Tamar Sternthal

Israel

Director, Israel Office at CAMERA

Director of the Israel office of CAMERA

Articles

Delayed Fog of War Onset: Media Regress on Al-Ahli Hospital Blast

1 week ago | camera.org | Tamar Sternthal

More than a year and a half after multiple foreign intelligence sources ruled out an Israeli airstrike as responsible for the October 2023 deadly blast in the Gaza Strip’s Al Ahli Hospital parking lot, and instead identified an errant Palestinian rocket as the likely culprit, some leading media outlets have inexcusably regressed into the murky fog of war mode.
ABC Reports As Fact Disputed Allegation of Deadly Israeli Strike on UN Facility

1 month ago | camera.org | Tamar Sternthal

Just one day after ABC News was compelled to publish an Editor’s Note retracting a false claim that Israel had dropped inflammatory leaflets in the Gaza Strip, the network again published an unsubstantiated allegation charging Israel with wrongdoing in the coastal territory.
Reuters’ Pro-Houthi Propaganda Video Erases Terror Group’s Foundational Motto

1 month ago | camera.org | Tamar Sternthal

“God Is Great, Death to America, Death to Israel, Curse on the Jews, Victory to Islam.” The genocidal slogan appearing on the Houthi flag is ubiquitous in the terror organization’s propaganda. The war-mongering and antisemitic threat also appears in countless frames of a Reuters video yesterday which completely whitewashes the “defiant” movement and egregiously omits any mention of the terror group’s omnipresent foundational motto (“Yemen’s Houthi leader defiant despite US military attacks“).
Los Angeles Times Falsely Claims All 1948 Palestinian Arab Refugees Were Expelled

2 months ago | camera.org | Tamar Sternthal

In their Feb. 12 page-A1 article, “Jordan makes its case against Trump’s Gaza plan,” veteran Los Angeles Times journalists Tracy Wilkinson and Nabih Bulos wrongly reported that all of the 1948 Palestinian Arab 1948 were expelled, when in fact most fled (also onlinehere).
Los Angeles Times Falsely Reports Most Remaining Hostages Are Soldiers

2 months ago | camera.org | Tamar Sternthal

“The Palestinian is a civilian even if he takes up arms, and the Israeli is a colonizer even if he rests on the beach,” a pro-Hamas sentiment prevalent for years on Arabic social media marks all Israelis as legitimate military targets.
CAMERA Op-Ed: Ceasefire Coverage Exculpates Hardcore Terrorists and Murderers

2 months ago | camera.org | Tamar Sternthal

Why are legacy news outlets assisting released Palestinian terrorists in getting away with actual murder? Using the current Israel-Hamas ceasefire as their cue to place Palestinian terrorists on equal footing as innocent Israeli hostages, some underperforming journalists are sanitizing the bloody records of hardcore terrorists. “This is not about politics or strategy.
How the Ceasefire Coverage Exculpates Hardcore Terrorists and Murderers

2 months ago | algemeiner.com | Tamar Sternthal

Why are legacy news outlets assisting released Palestinian terrorists in getting away with actual murder? Using the current Israel-Hamas ceasefire as their cue to place Palestinian terrorists on equal footing as innocent Israeli hostages, some underperforming journalists are sanitizing the bloody records of hardcore terrorists. “This is not about politics or strategy.
The Blogs: CBS is determined to redraw Israel's map, facts be damned

Jan 23, 2025 | blogs.timesofisrael.com | Tamar Sternthal

In August, a CBS News memo regarding the Jewish state’s capital city instructed all employees: “Do not refer to [Jerusalem] as being in Israel.”This week, the media giant further advanced its noxious campaign chipping away at Israeli territory.
CAMERA Op-Ed: CBS Is Determined to Redraw Israel’s Map, Facts Be Damned

Jan 23, 2025 | camera.org | Tamar Sternthal

In August, a CBS News memo regarding the Jewish state’s capital city instructed all employees: “Do not refer to [Jerusalem] as being in Israel.”This week, the media giant further advanced its noxious campaign chipping away at Israeli territory. “Damari, who is 28, and Steinbrecher, who is 31, were taken from the same kibbutz,” anchor Errol Barnett’s intoned in special report Jan.19 covering the release of the three Israeli hostages Emily Damari, Doron Steinbrecher and Romi Gonen.
France24’s Gavin Lee, Oct. 7 Denier of the Year

Jan 19, 2025 | camera.org | Tamar Sternthal

Several editors notorious for their introduction of antisemitic rhetoric and misinformation about Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza and recently reportedly banned from Wikipedia would find themselves at home at France24, where Oct. 7 denial is alive and well. In a Jan.