not to retract the claim that Israel killed Mahmoud Sadallah

Sep 11, 2012, 7:18 AM

Cheap shots: Palestinians put kids in the line of fire

Rather than a reflection of Israeli brutality, photographs of crying and constrained children are evidence of the cynical manipulation and exploitation of children among Palestinian activists

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Tamar Sternthal is the director of the Israel Office of CAMERA