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The Washington Post Uses Bad Social Science to Push Anti-Israel Propaganda
(National Review) Lenny Ben-David - In two recent stories, the Washington Post cites surveys from sources with an anti-Israel bias. On Oct. 26, 2020, Dana El Kurd cites the Arab Opinion Index, conducted by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies in Qatar. The poll appeared soon after the U.S. sealed historic "normalization" agreements between Israel and a number of Arab states, pacts that were harshly criticized by Iran and Qatar. The director of the Qatari think tank is Azmi Bishara, an Israeli Arab and former member of the Knesset who fled Israel before arrest, suspected of treason and espionage on behalf of Hizbullah. On Feb. 16, 2021, the Post reported on a survey of 521 scholars from members of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA). The survey showed "a strong majority, 59%, describe the current reality for Israel and the Palestinians as 'a one-state reality akin to apartheid.'" However, the Post did not divulge that MESA is a strong anti-Israel advocate and major promoter for the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions Movement against Israel, and has crusaded for several years for an academic boycott of Israeli academic institutions. The writer, former Deputy Chief of Mission at Israel's Embassy in Washington, served for 25 years in senior posts in AIPAC in Washington and Jerusalem.