Our editorial standards

Why this site exists

This site began with a simple conviction. What keeps many people from judging Israel and Jews fairly is often a lack of knowledge, rather than ill will. Essential facts, some of them a century old, are missing from public debate, even though anyone can verify them. We make those facts accessible in French to anyone who wants to read them.

We defend Israel’s right to exist and to defend itself, and the right of Jews to live safely everywhere. We do so without lies, exaggeration or hatred. A publication that lies for a cause does that cause a disservice.

What we promise

1. We give dates for every fact. A news report tells you when something happened. An in-depth feature gives you a timeline.
2. We give sources for every fact. Each claim carries a footnote linking to a source you can consult, whether an official document, an archive, a law, a speech, a historian’s work or reporting by a reputable news outlet. We never cite Wikipedia as a source. We go back to the sources it cites.
3. We distinguish facts from opinions. Editorials carry a visible “Opinion” label. In features and news reports, analysis appears in a separate section, “What this tells us”.
4. We identify what is disputed. Each feature includes a box headed “What is established, what is still debated”. When reputable historians disagree, we give both positions and their sources.
5. We never make sweeping claims against a people, a religion or a group. We name the states, organisations and people involved and describe what they did. An automated check rejects statements of the form “All X are…” in our features and news reports.
6. We correct errors publicly. When a reader reports an error and we verify it, we correct the article and give the date of the correction. You can write to us at the address at the foot of every page.
7. We do not invent anything. If we cannot verify a statement, we take it out. We would sooner publish a shorter article than an inaccurate one.

Where we draw the line

• Passing off AI-generated photographs or videos as real. We illustrate our articles with archival material, credited photographs that are free to use, or maps and timelines we draw ourselves.
• Repeating unverified figures, even when they support our case.
• Personal attacks, insults and imputing motives.
• Deliberately conflating criticism of an Israeli government policy, which is legitimate, with denying the Jewish people’s right to a state.

How we work

Our editorial team uses artificial intelligence tools to monitor the news and research sources. A human editor takes responsibility for the work. Each article goes through three stages. It is marked “draft”, then “reviewed” once a reviewer has opened the sources and checked the dates, and finally “published”. Only reviewed articles go online. The software that builds the site rejects any article without a source.

Sources we regularly consult

We draw on documents from the UN and national governments, national archives, memorials and research centres (Yad Vashem, the Mémorial de la Shoah and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum), universities, news agencies (AFP and Reuters), and leading French, Israeli and international news outlets. We also cite sources that take a different editorial position from ours when they establish a fact.