Rinat Harash
ARTICLES BY: Rinat Harash
No Due Diligence: Media Silent on Terror-Supporting Ministers of New PA Cabinet
Media outlets should always report the facts -- but also questions about them. Last week, however, the media reported on the formation of a new...
Language Matters: Why Meta Should Not End Ban on the Word ‘Shaheed’
Picture this: Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind of the deadly October 7 attack on Israel, is killed. Arabic Facebook feeds are filled with posts...
What Hostages? Media Ignore Hamas’ Captives, Oct. 7 Massacre
For the past five months, Israel has repeatedly stated its aims in the war against Hamas: destroy the terrorist organization, and secure the release of...
When UPI and the Hamas Press Office Are Indistinguishable
It’s not often that a mainstream media outlet publishes a piece so full of disinformation that it ridicules itself as a credible news source. But that’s...
Media Outlets Use Daring Israeli Rescue of Hostages to Shield Hamas, Attack Israel
Early on Monday, February 12, news outlets reported that Israel had rescued two hostages from Hamas captivity in Gaza. But instead of sticking to the facts...
NPR Whitewashes Palestinian Terrorists in Coverage of Israel-Hamas War
If National Public Radio (NPR) were the sole source of news on the Israel-Hamas war, listeners would unlikely be able to accurately describe the Jewish...
News Video of ‘Possible Israeli War Crime’ Raises Disturbing Questions
When ITV News speculated this week about whether Israel had committed “a possible war crime” during a tragic incident in which a man was shot...
Coverage of Ceasefire Rejection Paints Israel as Aggressor, Whitewashes Hamas
More than 100 days into the war between Israel and Hamas, media outlets have apparently forgotten who started it. The headlines this week on Israel’s rejection...
An Israeli Soccer Star Stood Up for Hostages in Turkey; Then He Was Attacked
It should have been a straightforward story that included facts, relevant reactions, and background. But these key elements were either omitted or distorted when some media...
Media Ignore Evidence Showing Slain Gaza ‘Journalists’ Were Terrorists
On January 7, media outlets widely reported that Israel had killed two Palestinian “journalists” in Gaza. The stories about the deaths of Al Jazeera’s freelancers Hamza...
Media Ignore and Distort Account of Hostage Mia Schem
In mid-October, when many Israeli families didn’t yet know whether their loved ones had been slaughtered or kidnapped by Hamas, media outlets rushed to cover...
Media Omit Criticism, Glorify the Red Cross’ Role Amid Israel-Hamas War
Two stories on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war deserved coverage last week: Comments on the situation in...
Media Ignore Hamas’ Praise for the UN After Gaza Ceasefire Resolution
On December 12, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) demanded an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. Its resolution has been widely covered in the...
Coverage of Campus Antisemitism Hearing Exposes Media Blind Spot
US and international media outlets have widely covered the backlash sparked by last week’s testimony of American university heads before a House committee, in which...
