Channa Rifkin
ARTICLES BY: Channa Rifkin
How a Small-Town US Magazine Published Oct. 7 Atrocity Denial
In Northern California, just south of the renowned Silicon Valley, lies the small town of Gilroy, home to roughly 60,000 residents. Gilroy markets itself as...
BBC Verify: The ‘Fact-Checking’ Unit That Gives Hamas and the UN a Free Pass
BBC News created "BBC Verify," a supposed “fact-checking” and verification segment, in 2023, with the intention of repairing its credibility, or rather, to create the...
They Spent Years Justifying Violence — Now They Mourn Charlie Kirk
The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk sent shockwaves across the world. Tributes poured in from world leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President...
10 Appalling Moments at the People’s Conference for Palestine 2025
For the second year in a row, the People’s Conference for Palestine (PCP), which took place in Detroit, Michigan, attracted some of the biggest names...
Anas al-Sharif Was a Terrorist, But The New York Times Doesn’t Care
The New York Times has plumbed the depths with Lydia Polgreen’s latest op-ed, titled “He Was the Face and Voice of Gaza. Israel Assassinated Him.” In it,...
The BBC Slandered Israel — and Then Made a Lazy Correction
The BBC corrected its article, originally titled “Malnourished Gazan Woman Flown to Italy Dies In Hospital,” about Gaza leukemia patient Marah Salah Mahmoud Zohry (or Marah...
GQ Platformed Twitch Streamer Hasan Piker and This Is Why You Should Care
GQ’s admiring profile of “political influencer” Hasan Piker -- known for his antisemitic and terror sympathizing comments -- underlines Condé Nast’s troubling blend of politics...
Media Keep Parroting a Starvation and Blockade Narrative Even While the Facts on the Ground Change
The media keep running with the “intentional starvation,” “famine,” and “blockade” narrative, despite weeks of proof that Israel is doing everything possible to get aid...
Media Says ‘IDF Targets Kids,’ But Ignores Realities of Fighting Hamas
Since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023, “the IDF is targeting children” has been a media narrative -- or rather, a Hamas narrative. The New...
Israel Airlifts Aid. The Media Airlifts Blame
The general media narrative on Israel’s decision to allow airdrops of aid and its action to “improve” the humanitarian situation in Gaza were an admission...
The Food Situation in Gaza Is More Complicated Than What’s Being Reported
It’s important to preface the following with an acknowledgment that food insecurity at any level should not be taken lightly, and that every civilian death...
Israel Tried to Protect Civilians in Syria; The Media Framed It as Committing Violent Attacks
Israel’s relationship with post-war Syria and its new Islamist government is complex, especially now as it works to secure its northern border and defend Syria’s...
How the NYT Tokenizes Jews — and Mandy Patinkin Helped Them Do It
It’s the final scene of The Princess Bride and Inigo Montoya, master fencer and revenge-seeker, is at the window of the castle with Westley and...
Francesca Albanese Was Sanctioned Because She Supports Terror — Not Because She Criticizes Israel
Francecsa Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the “Occupied Palestinian Territories,” is not an international lawyer. She is, however, a biased terror justifier and supporter who denies...
