BackSpin Editor

The BBC is airing the Doha Debates, billed as “a public forum for dialogue and

Dominic Pansford of the Press Gazette, a UK media journal, lays out why the NUJ’s

See Zev Chafets for a counter-intuitive reaction to the NUJ boycott: Israel, I believe, should

The X-Ray Project, a photography exhibit uses X-rays and CT scans from Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek

Times of London columnist Michael Gove explains why he quit the NUJ after nearly 20

* See the Christian Science Monitor, where Alan Dershowitz articulates Israeli objections to the Palestinian

YNet News columnist Alex Fishman offers a fascinating explanation why the Palestinians are dragging their

Digging in the heels is a defensive posture. Sticking a foot in one’s mouth is

A demonstration of journalists supporting Alan Johnston got ugly when police cracked down outside Gaza’s

What is The Age’s correspondent Ed O’Loughlin trying to accomplish with this snippet about the

In the guise of respectable speculation, British journalist Alan Hart casts aspersion on Israel for

Unable to find anyone willing to broadcast their programs to US viewers, Al-Jazeera-English is bypassing

Life in the Palestinian Authority seems to look good compared to the slums of Rio

BBC Radio 4 planned to air a reading of “Weddings and Beheadings,” a short comedy

A few members of Britain’s National Union of Journalists are already speaking out against the

A previously unknown group linked to Al-Qaida claims it executed Alan Johnston. The Jerusalem Post

The Alan Johnston affair just got messier. His captors demand the release of Sajida Mubarak

Protests against the security fence continue on schedule at Bil’in. AFP reports that 12 Palestinians