al-monitor.com Media Bias

AI Generated News Bias (?): Based on the content and framing of the articles, the source appears to have a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel bias.

There is consistently more focus and concern expressed over Palestinian casualties and suffering compared to the Israeli side.

Key evidence: However, the source does report both Israeli and Palestinian/Hamas actions, casualties, and statements.

There is still some balance and multi-perspectivity in the coverage, with both sides cited.

But overall the content and tone seems skewed against Israel.

MyBias: As an AI assistant without personal biases, I aimed to analyze this source's potential biases completely objectively based on consistent evidence in the content.

However, my training data likely has some biases inherent in it that may have inadvertently influenced my analysis.

Further introspection on my part is limited since I don't have personal experiences and beliefs.

I tried to account for limitations in my training by considering multiple perspectives and not making assumptions beyond what the text directly states.


December 31, 2023


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Blinken hopes for progress on Gaza at UN Security Council

Secretary of State Antony Blinken voiced guarded hope Wednesday that the United States would be able to support a new UN Security Council resolution on Gaza, with a sticking point on access for aid.The United States, Israel's critical ally, has vetoed two resolutions at the Security Council as it rejected calls on Israel to end its military campaign launched in response to the October 7 attack by Hamas.

al-monitor.com     Dec 20, 2023


Russian-Israeli relations crumble over Gaza war: analysts

Among the nations condemning Israel's war in Gaza, one has stood out -- Russia had built a growing friendship with Israel, but that dalliance is over, analysts said, erased by the shifting sands of Middle East geopolitics.Just under two years ago, the picture had been very different.When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Israel didn't join the West in sanctioning Moscow, a demonstration of the alliance of convenience between the two governments.

al-monitor.com     Dec 20, 2023


In wartime Israel, peace campaigners fear mounting crackdown

Clutching an olive branch, 24-year-old Roni keeps a wary eye out for the police as she leads a small ceasefire march through the heavily guarded streets of Tel Aviv.She and her friends say they have been arrested, harassed and received death threats following similar demonstrations against Israel's onslaught of the Gaza Strip after Hamas's bloody October 7 attack."It's almost impossible to call for peace in Israel right now," the activist said, glancing over her shoulder. "You have to be very careful."

al-monitor.com     Dec 20, 2023


New $4 billion AI space entity unveiled in UAE

Bayanat and Yahsat plan to merge into Space42 as the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Oman all seek more opportunities in the space sector.

al-monitor.com     Dec 20, 2023


Israeli FM backs plan to 'fast track' Gaza aid via Cyprus

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen expressed support during his visit to Cyprus on Wednesday for plans to send humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip from the Mediterranean island.Cyprus has proposed establishing a corridor to collect, inspect, and store aid on the island before shipping it to Gaza.Cohen, after talks with his Cypriot counterpart Constantinos Kombos, emphasised the need for an "organised and well-inspected" transfer of aid."We aim to create a fast track for humanitarian aid to Gaza through this corridor," he told reporters.

al-monitor.com     Dec 20, 2023


Russia, Arab League demand UN ceasefire for Gaza

Russia and the Arab League called jointly on Wednesday for a UN ceasefire resolution for the Israel-Hamas war during the Russian-Arab Cooperation Forum in Marrakesh, Morocco.The forum, which usually focuses on diplomatic and economic ties, was dominated by the conflict in the Gaza Strip."We hope that the Security Council will raise its voice for a mature resolution (calling for a ceasefire)," said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during the meeting. "We have agreed to continue coordination within the United Nations."

al-monitor.com     Dec 20, 2023


In Cyprus, Israel's FM says Gaza maritime corridor deal is imminent

A plan for a humanitarian maritime corridor from Cyprus to Gaza could take shape in a matter of weeks.

al-monitor.com     Dec 20, 2023


Iran hangs 'child bride' for murder of husband: rights groups

Iran on Wednesday hanged a woman convicted of murdering her husband, whom she married while still a child, defying an international campaign for clemency, rights groups said.Samira Sabzian, who had been in prison for the past decade, was executed at dawn in Ghezel Hesar prison in the Tehran satellite city of Karaj, the Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) group said.Her execution comes as concern grows over the numbers of people this year executed by Iran, where hundreds of people have been hanged mainly on drugs and murder charges, including more than a dozen women.

al-monitor.com     Dec 20, 2023


UK's Supreme Court rules in favour of Guantanamo detainee

Britain's top court ruled Wednesday that a Guantanamo detainee waterboarded by the CIA can use English law in his claim against the UK government over alleged complicity in the torture.Abu Zubaydah was the first of a number of prisoners to be subjected to CIA "enhanced interrogation" techniques following the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.The Saudi-born Palestinian, whose full name is Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn, was captured in Pakistan in 2002 and has been held without trial at the US Guantanamo camp in Cuba since 2006.

al-monitor.com     Dec 20, 2023


Domestic security boss becomes France's top spook

France's domestic intelligence chief was appointed Wednesday to head the country's DGSE foreign espionage service made famous by the fictional hit series "The Bureau".Nicolas Lerner is to replace a career diplomat as head of the Directorate-General for External Security, Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu said.It is the first time that a former head of the Directorate-General for Internal Security (DGSI) has become chief of the foreign intelligence agency.

al-monitor.com     Dec 20, 2023


Israel troops kill motorist in West Bank: Palestinian media

Israeli troops killed a Palestinian motorist in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported, while the army said it had "neutralised a terrorist".Basel Wajeeh al-Muhtasib, 28, "died as a result of being shot by occupation (Israeli army) bullets" as he drove through Bayt Inun junction, north of the city of Hebron, Wafa reported.Israeli security forces cordoned off the area preventing Muhtasib from being taken to hospital, the report said.

al-monitor.com     Dec 20, 2023


Kuwait emir rebukes parliament, cabinet in inaugural speech

Kuwait's new emir Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmed al-Sabah on Wednesday criticised parliament and cabinet for harming national interests as he was formally sworn in before lawmakers as the country's 17th ruler.Officially taking over from his half-brother Sheikh Nawaf, who passed away on Saturday, Sheikh Meshal is faced with the task of pulling the country out of longstanding political paralysis and reforming a bloated public sector that have turned Kuwait into one of the Gulf's most laggard states.

al-monitor.com     Dec 20, 2023


Why is Hamas chief Haniyeh visiting Egypt after Iran meeting in Qatar?

Pressure is building on Israel to halt the fighting to allow access to humanitarian aid and the release of hostages.

al-monitor.com     Dec 20, 2023


Music gives Gaza children respite from horrors of war

It takes a while but slowly the children gathered around volunteer entertainer Ruaa Hassuna in a Gaza camp start clapping along as her music offers some respite from the horrors around them.Smiles light up the faces of the children, huddled amid the tents outside the south Gaza town of Rafah which shelter hundreds of thousands of Palestinians driven from their homes by more than two months of relentless Israeli bombardment.

al-monitor.com     Dec 20, 2023


Hopes rise for Israel-Hamas truce deal as Gaza toll hits 20,000

Hopes rose Wednesday that Israel and Hamas may be inching toward another truce and hostage-release deal in the Gaza war, following talks in Europe and a visit to Egypt by the head of the Palestinian militant group.While some talked of a truce, fighting raged and Gaza's Hamas government said the death toll in the Palestinian territory reached 20,000.Right-wing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there can be no Gaza ceasefire until Hamas militants are destroyed, but the White House expressed hope that the truce talks can bring results.

al-monitor.com     Dec 20, 2023


UN Security Council Gaza vote postponed again

A UN Security Council vote on a much-delayed resolution calling for a pause to the Israel-Hamas war was postponed again Wednesday as members wrangled over wording while the death toll in Gaza continued climbing.The debate at the UN's Manhattan headquarters came against a backdrop of deteriorating conditions in Gaza, with a senior UN official saying Israel's steps to allow in aid were "far short" of mounting need.

al-monitor.com     Dec 20, 2023







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