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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Mat Nashed

Western coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza – bias or unprofessionalism?

Protesters during a rally for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza in Times Square, New York City, the United States, on Thursday, October 19, 2023 [Stephanie Keith/Bloomberg via Getty Images]

Publishing unsubstantiated claims, telling only one side of the story, and painting  Palestinians as nothing more than objects in Hamas’s hands are all unprofessional mistakes Western media makes while covering the conflict between Israel and Hamas, media experts and Arab journalists say.

Experts and journalists who spoke to Al Jazeera said the systemic “bias in favour of Israel” is “irreparably damaging” the credibility of news agencies considered “mainstream” in the eyes of Arabs and others.

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