A Miscarriage of Journalism at ‘The New York Times’

Fernandez: The trouble with The New York Times’ “The silence that meets the rape of Palestinians”

By Peter Fernandez Nicholas Kristof, a veteran New York Times opinion writer, wrote a controversial May 4 editorial titled “The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians.” No doubt he was familiar with Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi minister of propaganda, who said, “Tell a lie long enough and people will believe it.” However, the origins of “the big lie” belong to Adolf Hitler, who wrote in Mein Kampf (My Struggle), 1925, that people cannot imagin…

Israeli Ambassador Accuses New York Times of Fueling the ‘Dramatic Rise in Antisemitism’ With Dog Rape Story

Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter lambasted The New York Times for publishing a story that claimed Israeli prison guards used trained dogs to rape Palestinian prisoners, with Leiter saying such articles are fueling a rise in attacks against American Jews. Leiter skewered the Times and columnist Nicholas Kristof during an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Tuesday morning. “We just saw last week, The New York Times, of all …

Israel threatens legal action against New York Times over rape allegations against soldiers

Israel announced plans to sue The New York Times over a Nicholas Kristof column alleging systematic sexual violence by Israeli soldiers against Palestinian detainees. Israeli officials called the report a "blood libel" and denied its accuracy, while the NYT defended it as deeply reported and based on credible sources. The controversy follows prior NYT corrections to its own reporting on alleged Hamas sexual violence, raising questions about so…

Civil war brewing at New York Times following publication of column alleging rape of

Nicholas Kristof's column alleging sexual abuse of Palestinians, including by IDF-trained dogs, continues to cause global uproar - and now acute tensions inside the newspaper are exposed; Reporter: 'I am sick of being embarrassed by the Opinion section'

A Miscarriage of Journalism at 'The New York Times'

A New York Times column accused Israel of sexual violence against Palestinians. What's disputed and what isn't?

A New York Times columnist accused Israel of widespread sexual violence, but critics say his sources have serious credibility issues.