Edited sentence: A commentary on the Independent's website said the following about Fisk: "Fisk is overt in his anti-Israel crusade, and portrays any reporter not willing to criticize Israel as a coward: "Our gutlessness, our refusal to tell the truth, our fear of being slandered as 'anti-Semites' -- the most loathsome of libels against any journalist -- means that we are aiding and abetting terrible deeds in the Middle East.And now, writing for the Independent (UK), Fisk blames Israel for all the Palestinians' ills, and blames the West for all Muslim disgruntlement.Honest Reporting, a volunteer led online journal that was established to "scrutinize the media for anti-Israel bias", has nominated Fisk for their annual Dishonest Reporting "Award" several times.In 2001 the site said the following about him: "For more than two decades, Robert Fisk has used his correspondent card to proudly become a crusader for Arab and Palestinian causes.In the 1970s, Fisk reported from Beirut for the London Times