I like how much context the media gives on this issue "Israel captured the West Bank from Jordan in the 1967 Middle East War" - no mention, of course, of the fact that Jordan occupied it after 1948 war. And that at the initial Palestinian state was supposed to be Jordan, known then as Trans-Jordan, and the later, proposed UN partition created the state of Israel with multiple impossible-to-defend chokepoints to cut - if somehow they accepted this partition in 1948, given the real, factual history of attacks on it by neighboring states they wouldn't exist already.

With journalists who ought to be well-informed, I cannot chalk it up to incompetence - it's anti-semitism, pure and simple.

ADDED oh and, having been an immigrant to both Canada and US, all this kind of stuff is relatively normal. By relatively I mean given the relative security situation. Especially on family visas (not my case) where the US literally checks on your private life to ensure it's not fraud. On non-immigrant visa they grill you about potential jobs you might have lined up, or any relationships you might have, in case you are lying about your intent. Or, you could try to check out the medical restrictions that (used to?) exist when immigrating to Canada. Of course just like with the history, half-truths are necessary here to create the correct narrative that this is somehow abnormal.