Guidance for Reporting on Palestine/Israel

The following document contains guidance and suggested language to help journalists cover Palestine/Israel in a clear, accurate, and fair manner.

Twenty Questions (and Answers) on Palestine/Israel:  A Political Guide for Elected Officials

Expert Q&A: Israel’s Latest Attack on Gaza

Political analyst Tareq Baconi weighs in on the latest attacks on Gaza. Note: Since Tuesday, at least 34 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military in Gaza, including at least three women, eight children, and eight members of the Abu Malhous family. More than one hundred others have been injured.

Yousef Munayyer

Yousef Munayyer is the Executive Director of the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and regular contributor to the Daily Beast’s Open Zion blog.

Diana Buttu

Ramallah-based analyst, former legal advisor to Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian negotiators, and Policy Advisor to Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network.

Rashid Khalidi

One of America's preeminent Middle East scholars. Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University and former advisor to Palestinian negotiators.

Saree Makdisi

Author of Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation and professor of English and Comparative Literature at UCLA.

Noura Erakat

Human rights attorney and activist, Abraham L. Freedman Teaching Fellow at Temple University, Beasley School of Law.

George Bisharat

Professor at the University of California Hastings College of Law in San Francisco and a senior fellow at the Institute for Palestine Studies.