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Each check on its own, out of 10. Tap one to see the sentences that scored.

• Gives one side the spaceDo Israeli official and settler voices get materially more column inches than Palestinian voices?10.0n=13
• Labels the dead or detained as militantsAre the Palestinian dead or detained filed under a militant or 'wanted' label in the outlet's own voice, with no equivalent label on the other party?9.0n=3
• Takes army claims on trustAre Israeli claims that those killed or detained were militants carried without the verification caveat applied to Palestinian accounts?5.0n=5
• Leaves out the lawHow the article treats the occupation's illegality, the ICJ advisory opinion, settlement illegality and annexation.4.0n=13
• Misleading headlineDoes the headline editorialise, hide agency, leave out deaths the article itself reports, or claim more than the article shows?3.1n=10
• Doubts one side’s death tollAre Palestinian deaths attributed and tagged while Israeli deaths are stated as fact, in the same article?2.5n=3
• Turns settler attacks into clashesAre settler attacks reported with settlers as the named agents, or dissolved into 'clashes' and 'confrontations' that mutualise a one-directional attack?2.0n=5
• Hides who did itIs it clear who carried out raids, killings and demolitions, or does passive voice hide the actor?0.0n=9
• Repeats the permit excuse for demolitionsDo home demolitions carry Israel's 'lacked permits' justification without the permit regime or displacement context that tests it?Only 2 articles so far.0.0n=2
• Uses the language of annexationDoes the outlet, in its own voice, adopt annexationist terms ('Judea and Samaria', 'disputed territories') or render settlements as ordinary 'neighbourhoods'?0.0n=13
• Turns the dead into numbersAre Palestinian deaths reported as human lives, with names and stories, or as abstract numbers?Not yetn=0

Its most framed articles

From the last 90 days. Open one to read it with every flagged sentence marked.

1. 6.0West Bank sanctions play 'straight into right-wing's hand', says Baroness BergerA settler attack becomes a 'clash', one side gets far more space, and the legal stakes go unmentioned.
2. 4.3Israel orders army to prepare to fully close West Bank after two soldiers killed in shootingThe dead are labelled, the other side is not, passive voice hides who attacked, and the military's claims carry no caveat.
3. 4.3Israeli settlers attack European diplomats and French mayor in West Bank, Belgium saysThe headline editorialises, and the legal stakes go unmentioned.
4. 4.2HMRC threatened with legal action over Israeli settlement tradeOne side gets far more space, and the legal stakes go unmentioned.