Ha’aretz Leads and AP Follows in Defaming Israel By Aigle Media • November 2011 • Views: 1,122 Ha’aretz journalists — with Akiva Eldar frequently leading the pack — are so eager to publicize controversial stories about Israel that they often rush to press without thoroughly checking out the facts or bothering to get the other side of a story. The mainstream media could not be happier to let the Israeli daily do its dirty work for them. After all, what can be better than using an Israeli source to dig up dirt on Israelis?