Thus, the article had originally stated:

The game promises to let players take the role of Palestinian freedom fighters and break what it calls “the cliché of portraying Arabs as Terrorists.”

Significantly, there were no qualifying quotation marks around “Palestinian freedom fighters.” By failing to include quotation marks which would have indicated attribution to Nijm, The Jerusalem Post whitewashed Palestinian combatants who stab and shoot Israeli soldiers, per scenes described in the Daily Mail, or who sabotage the Iron Dome, endangering millions of Israeli civilians, another game mission described by Haaretz.

 

Reich did not point out that the frequent proclamations in the game calling “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” indicate that, contrary to Nijm’s protestations, the message is opposition to Israel’s existence under any conditions and within any borders, and not simply against the Israeli military occupation. Nor does he point out that the game’s missions include the destruction of the Iron Dome, which constitutes a death knell for thousands of “Israeli civilians, women, children, elderly,” to borrow Nijm’s language.

Following communication from CAMERA’s Israel office, The Jerusalem Post amended certain elements of the article to better highlight the anti-Israel and violent nature of the game. Yet, the somewhat improved article still does not include comment from the game’s critics. Nor does it acknowledge that the game rejects Israel in any borders and that its missions include sabotage of the defensive Iron Dome, an act that means certain death for thousands of Israeli civilians, women, children and the elderly.

While the endorsement – (“I’m really impressed with the quality of the animations”) – from game journalist Ian Boudreau no longer appears, Nijm nevertheless has ample cause to be satisfied with The Jerusalem Post coverage.