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Do not fill this in! ====Israeli-Palestinian conflict coverage==== In recent decades, ''The Guardian'' has been accused of biased [[criticism of the Israeli government|criticism of Israeli government policy]]<ref name="Sela">{{cite journal|last1=Sela|first1=Hadar|date=June 2010|title=Anti-Zionist and Antisemitic Discourse on ''The Guardian''{{'}}s "Comment Is Free" Website|url=http://www.gloria-center.org/meria/2010/06/sela.html|url-status=dead|journal=[[Middle East Review of International Affairs]]|volume=14|issue=2|pages=31–37|issn=1565-8996|id={{ProQuest|816331031}}|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100713075059/http://www.gloria-center.org/meria/2010/06/sela.html|archive-date=13 July 2010}}</ref> and of bias against the Palestinians.<ref>Ponsford, Dominic (12 August 2014), [http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/guardian-accused-pro-israel-bias-after-carrying-child-sacrifice-ad-rejected-times/ "Guardian accused of pro-Israel bias after carrying 'child sacrifice' ad rejected by The Times"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207112525/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/guardian-accused-pro-israel-bias-after-carrying-child-sacrifice-ad-rejected-times/ |date=7 February 2017 }}, ''PressGazette''.</ref> In December 2003, columnist [[Julie Burchill]] cited "striking bias against the state of Israel" as one of the reasons she left the paper for ''The Times''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Burchill|first=Julie|author-link=Julie Burchill|date=29 November 2003|title=Good, bad and ugly|work=The Guardian|location=London|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2003/nov/29/weekend.julieburchill|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=22 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722183248/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2003/nov/29/weekend.julieburchill|url-status=live}}</ref> Responding to these accusations, a ''Guardian'' editorial in 2002 condemned antisemitism and defended the paper's right to criticise the policies and actions of the Israeli government, arguing that those who view such criticism as inherently anti-Jewish are mistaken.<ref>{{cite news|date=26 January 2002|title=Leader: A new anti-semitism?|work=The Guardian|location=London|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/jan/26/israel.guardianleaders|access-date=25 January 2010|archive-date=25 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130825234218/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/jan/26/israel.guardianleaders|url-status=live}}</ref> Harriet Sherwood, then ''The Guardian''{{'s}} foreign editor, later its Jerusalem correspondent, has also denied that ''The Guardian'' has an anti-Israel bias, saying that the paper aims to cover all viewpoints in the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]].<ref>{{cite news|title=News coverage|work=The Guardian|location=London|url=https://www.theguardian.com/values/socialaudit/story/0,,1931208,00.html|access-date=25 May 2010|archive-date=25 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825080739/http://www.theguardian.com/values/socialaudit/story/0,,1931208,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On 6 November 2011, Chris Elliott, ''The Guardian''{{'}}s readers' editor, wrote that "''Guardian'' reporters, writers and editors must be more vigilant about the language they use when writing about Jews or Israel", citing recent cases where ''The Guardian'' received complaints regarding language chosen to describe Jews or Israel. Elliott noted that, over nine months, he upheld complaints regarding language in certain articles that were seen as anti-Semitic, revising the language and footnoting this change.<ref name="Elliott responds">{{cite web|author=Elliott, Chris|date=6 November 2011|title=The readers' editor on ... averting accusations of antisemitism|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/nov/06/averting-accusations-of-antisemitism-guardian|access-date=3 October 2012|work=The Guardian|archive-date=1 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001054553/http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/nov/06/averting-accusations-of-antisemitism-guardian|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Guardian''{{'}}s style guide section referred to [[Tel Aviv]] as the capital of Israel in 2012. In 2012, media watchdog [[HonestReporting]] filed a complaint with the [[Press Complaints Commission]] (PCC) after ''The Guardian'' ran a correction apologizing for "wrongly" having called Jerusalem as Israel's capital. After an initial ruling supporting ''The Guardian'', the PCC retracted its original ruling, leading to the newspaper's acknowledgement that it was wrong to call Tel Aviv Israel's capital.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Guardian seeks to revise history|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/155043|first=Rachel|last=Hirshfeld|access-date=16 October 2014|work=Arutz Sheva|date=23 April 2012|archive-date=6 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006073541/http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/155043|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|editor=Corrections and clarifications column|date=22 April 2012|title=Corrections and clarifications | News|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2012/apr/22/corrections-and-clarifications|access-date=6 March 2016|newspaper=The Guardian|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001345/http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2012/apr/22/corrections-and-clarifications|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ahern |first1=Raphael |title=Guardian: We were wrong to call Tel Aviv Israel's capital |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/guardian-admits-we-were-wrong-in-calling-tel-aviv-israels-capital/ |access-date=29 February 2024 |work=[[Times of Israel]] |date=2012-08-08 |archive-date=29 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229022216/https://www.timesofisrael.com/guardian-admits-we-were-wrong-in-calling-tel-aviv-israels-capital/ |url-status=live }}</ref>''The Guardian'' later clarified: "In 1980, the Israeli Knesset enacted a law designating the city of Jerusalem, including East Jerusalem, as the country's capital. In response, the UN security council issued resolution 478, censuring the "change in character and status of the Holy City of Jerusalem" and calling on all member states with diplomatic missions in the city to withdraw. The UN has reaffirmed this position on several occasions, and almost every country now has its embassy in Tel Aviv. While it was therefore right to issue a correction to make clear Israel's designation of Jerusalem as its capital is not recognised by the international community, we accept that it is wrong to state that Tel Aviv – the country's financial and diplomatic centre – is the capital. The style guide has been amended accordingly."<ref name="Guardian retract">{{cite web|date=7 August 2012|title=Corrections and clarifications|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2012/aug/07/corrections-and-clarifications|access-date=29 July 2015|work=The Guardian|archive-date=18 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150718175454/http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2012/aug/07/corrections-and-clarifications|url-status=live}}</ref> On 11 August 2014 the print edition of ''The Guardian'' published a pro-Israeli advocacy advert during the [[2014 Israel–Gaza conflict]] featuring [[Elie Wiesel]], headed by the words "Jews rejected child sacrifice 3,500 years ago. Now it's Hamas' turn." ''The Times'' had decided against running the ad, although it had already appeared in major American newspapers.<ref>{{cite web|first=Meredith|last=Carey|date=7 August 2014|title=The Guardian Accepts Elie Wiesel's Rejected London Times Advertisement – Observer|url=http://observer.com/2014/08/exclusive-the-guardian-accepts-the-elie-weisel-ad-rejected-by-london-times/|access-date=24 March 2016|work=Observer|archive-date=30 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330082408/http://observer.com/2014/08/exclusive-the-guardian-accepts-the-elie-weisel-ad-rejected-by-london-times/|url-status=live}}</ref> One week later, Chris Elliott expressed the opinion that the newspaper should have rejected the language used in the advert and should have negotiated with the advertiser on this matter.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Elliott|first1=Chris|date=18 August 2014|title=The readers' editor on... the decision to run This World's advertisement|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/18/readers-editor-decision-this-world-advertisement|access-date=22 August 2014|website=[[theguardian.com]]|archive-date=21 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821205527/http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/18/readers-editor-decision-this-world-advertisement|url-status=live}}</ref> In October 2023, ''The Guardian'' stated it would not renew the contract of cartoonist [[Steve Bell (cartoonist)|Steve Bell]] after he submitted a cartoon featuring Netanyahu, with his shirt open, wearing boxing gloves and holding a scalpel over a dotted shape of the [[Gaza Strip]] on his stomach. The caption read: "Residents of Gaza, get out now." Due to what has been seen by some as a reference to Shakespeare's [[Shylock]]'s "pound of flesh", it prompted accusations that it was antisemitic.<ref>{{cite news |last=Warrington |first=James |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/10/15/guardian-cartoonist-steve-bell-anti-semitic-netanyahu/ |title=Guardian cartoonist sacked over 'anti-Semitic' Netanyahu drawing |work=The Telegraph |date=15 October 2023 |access-date=16 October 2023 |archive-date=15 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015212014/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/10/15/guardian-cartoonist-steve-bell-anti-semitic-netanyahu/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Bell said that he was inspired by the 1960s "Johnson's Scar" cartoon by [[David Levine]] of U.S. president [[Lyndon B Johnson]] within the context of the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-10-16 |title=Steve Bell sacked by Guardian in antisemitism row over Netanyahu cartoon |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67122609 |access-date=2023-10-17 |archive-date=8 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208150745/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67122609 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://hti.osu.edu/opper/lesson-plans/cold-war-conflict-in-vietnam-the-vietnam-era-presidency/images/johnsons-scar|title=Johnson's Scar|website=Ohio State University|access-date=21 March 2024|archive-date=8 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108042404/https://hti.osu.edu/opper/lesson-plans/cold-war-conflict-in-vietnam-the-vietnam-era-presidency/images/johnsons-scar|url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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