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Gidon Ben-zvi
ARTICLES BY: Gidon Ben-zvi
Off the Media’s Radar: How Israel Is Helping Combat the Global COVID Pandemic
HonestReporting has successfully countered (see here, here, and here) various false media narratives about Israel’s ongoing battle against the coronavirus. Perhaps most pervasive has been...
Invisible Blockade: the Media Is Silent on the Palestinian Authority’s Gaza Sanctions
Ever since Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas issued a decree for parliamentary and presidential elections to be held for the first time in over...
B’Tselem and the Israel ‘Apartheid’ Myth
News organizations have given prominent coverage to a report published by the organization B’Tselem, which claims that Israel is no longer a democracy but an...
Reuters Blames Israel for Plight of Gaza Christians, Ignores Hamas Persecution
A December 10 Reuters piece written by Nidal al-Mughrabi rightly draws attention to the plight of Christians in the Gaza Strip. Yet the writer comes...
The Unbearable Cost of a Unity Government
Ever since Israel’s snap election drew to a close last week, the country’s chattering class has ginned up its campaign to convince Israelis that what...
More Human Rights Hypocrisy
What’s striking about the international community’s reaction to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent pledge to apply sovereignty to Jewish communities in the West Bank, and...
The Curious Case of Israel’s Invisible Election
With the great election redo of 2019 less than two weeks away, Israelis across the political spectrum are meeting up in living rooms, pubs, and...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Meet Dvir Sorek
Freshman Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) recently revealed her true feelings about Israel. During a radio interview, AOC concurred wholeheartedly with the program’s host that...
Rethinking Holocaust Restitution: A Case for Jewish Dignity
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki recently asserted that his government would never agree to pay restitution for properties stolen from Jews during the Holocaust. This...
Exposing the Media’s Lies About Israel
While today's widespread use of the term "fake news" can be traced to US President Donald Trump claims that well-established facts are not actually facts,...
Let Sarsour Spew: The Case for Allowing Hate Speech on Campus
The City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School of Public Health has stirred up controversy with its decision to invite anti-Israel activist Linda Sarsour to serve...
The Palestinians Still Teach Their Children to Hate
On February 23, the Israeli Education Ministry, Jerusalem District Police and Shin Bet security agency closed down a Hamas-operated school in east Jerusalem for teaching a...
What It’s Like When Jerusalem Goes on Strike
It's been a hard week to be a father of young children in Jerusalem. Public day care centers across Israel's capital have been shut for three days and...
In Israel, Shouting ‘Fire’ in a Theater Is Considered Free Speech
Imagine, if you will, a member of the US Congress being caught smuggling cell phones, SIM cards and documents to the Black Liberation Army, Aryan Nation or some...
Bernie Sanders Blasts Israel for Not Vaccinating Palestinians, Calls Sending Doses to Allies ‘Outrageous’
Jewish Children Exposed to ‘Widespread Antisemitism’ in Schools in Malmo, Sweden, New Study Concludes
Report: Israel Tells US It Will Not Compromise on Iran’s Nuclear Program in Exchange for End to Regime’s Entrenchment in Syria and Lebanon
Producers Behind Controversial ‘Nurses’ Episode Apologize for False Portrayal of Orthodox Jews
Israel in Talks to Establish Four-Nation Defense Alliance With Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Bahrain