Meet The Honest Word, HonestReporting’s new blog for the stories, media narratives, and observations that deserve attention even when they don’t need a full investigation. The HonestReporting team will bring you quick reactions to breaking news, recommended reading, sharp commentary on questionable coverage, and the occasional lighter moment from the never-quiet world of Israel and the media.

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Major news outlets have returned to the Nasser Hospital strike with detailed investigations questioning Israel’s targeting decisions and conduct. But while Sky News and The Independent stressed that Israel had not publicly proven its claims about the identities of those killed, they overlooked Palestinian-source material that supports some of the IDF’s claims, linking several of those killed to Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

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The E1 housing tender has triggered international warnings that it will divide the West Bank and destroy prospects for peace. But E1 has been part of Israeli planning for decades and was included under Israeli sovereignty in previous peace proposals, so why has this particular housing decision provoked such an outsized international response?

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European governments accuse Israel of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and even genocide, yet continue spending billions on Israeli defense technology to protect their own citizens. Their rhetoric may condemn Israel, but their national security choices reveal a very different level of trust, even as those accusations continue to fuel hostility toward Israel and Jews worldwide.

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Read time: 9 min

Gazan-posted footage shows a thriving commercial life alongside the destruction, raising hard questions about who controls resources, and why media coverage leaves them out.

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Watch time: 1.5 min