Organizations
Media outlets, think tanks, podcasts, and advocacy groups associated with speakers on this site.
News / TV
ABC News
ABC News is the news division of ABC, owned by Disney. Its reporting is generally factually reliable. Editorial framing is center-left, consistent with major U.S. broadcast networks. **FlyDubai FZ1073 coverage:** ABC News's primary headline was 'In-flight attack on FlyDubai pilot puts aviation security measures under scrutiny.' This accurately describes the incident as an attack but immediately pivots to the aviation security meta-story rather than the terrorism/intent angle. The framing directs audience attention toward institutional failure (security screening) rather than Islamic radicalization. ABC also ran a technical follow-up: 'FlyDubai\'s recovery from extreme deep dive during attack \'extraordinary\': Aviation expert.' Neither headline identifies the attacker's religion, nationality, or stated motive.
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera is a state-funded Qatari news network. Qatar is a Muslim-majority Gulf state with documented ties to Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Islamist political movements globally. Al Jazeera's news coverage reflects those state interests. It is widely distributed and carries significant credibility among Western progressive audiences who mistake its anti-American and anti-Israel framing for neutrality. It is not neutral. It is the media arm of a state that funds Hamas. **FlyDubai FZ1073 coverage — a case study in editorial maneuvering:** Al Jazeera published multiple articles with carefully chosen framing: 1. 'What happened on the diverted Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv?' — neutral 'explainer' framing that avoids any characterization of the attack. 2. 'Flydubai co-pilot \'assaulted\' captain before landing: Initial Saudi probe' — scare quotes around 'assaulted' cast doubt on whether even the word 'assault' is accurate, attributing everything to a probe rather than stating what happened. 3. 'Flydubai attack gives Netanyahu new security message ahead of Israel vote' — this headline reframes the entire story. The event is not 'what happened' — it is a political tool Netanyahu is exploiting. The reader is directed to be suspicious of Netanyahu's motives rather than informed about an attempted mass murder of Jews. 4. 'How was the Flydubai co-pilot who attacked his captain cleared to fly?' — the one headline that uses 'attacked' without scare quotes, but frames it as an aviation-security screening failure rather than terrorism. Al Jazeera's FlyDubai coverage is a textbook example of how state-directed media can technically report facts while systematically preventing the audience from understanding them.
BBC
The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) is the UK's publicly funded national broadcaster, required by charter to be impartial. It is the most-consumed international news source globally. In practice, BBC reporting shows a consistent center-left tilt on cultural and political topics, and documented patterns of disproportionate coverage critical of Israel and the United States. It self-identifies as neutral. Independent monitors broadly categorize it as center-left. **FlyDubai FZ1073 coverage:** The BBC's initial headline described the incident as a 'fight between pilots,' later updated to 'physical altercation between the pilots.' Both formulations are seriously misleading. The BBC had access to the same passenger accounts as other outlets — including an 18-year-old passenger, Oran Choen, who specifically told the BBC itself that he heard 'Allahu Akbar' shouted from the cockpit before the dive. The BBC received direct testimony about the religious motive and did not include it in its headline or framing. Its initial coverage did not describe it as a hijacking attempt, a terrorist attack, or a crash attempt. A deepfake BBC report circulated falsely blaming Indian passengers — the BBC rightly debunked this, but the incident illustrates how the BBC's own coverage left a factual vacuum that disinformation filled.
BlazeTV
Conservative subscription streaming network founded by Glenn Beck. Hosts multiple conservative commentary shows and serves as a distribution platform for independent conservative media.
CBS News
CBS News is the news division of the CBS broadcast network. Its reporting is generally factually reliable. Like most major U.S. broadcast networks, its editorial framing skews center-left on cultural and political topics. Generally more measured in its advocacy than cable news counterparts. **FlyDubai FZ1073 coverage:** CBS News's headline was among the more informative of the major networks: 'FlyDubai co-pilot stabbed captain, tried to crash flight to Israel after \'radical indoctrination,\' Netanyahu says.' This correctly identifies the co-pilot as the attacker, names the crash attempt, identifies the flight as Israel-bound, and includes the radicalization context — though it frames the radicalization as Netanyahu's claim rather than reported fact. Did not report 'Allahu Akbar' or co-pilot's Omani nationality in headline.
CNBC
CNBC is NBC Universal's financial/business news network. Its financial and economic reporting is generally reliable and well-sourced. On non-financial news, it tends toward mainstream center-left framing consistent with its parent network. **FlyDubai FZ1073 coverage:** CNBC's headline was among the most accurate and direct of the major outlets: 'Passengers and crew foil co-pilot\'s apparent attempt to crash FlyDubai flight to Israel.' This clearly names the co-pilot as the attacker, describes the intended action (crashing the plane), identifies the flight as Israel-bound, and credits passengers and crew with stopping the attack. One of the few initial headlines that accurately conveyed the severity of the event.
CNN
CNN (Cable News Network) is the largest U.S. cable news network. Its reporting is generally factually reliable but exhibits consistent progressive-liberal framing — story selection, headlines, and on-air commentary tilt left. Advertises itself as neutral but is widely recognized as center-left by independent media monitors. **FlyDubai FZ1073 coverage (September 30 – October 1, 2026):** CNN's initial headline was vague — 'What happened inside the Flydubai flight to Israel? What we know so far' — with live updates titled 'Dubai to Tel Aviv flight diverted to Saudi Arabia after pilot stabbed.' CNN later used explicit 'hijack attempt' language in follow-up coverage and passenger interviews. Notably, CNN's early coverage repeatedly described the incident as a 'violent altercation' before subsequent reporting acknowledged the attempted hijacking framing. CNN did identify the flight as Israel-bound and eventually covered the Omani co-pilot's radicalization.
Fox News
US cable news network. Most-watched cable news channel in the US. Known for conservative-leaning opinion programming and broadly reported news.
GB News
British news channel launched in 2021, positioned as an alternative to the BBC and Sky News. Hosts a range of right-of-centre commentators and journalists. Controversially lost Ofcom complaints over impartiality.
MS NOW (formerly MSNBC)
MSNBC is NBCUniversal's progressive opinion-and-news cable network. It is the cable-TV counterpart of the Democratic Party's media apparatus — explicitly progressive, functionally an advocacy outlet. Unlike CNN and Fox, MSNBC does not present itself as neutral. Its hosts openly argue for progressive political positions. Its audience is the most politically homogeneous of any major cable news network. **FlyDubai FZ1073 coverage — non-coverage:** Based on monitoring of MSNBC's coverage in the 48 hours following the FlyDubai attack, no significant MSNBC segment or article on the incident has been identified. This absence is notable: the attempted mass murder of a plane full of passengers bound for Israel — foiled by heroic passengers who physically overpowered an Islamist attacker while the plane was in a 14,000-foot dive — was one of the largest aviation terrorism stories of 2026. MSNBC covered aviation safety and security extensively in other contexts. MSNBC's pattern of non-coverage is documented across multiple story categories: Islamic terrorist attacks on Jewish targets, black-on-white violent crime, mass Christian persecution by Islamist groups in sub-Saharan Africa, and illegal immigration-linked violent crime in Europe. The stories that are suppressed share a common feature: they would complicate the progressive narrative MSNBC is organized to advance. This record documents the FlyDubai non-coverage as part of that pattern. *(Verification of non-coverage via broadcast log is pending.)*
NBC News
NBC News is the news division of NBC, owned by Comcast/NBCUniversal. Its reporting is generally factually reliable but shows center-left editorial framing consistent with the broader NBCUniversal organization. **FlyDubai FZ1073 coverage:** NBC News's initial headline — 'Pilot stabbed his co-pilot in apparent attempt to crash Israel-bound plane, Netanyahu says' — contained a significant factual inversion: it was the CO-PILOT who stabbed the CAPTAIN/PILOT, not the other way around. Every other source — passengers, Israeli authorities, Saudi preliminary findings, and the UAE — confirmed the Omani first officer (co-pilot) attacked Captain Smit Machchhar. NBC had the attacker and victim reversed in its headline. The headline also attributes the crash-attempt framing solely to Netanyahu, despite multiple corroborating passenger accounts.
NPR
National Public Radio. Publicly funded news broadcaster covering national and international news, culture, and science.
PBS
US public broadcaster (Public Broadcasting Service), including PBS News. Federal funding through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was ended in 2025.
Sky News
Sky News is a British 24-hour news channel owned by Comcast/NBCUniversal. It is broadly center. Sky News Australia is distinctly more conservative and outspoken than its UK counterpart, which is more mainstream-centrist. Sky News UK's editorial culture has become more institutionally progressive in recent years. **FlyDubai FZ1073 coverage:** Sky News's headline described the incident as a 'brawl between pilots.' Like the BBC and Guardian, Sky News used language that strips the event of its terrorist character. 'Brawl' implies mutual, unplanned fighting — not a premeditated terrorist attack in which an Islamist co-pilot tried to crash a plane full of Jews. Sky News's framing was among the most deficient of the major outlets surveyed.
The Young Turks
Progressive online news network founded by Cenk Uygur in 2002. One of the earliest and largest online news channels. Known for left-progressive commentary on politics and current events.
Tucker Carlson Network
Independent video platform and media company founded by Tucker Carlson after his departure from Fox News in 2023. Operates via X (Twitter) and its own subscription platform.
Publication
Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is the world's largest wire news service — its reporting is syndicated to thousands of outlets worldwide. AP is probably the single most influential force in setting the factual baseline of daily news globally. It self-identifies as neutral. It generally maintains factual accuracy on core facts but exhibits documented framing tendencies on Israel/Palestine stories — favoring Palestinian framing in conflict nomenclature and context. **FlyDubai FZ1073 coverage:** AP's initial wire coverage reported the stabbing and identified the flight as Israel-bound. Its follow-up human interest piece — 'A plumber and a dentist are praised as heroes in FlyDubai near-disaster' — pivots to the heroism of ordinary passengers, which is legitimate reporting, but notably avoids the terrorism/radicalization framing that Israeli, Saudi, and U.S. investigators were pointing to. Because AP's output is syndicated everywhere, its framing choices set the agenda for hundreds of downstream outlets.
Breitbart
Breitbart News is a right-leaning U.S. news and opinion website. It covers stories underreported by mainstream progressive outlets — Islamic terrorism, illegal immigration crime, and media bias — and covers them more completely on those specific beats. Its credibility is mixed: factual on its preferred topics, but prone to sensationalism and selective framing favorable to its political worldview. Its FlyDubai coverage was more factually complete and accurate than most mainstream outlets. **FlyDubai FZ1073 coverage:** Breitbart initially used the same 'brawl between pilots' language that other media used (reflecting early wire-service framing), but rapidly updated to call it a hijacking attempt and covered the Israeli passengers' heroism prominently. Breitbart's initial headline 'Israel-Bound Flight Diverted to Saudi Arabia After \'Brawl\' Between Pilots' put scare quotes around 'Brawl' to signal the inadequacy of that framing — a different editorial choice than BBC/Guardian/NYT, who used the word straight.
Chicago Tribune
Major Midwest daily newspaper, founded 1847. Historically conservative editorial page; now centrist. Owned by Alden Global Capital.
Daily Mail
The Daily Mail is a British conservative tabloid newspaper with a large international digital readership. Its editorial line is right-of-center on immigration, Islam, and national security. It is more likely than BBC/Guardian to use explicit terrorism framing when the attacker is Muslim. Factual accuracy is uneven — it breaks genuine stories alongside sensationalized reporting. **FlyDubai FZ1073 coverage:** Coverage confirmed but specific headline and URL not yet retrieved through web search. Based on the Daily Mail's documented editorial pattern on Islamic terrorism stories, it almost certainly used 'hijacking' or 'terror' language. Record to be updated when specific article is sourced.
Los Angeles Times
Major California daily newspaper. Sixth-largest print circulation in the U.S. Liberal editorial perspective. Has undergone significant staff cuts since 2023.
National Review
Flagship conservative political magazine founded by William F. Buckley Jr. in 1955. Defines mainstream American conservatism. Online and print.
New York Post
The New York Post is a right-leaning New York tabloid newspaper owned by News Corp. Its editorial line is conservative-populist. It is among the U.S. outlets most likely to cover Islamic terrorism, illegal immigration crime, and progressive media double standards prominently. Its tabloid format sometimes sensationalizes but its conservative beat coverage is generally factually solid. **FlyDubai FZ1073 coverage:** The New York Post reportedly covered major red flags about the Omani co-pilot that should have prevented him from being assigned to Israeli routes — including FlyDubai's contractual obligation under normalization agreements to exclude Omani pilots from Israel flights (Oman and Israel do not have diplomatic relations). Specific headline and article URL to be sourced and added.
New York Times
The New York Times is the most influential U.S. newspaper. It has significant editorial authority in setting the agenda for mainstream media. The Times positions itself as centrist but operates with a consistently progressive editorial line on cultural and political topics. Its factual reporting has been compromised on multiple documented occasions — see NYT emaciated Gaza child photograph (corrected after publication without retraction). It carries enormous weight in defining what 'the story' is for other outlets. **FlyDubai FZ1073 coverage:** The Times's initial report described the incident as: 'A plane flying from Dubai to Israel was diverted after an altercation between the pilot and co-pilot.' This framing is deeply deficient. 'Altercation' implies a mutual dispute between equal parties. The actual event: an Islamist-radicalized Omani co-pilot stabbed the captain, seized the controls, and drove the aircraft into a 14,000-foot dive while shouting 'Allahu Akbar,' in what Israeli, Saudi, UAE, and U.S. authorities all characterized as a terrorist attack. The Times's description would fit two pilots arguing over the flight plan. This is a representative example of the Times's documented pattern of suppressing the religious/ideological dimension of attacks on Israeli targets.
Newsday
New York-based daily newspaper serving Long Island and the NYC metro area. Tenth-largest U.S. newspaper by circulation. Centrist perspective.
RedState
RedState is a conservative news and commentary website. It covers breaking news from a right-of-center perspective. Its reporting quality is uneven — credible on some stories, opinionated on others. On Islamic terrorism and Israel stories it tends to be more factually complete than mainstream progressive outlets. **FlyDubai FZ1073 coverage:** RedState reported on developing details of the attack, including new information about the Omani co-pilot's sabotage plot and major security red flags that reportedly should have prevented him from being cleared for the flight.
Reuters
Reuters is a British-based international wire news agency, one of the two largest in the world (with AP). Its output is syndicated globally and sets the factual baseline for hundreds of outlets. Reuters's core reporting is factually reliable. However, it has been criticized — including by its own journalists — for specific patterns in Israel/Palestine coverage: e.g., referring to Hamas as 'militants' rather than a designated terrorist organization, and delaying attributions of terrorist motive pending official confirmation. **FlyDubai FZ1073 coverage:** Reuters initially described the incident using 'pilots' struggle' language, then updated to identify the co-pilot as an Omani national and report the stabbing. Israeli officials specifically told Reuters the co-pilot was Omani — Reuters published this. Reuters's coverage improved over time and was more substantive than BBC/Guardian/Sky News, but early wire dispatches used the same neutral/'struggle' framing that downstream outlets picked up.
Star Tribune
Largest newspaper in Minnesota and the Upper Midwest. Liberal editorial perspective. Owned by Glen Taylor.
Tampa Bay Times
Florida's largest newspaper by circulation. Liberal-leaning editorial perspective. Nonprofit since 2022.
The Daily Wire
The Daily Wire is a conservative news and opinion publication and podcast network founded by Ben Shapiro, Jeremy Boreing, and others in 2015. It is among the most-consumed conservative media outlets in the United States. Ben Shapiro's show has a large daily audience across podcast and video platforms. The Daily Wire covers stories that mainstream progressive outlets underreport — Islamic terrorism, antisemitism, and media double standards are recurring topics. Its analysis is explicitly right-of-center and does not pretend neutrality. It is more reliable on Islamic terrorism and antisemitism stories than most mainstream outlets. **FlyDubai FZ1073 coverage:** The Daily Wire covered the incident accurately and extensively. The Ben Shapiro Show devoted two consecutive episodes to it: 'Everything We Know About the FlyDubai Hijacking Attempt' (Ep. 2516) and 'The Hijacking Story Just Got More Insane. Here\'s The Latest.' (Ep. 2517). Both used 'hijacking' directly and covered the Omani co-pilot\'s radicalization. This is the contrast to outlets that never used the word 'hijacking' in any coverage.
The Dispatch
Center-right digital media company founded in 2019 by Jonah Goldberg, Stephen Hayes, and Toby Stock. Known for Never Trump conservative commentary and fact-checking.
The Free Press
The Free Press (thefp.com) is an independent digital publication founded in 2023 by Bari Weiss, former New York Times opinion editor who resigned citing editorial pressure to suppress dissent from progressive orthodoxy. The Free Press publishes across the political spectrum — left-leaning and right-leaning writers appear regularly — with a stated commitment to heterodox, evidence-driven journalism. It consistently covers stories that mainstream progressive outlets underreport: Islamic terrorism, campus antisemitism, trans ideology's effect on children, and media bias itself. Its credibility is high among readers who value reportorial independence over ideological comfort. It is funded by subscribers rather than advertisers or institutional donors. **FlyDubai FZ1073 coverage:** The Free Press published at least three pieces on the incident, all framing it directly and accurately as a hijacking attempt: 1. An exclusive interview with Yaniv Hayoun, the Israeli passenger who physically subdued the attacker — 'I Ran Toward the Cockpit' — the most detailed firsthand account published in English-language media 2. 'How Ordinary Israelis Foiled a Hijacking' by Amit Segal — framing the event as what it was: an act of terrorism stopped by passengers 3. A column by Douglas Murray connecting the attack to broader patterns of Islamic terrorism against Israelis
The Guardian
The Guardian is a British center-left newspaper with a large international digital readership. It positions itself as a paper of record for the progressive left. Its editorial line is explicitly progressive — pro-Palestinian, skeptical of Israel, pro-immigration, and vocal on climate and identity topics. Its factual reporting is generally accurate on non-political stories; on stories with a political dimension it exhibits significant framing bias. It is among the Western media outlets with the most documented anti-Israel framing. **FlyDubai FZ1073 coverage:** The Guardian described the incident as an 'apparent brawl,' also reported as 'confrontation between the pilot and co-pilot.' Both are deficient. 'Brawl' implies mutual, chaotic fighting — not a calculated terrorist attack in which one party stabbed the other and attempted to crash a plane full of Israeli passengers. The Guardian's framing was consistent with its pattern of minimizing violence by Muslim actors against Jewish or Israeli targets.
The Independent
The Independent is a British digital news publication (print edition ceased in 2016). It has a center-left to progressive editorial line, particularly on Middle Eastern and immigration topics. It is widely read in the UK and internationally. Like the Guardian, it exhibits consistent pro-Palestinian framing on Israel-related stories. **FlyDubai FZ1073 coverage:** Specific headline and article not yet confirmed in research. Based on The Independent's documented editorial patterns on similar stories, a record will be created when the specific article and headline are sourced. This record should be updated with the verified headline and URL.
The Spectator
British weekly magazine founded in 1828, the world's oldest continuously published magazine. Known for conservative and classical liberal commentary. Has associated editions in the US and Australia.
The Washington Post
Major American daily newspaper headquartered in Washington, D.C. Owned by Nash Holdings (Jeff Bezos).
USA Today
National newspaper owned by Gannett. Third-largest print circulation in the U.S. Centrist-leaning coverage aimed at a broad national audience.
Vox
Liberal digital media company founded in 2014 by Ezra Klein, Melissa Bell, and Matt Yglesias. Known for explanatory journalism on policy, politics, and culture.
Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is the largest-circulation U.S. newspaper by weekday edition. Its news reporting is generally factually rigorous and reliable. Its editorial board is conservative-leaning and among the most intellectually serious in U.S. media. The Journal is more likely than most major outlets to report the full factual record on stories that conflict with progressive narratives. **FlyDubai FZ1073 coverage:** The Journal's headline — 'Pilot-on-Pilot Stabbing Forces Emergency Landing' — accurately names the stabbing and the emergency landing but uses neutral language that does not convey the attack's intended outcome (crashing the plane), the attacker's identity (Omani, radicalized), the flight destination (Israel), or the terrorist motive. Better than 'altercation' language used by competitors, but still falls short of the full picture. An earlier article reportedly used 'struggle in the cockpit.' Follow-up reporting was more thorough.
Podcast
Breaking Points
Bipartisan political news and commentary podcast co-hosted by progressive Krystal Ball and right-populist Saagar Enjeti. 2M+ YouTube subscribers.
Candace
Conservative commentary podcast hosted by Candace Owens, following her departures from BlazeTV and The Daily Wire.
Crooked Media / Pod Save America
Progressive media company co-founded by former Obama staffers Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor, and Dan Pfeiffer. Home of Pod Save America.
Huberman Lab
Science and health podcast by neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Huberman of Stanford. Translates research into practical protocols.
Lex Fridman Podcast
Long-form interview podcast by AI researcher Lex Fridman. Guests span scientists, engineers, politicians, athletes, and cultural figures.
Louder with Crowder
Conservative comedy and political commentary show hosted by Steven Crowder. Originally distributed through BlazeTV; relaunched as an independent subscription platform in 2023 after a high-profile contract dispute.
MeidasTouch
Progressive political media network. One of the largest political YouTube channels with 5.6M+ subscribers. Co-founders: Ben and Brett Meiselas.
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen
Progressive political podcast and YouTube channel hosted by Brian Tyler Cohen. 5M+ YouTube subscribers (as of 2026).
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
One of the top 10 podcasts globally on Spotify. Conversations on purpose, mindset, and mental health with Jay Shetty.
Real Time with Bill Maher / HBO
Weekly HBO political comedy and interview program hosted by Bill Maher since 2003. Heterodox liberal commentary.
Secular Talk
Progressive political commentary YouTube channel and podcast hosted by Kyle Kulinski. 2M+ subscribers, 1.6B+ views.
The Diary of a CEO
One of the most-listened podcasts globally. Host: British entrepreneur Steven Bartlett. Long-form interviews with business, science, and culture figures.
The Joe Rogan Experience
World's most-listened podcast for six consecutive years on Spotify. Long-form interviews across politics, science, comedy, and culture. Host: Joe Rogan.
The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
Conversations on psychology, philosophy, politics, and religion with clinical psychologist and bestselling author Jordan B. Peterson.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Daily political commentary and interview show hosted by former Fox News and NBC anchor Megyn Kelly. Available on SiriusXM and YouTube.
The Rubin Report
Political talk show and media brand created by Dave Rubin in 2015. Originally associated with The Young Turks; relaunched independently with a broadly libertarian-conservative perspective. One of the most-watched political YouTube channels.
The Shawn Ryan Show
Podcast focused on military, intelligence, and national security. Host: former Navy SEAL and CIA contractor Shawn Ryan.
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
Top-5 global podcast on Spotify. Long-form conversations hosted by comedian Theo Von.
Timcast IRL
Daily political commentary podcast and YouTube channel hosted by Tim Pool. Right-leaning independent commentary on news and politics.
Triggernometry
British podcast and media company founded by comedians Konstantin Kisin and Francis Foster. Covers politics, culture, and current events with a broadly classically liberal perspective. Known for long-form interviews across the political spectrum.
Valuetainment
Media and business education company founded by entrepreneur Patrick Bet-David. Operates the PBD Podcast, which covers business, politics, and current events. Known for high-profile interview guests across the political spectrum.
Podcast / Newsletter
Letters from an American
Most-subscribed Substack newsletter globally (2.6M+ subscribers). Daily historical context for American politics by historian Heather Cox Richardson.
Making Sense / Sam Harris
Independent podcast and media brand of philosopher and author Sam Harris. Covers science, ethics, politics, and religion from a secular, broadly liberal perspective. One of the top-ranked independent podcasts in the world.
Racket News
Independent investigative journalism outlet by Matt Taibbi. Known for Twitter Files coverage and financial crisis reporting.
Silver Bulletin
Data journalism and political forecasting newsletter by Nate Silver, founder of FiveThirtyEight.
System Update
Independent journalism and commentary by Glenn Greenwald. Also broadcasts on Rumble.
Zeteo
Independent progressive news outlet founded by journalist Mehdi Hasan. One of the top five political newsletters on Substack by revenue.
Think Tank
Atlantic Council
Washington, D.C.-based international-affairs think tank.
Henry Jackson Society
London-based foreign-policy think tank. Published "Questionable Counting" (Dec 2024), a critique of the Gaza Health Ministry's casualty data.
Hoover Institution
Public policy research center at Stanford University, founded 1919. Houses prominent conservative and libertarian scholars. Consistently ranked among the top think tanks in the world.
Independent Women's Forum
Conservative women's policy organization founded in 1992. Advocates for free markets, limited government, and individual liberty from a women's perspective. Riley Gaines is associated with IWF's sports integrity initiative.
Turning Point USA
Conservative youth organization founded by Charlie Kirk in 2012. Operates campus chapters, hosts the AmericaFest conference, and produces conservative media content. Affiliated with Turning Point Action (political arm).
Other
ACT for America
Advocacy organization founded by Lebanese-American activist Brigitte Gabriel, focused on national security issues related to Islamist extremism. Designated by SPLC as a hate group; Gabriel and supporters dispute this characterization.
Amnesty International
Human rights organization founded in London in 1961, with national sections in dozens of countries and an International Secretariat in London; Secretary General Agnès Callamard (since 2021). Says it is funded by members and individual donors and is "independent of any institution, ideology, economic interest, and religion." On Israel: reports accusing it of apartheid (February 2022) and genocide in Gaza (December 2024); a report accusing Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups of crimes against humanity on and after October 7, 2023 (December 2025). Suspended its Israeli section for two years in January 2025 after the section publicly rejected the genocide finding.
Boundless
Organization co-founded by Aviva Klompas (per her X profile).
Fox Nation
Fox News streaming subscription service featuring original opinion and lifestyle programming from Fox News personalities.
HonestReporting
Pro-Israel media-monitoring organization that critiques coverage of Israel.
International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Relationship to the UN: the UN's principal judicial organ (UN Charter, Article 92), in The Hague. Its 15 judges are elected to nine-year terms by the UN General Assembly and Security Council. It decides disputes between STATES and gives advisory opinions; it does not try individuals and cannot issue arrest warrants. Hears South Africa v. Israel (Genocide Convention, filed December 2023; undecided).
International Criminal Court (ICC)
Relationship to the UN: NOT a UN organ. An independent court created by treaty (the Rome Statute, 1998; in force 2002), in The Hague, governed by its roughly 125 member states. It has a cooperation agreement with the UN, and the UN Security Council can refer situations to it or defer an investigation for 12 months. It tries INDIVIDUALS for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and aggression. Israel and the United States are not members. Issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant (and Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif) in November 2024.
Lux Capital
Venture capital firm co-founded by Josh Wolfe.
PragerU
Conservative media organization founded by radio host Dennis Prager and Allen Estrin in 2009. Produces short-form educational videos promoting conservative and classical liberal values. Not an accredited university.
Realign For Palestine
Initiative directed by Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib (per his X profile).
Tel Aviv Institute
Organization where Hen Mazzig is a senior fellow (per his X profile).
UN Human Rights Council
Relationship to the UN: a subsidiary body of the UN General Assembly, created in 2006 (Resolution 60/251) to replace the Commission on Human Rights. 47 member states elected by the General Assembly. Its permanent agenda includes Item 7, the only item devoted to a single situation (Israel and the Palestinian territories). The United States withdrew in 2018 and again in 2025.
UN Watch
Geneva-based NGO that monitors the United Nations, including its treatment of Israel.
UNRWA (UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees)
Relationship to the UN: a UN agency created by the General Assembly in 1949 (Resolution 302), operating since 1950. Runs schools, clinics and relief for registered Palestine refugees in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. Funded mainly by voluntary donations; its staff of roughly 30,000 are mostly locally hired Palestinians. Israeli laws passed in October 2024 barred its operation in Israeli sovereign territory and contact with Israeli officials.
Under the Desk News
Independent digital news platform founded by V Spehar in 2020. Accessible news format on TikTok (3.1M+ followers) and podcast.
United Nations
Intergovernmental organization founded in 1945 (193 member states). Its main organs include the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Secretariat and the International Court of Justice. On Israel: General Assembly Resolution 181 (1947) recommended the partition of Mandatory Palestine; Israel was admitted as a member in May 1949 (Resolution 273); Resolution 3379 (1975) declared Zionism "a form of racism" and was revoked in 1991 (Resolution 46/86).