For Reuters, facts just twist the truth around

In November, Reuters published one of its infamous "FACTBOX" series on Jewish settlements loaded with falsehoods, unsupported assertions, and logical fallacies.  Concomitant with a story by Tom Perry which we will examine in another post, Reuters reruns the "FACTBOX" today with adjustments which drive the material deeper into the realm of pro-Palestinian propaganda and demonstrates Reuters' willful disregard for the truth.

In November for example, Reuters suggested:

Israel dismisses international findings that the communities it has been building since the 1980s in the West Bank, on land occupied by the Israeli military since 1967, constitute a violation of international law.

At the time, we noted the unsupported reference to "international findings" and demonstrated that contrary to Reuters' assertion, Jewish communities in the territories are entirely legal as per League of Nations and United Nations resolutions.

In today's edition, Reuters goes further:

Israel dismisses international findings that the communities it has been building since the 1980s in the West Bank, on Palestinian land occupied by the Israeli military since 1967, constitute a violation of international law.

The territory is now not only inappropriately referred to as "occupied", it has been magically transformed into "Palestinian land".  As in the case of Jerusalem, Reuters fancies itself Arbiter of final status issues between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs, ignores Jewish rights to the land, and awards Title to the Arabs.  All under the guise of offering its readers the "facts".

Breathtaking journalistic integrity!