Article: Palestine nod

Date: Saturday, January 1, 2011

This short Reuters article reported on Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas thanking Brazil "for recognizing his nation's statehood with the first embassy in the Americas."

Omission: The article gave no indication of the fact that Abbas' actions getting countries to recognize the "State of Palestine" were a violation of the provisions of the Oslo Accords calling for issues to be resolved by negotiations with neither side acting to change the status of the disputed territories.

Ratings

Factual Accuracy: 10
Bias-Free: 9
Pro-Israel: 0
Anti-Israel: 2

Article: U.K. envoy feared use of nuke

Date: Friday, December 31, 2010

This Reuters article reported that, according to previously secret documents, a British ambassador to Israel feared "Israel would detonate a nuclear bomb in case of a new war with its Arab neighbors."

Ratings

Factual Accuracy: 10
Bias-Free: 10
Pro-Israel: 0
Anti-Israel: 1

Article: Ex-Israeli president found guilty of rape

Date: Friday, December 31, 2010

This article by By Batsheva Sobelman and Edmund Sanders reported on the rape conviction of former Israeli President Moshe Katsav.

Opinion: The article included the opinion that the Katsav complained to the attorney general about being blackmailed "apparently in an attempt to defuse the matter."

Ratings

Factual Accuracy: 10
Bias-Free: 10
Pro-Israel: 0
Anti-Israel: 0