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| '''If Americans Knew''' is a non-profit |
'''If Americans Knew''' is a non-profit media watchdog organization that focuses on the ], ] foreign policy regarding the ], and media coverage of these issues. Its mission is to provide information largely unreported in the US media. The group is highly critical of U.S. support, especially U.S. financial support, for Israel. | ||
| If Americans Knew was founded by Alison Weir, an American freelance journalist who traveled throughout the ] and ] in February and March of 2001. | If Americans Knew was founded by Alison Weir, an American freelance journalist who traveled throughout the ] and ] in February and March of 2001. | ||
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| ==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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| * - ] article critical of the organization. | |||
| * (TheMiddleEastNow.com). Accessed August 12, 2006. | |||
| * by Gilead Ini. May 13, 2005. Accessed August 12, 2006. | |||
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If Americans Knew is a non-profit media watchdog organization that focuses on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, United States foreign policy regarding the Middle East, and media coverage of these issues. Its mission is to provide information largely unreported in the US media. The group is highly critical of U.S. support, especially U.S. financial support, for Israel.
If Americans Knew was founded by Alison Weir, an American freelance journalist who traveled throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip in February and March of 2001.
The organization produces informational materials, assists in organizing public forums, and provided speakers and written materials to hundreds of venues across the United States, among them Harvard Law School, Stanford University, Columbia University, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, the University of California, Berkeley, Washington State University, Northwestern University, The Center for Policy Analysis on Palestine, the National Press Club, the Naval Postgraduate School, and other university campuses, churches, libraries, and civic organizations. Its website carries compilations of articles critical of Israel from a wide variety of sources.
Among other activities, it has compiled seven reports on media coverage, which examine the New York Times, NBC, CBS, and ABC, the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Jose Mercury News, the New London Day, and the Associated Press.
Criticism
For its media studies and website documents, If Americans Knew draws on casualty statistics compiled by B'Tselem, the Palestinian Red Crescent, and the IDF. They have been heavily criticized for not citing the actual causes of deaths in the conflict. Some of their documents have been accused of being misleading. For exaple, IAK has made statements regarding "Jewish-only" roads in the West Bank, when, in actuality, such roads are for Israeli citizens (many of whom are not Jewish) and permitted foreign citizens, and were created for safety reasons. In addition, the list of Palestinian casualties includes Palestinians killed by Palestinians, as well as suicide bombers, none of which is specified.