Israel-Palestine on Record: How the New York Times Misreports Conflict in the Middle East

by Howard Friel, Richard Falk

In this scathing analysis of Israel-Palestine coverage in the US media, Howard Friel and Richard Falk reveal the persistent ways the New York Times has ignored principles of international law in order to shield its readers from Israel’s lawlessness. While the Times publishes dozens of front-page stories and extensive commentary on the killings of Israelis, it publishes very few such stories on the killings of Palestinians, and mostly ignores the extensive documentation of massive violations of Palestinian human rights by the government of Israel. Furthermore, the Times regularly ignores or under-reports a multitude of critical legal issues pertaining to Israel’s policies, including Israel’s expropriation and settlement of Palestinian land, the two-tier system of laws based on national origin evocative of South Africa’s apartheid regime, the demolition of Palestinian homes, and use of deadly force against Palestinians. These journalistic practices have not only shielded the extent of Israel’s transgressions from the American electorate, which is Israel’s main source of financial and military support, it has severely diminished our understanding of the Middle East and of US foreign policy in general.

Genres: Middle East

320 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2007

Reviews

[Ramzey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well I gave this book 3 stars altough it's very good at documenting Israeli war and important book to read for those who wanna understand how american media especially New York times misreports the reality of what's happening in Palestine. To me it's absolutely disgusting how big newspapers can justify so many war crimes and ignore international law.

The newspaper should have lost all credibility by now if people cared about the truth and nobody would ever read New York times again.

But in my opinion these authors had stronger/better arguments.

1) Norman Finkelstein in his books , Gaza: An Inquest Into Its Martyrdom
2) Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History or
3) I Accuse!: Herewith A Proof Beyond Reasonable Doubt That ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda Whitewashed Israel

4) Jermery R Hammond Obstacle to Peace: The US Role in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

I recommend reading any of these books first before reading this one.


There are other similar books on this topic too such as Greg Shupak the wrong story,
The Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work by Belen Fernandez
Reporting Palestine-Israel in British Newspapers by Nadia R. Sirhan

[J. Rogue · Rating 3 out of 5]

Extremely well-documented analysis of the Israel-Palestine conflict as reported in the New York Times. Not a great read but a good book for reference. Interesting look at how framing affects a story.