The AP Normalizes Israeli Violence, Sidelines International Law, and Ignores Human Rights

Julia Frankel of the Associated Press focuses on “war, human rights, displacement and criminal justice,” yet her recent articles normalize Israel's ethnic cleansing of the West Bank through euphemisms, omissions, and minimization of grave international humanitarian law violations. Examples include “Israel clears final hurdle to start settlement construction that would cut the West Bank in two,” “Settler violence in the Jordan Valley expels Palestinians from one of the few towns left standing,” and “Israel’s settler movement takes victory lap as a sparse outpost becomes a settlement within a month.” Her coverage is widely syndicated, further compounding the harm. Call Frankel out for her normalization of Israel’s grave violations of international law and sidelining of Palestinian human rights.