For AP, Oct. 7 is a monument to mark Palestinian suffering - opinion

The author argues that the Associated Press's October 7 anniversary coverage inverts the narrative, focusing on Palestinian suffering rather than the trauma of Israeli victims of the Hamas-led massacre. The piece critiques AP for framing Israeli survivors as lacking empathy for Gazans, accusing the wire service of bias and double standards in its reporting.

In an opinion piece for The Jerusalem Post, Tamar Sternthal, a director at CAMERA, argues that the Associated Press's coverage of the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led massacre inverts the narrative. Sternthal contends that AP's article, headlined 'Much of the world sees tragedy in Gaza. Many Israelis, scarred by October 7, see only a threat,' buries the trauma of Israeli survivors like Deganit Bar Hay in the seventh paragraph, using it as a vehicle to focus on Palestinian suffering. The author criticizes AP for framing Israeli residents peering toward Gaza as exhibiting callousness, quoting a subheading that complains of 'little discussion of Palestinian civilians.' Sternthal compares AP's coverage unfavorably to its reporting on the Russian massacre in Bucha, Ukraine, where the wire service did not question victims' empathy for Russians. The piece accuses AP of 'entrenched empathy bias' and double standards, arguing that the anniversary of a massacre should not be used to highlight the suffering of the perpetrators' population.