In May 2010, Israel raided a flotilla of aid ships determined to breach the maritime blockade of Gaza which activists claim violates international law by imposing collective punishment on the civilian population of the Gaza Strip. Nine activists were killed in the raid, which created a major international incident for Israel and Turkey, where the […]
Searching for unbiased commentary? Look elsewhere. Last week, two Israeli Zionist groups unveiled a seminar series on Wikipedia editing designed “to influence what is written there, how it’s written and to ensure that it is balanced and Zionist in nature.” The groups were concerned that entries on the user-edited encyclopedia did not offer a balanced, […]
JERUSALEM—Dozens of international journalists and media workers being held in an Israeli jail were expected to be released by Wednesday evening, local time. Thirty-eight of them were from Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Pakistan, and the U.K. The other 38 were Turkish. Some were identified by the companies they work for and others by their professional associations […]