Muzzling Israeli Dissent in the NYT: B’Tselem’s Hard Hitting Testimony Lost...
Israeli rights advocate Hagai El-Ad spoke eloquently last week before the United Nations Security Council, appealing to the world body for action on the brutal occupation of Palestine, but according to...
View ArticleNY Times Bureau Chief Serves Israeli Agenda: Distorting History, Ignoring...
One month into his stint as New York Times Jerusalem bureau chief, Peter Baker has struck a world-weary tone: In his telling, the turmoil of Palestine-Israel is nothing more than an ancient feud, and...
View ArticleBillions in Taxpayer Money to Israel: How the NYT Hides Unsavory Facts from View
Thanks to American taxpayers, Israel has been receiving $3.1 billion in direct military aid each year, and under a new agreement signed this week that amount is set to rise to $3.8 annually. This is a...
View ArticleWhitewashing Israeli War Crimes, the NYT Turns its Back on Survivors and Critics
So it’s settled, according to The New York Times: Israel was not at fault in a strike that killed 10 civilians near a United Nations school in the 2014 assault on Gaza, nor was it guilty of breaking...
View Article“The Awful Clarity” of Israeli Oppression Becomes Murky Spin in the NYT
When writer Michael Chabon visited the West Bank city of Hebron earlier this year, the brutal reality of the Israeli occupation hit him with force. During an interview with the Forward, he appeared...
View ArticleThe NY Times: IDF’s Order on Shooting Captured Comrades, All a “Mistake”
In an evasive and misleading New York Times story today, Isabel Kershner attempts to explain away a notorious Israeli army directive that has allowed troops to kill one of their own rather than allow...
View ArticleThe NY Times Whitewashes the Abuse of Palestinian Workers in Israel
Palestinians are pouring over the border from the West Bank to Israel daily, The New York Times tells us in a recent front-page story lavish with photos. The job seekers, many of them illegal, face...
View ArticleThe NY Times Plays the Israeli Army’s Game: Hyping Threats, Shielding Criminals
The New York Times reports today that Israel faces “monumental security challenges” and is now caught in a debate over just how tough the military should be with those who threaten to harm its soldiers...
View ArticleGaza Despair, Israeli Culpability, Unfit to Print in The NY Times
Gaza made the front page of The New York Times recently, with an article highlighting the fears of residents who suspect Hamas of building tunnels under and near their homes. The topic was ready-made...
View ArticleHow The NY Times Whitewashes the Scandal of Israel’s Child Prisoners
Dima al Wawi, 12, was released from an Israeli prison last week, and according to The New York Times, her experience there was not all that bad. She played shuffle ball and went to classes, and when...
View ArticleApologists for Israel, Touted in The NY Times
The New York Times this week touts Israeli-Canadian writer Matti Friedman‘s book, a war memoir and military analysis based partly on the author’s experience in southern Lebanon in 1998. The reviewer,...
View ArticlePalestinians Are Dying, But Only Israelis are “Vulnerable” in The NY Times
Isabel Kershner in The New York Times reports that Israelis are suffering from “a sense of vulnerability” after a bus bombing in Jerusalem this week. The event, she reports, sowed fear and anxiety in a...
View ArticleIsrael On a Rampage of Destruction In the West Bank
Israeli bulldozers are tearing up Palestinian structures at a rapid pace this year, destroying more than 500 houses and other buildings and displacing more than 650 men, women and children in three...
View ArticleThe NY Times on Gaza: Israel Is Just Trying to Help
Now, at last, The New York Times has turned its sights on Gaza fishermen, a much beleaguered group, which has persevered under constant harassment and crippling restrictions. It has long been well...
View ArticleThe NY Times Joins Israel in Whitewashing (Yet Another) Scandal
A military scandal has rocked Israel, and The New York Times has been on hand to report developments: A soldier was arrested for killing a wounded and helpless Palestinian; the soldier was under...
View ArticleAnother Israeli Execution in Cold Blood, Another Whitewash in The NY Times
An Israeli soldier is caught on video murdering a helpless, wounded Palestinian as he lies on the street; the graphic scene makes headlines in Europe, the United States and beyond—with a notable...
View ArticleHow The NY Times Trashes Palestinian Society
Once again, The New York Times has provided us with a Palestinian “slice of life,” a look at that society from within, and once again the portrait is unflattering. In recent articles the newspaper has...
View ArticlePew Study Exposes Israel Racism: The NY Times Buries It
When the Pew Research Center found that 48 percent of Israeli Jews would like to expel or transfer Palestinians from their land, the press took notice. Although this finding was one result among many...
View ArticleWhat Is Israel Trying to Hide?
A delegation of seven lawmakers from the European Parliament arrived in Israel last month to visit Gaza, but one day before they were due to enter the enclave, Israeli authorities refused to give them...
View ArticleThe NY Times, Netanyahu’s Stenographer
The New York Times serves as Benjamin Netanyahu’s stenographer in a story this week that reports his latest rant against critics of Israeli policy, repeating his claims at length but making no attempt...
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