Make Up Your Mind, New York Times!
September 10, 2012 12:42 by Simon Plosker
The New York Times tends to view the situation of Gaza through a very rigid lens – that of an impoverished and overcrowded territory at the mercy of an Israeli blockade and restrictions. Rarely are Hamas held responsible for the plight of Palestinians living in Gaza.
So it’s no surprise to see the following caption included in a photo strip illustrating a UN report on Gaza’s economic situation.
But check out the very next photo caption:
So which is it? A prison-like existence with severe Israeli restrictions causing abject poverty? Or an easing of the blockade and a building boom?
Make up your mind, New York Times!
jeb stuart
4:59 pm
Sep 10, 2012
That the NY Times article submits to Shariah Law and lacks credible criticism of Islamic infuences is evident in the atcicle. Israel, non-Muslim = bad. Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood = good. The NY Times is displaying the cost of Shariah compliancy by its abandonment of fact and good journalism with the encouragment of the Obama Presidency. it is a very real threat that is a knife at the throat of all non-Muslims and genuine modernst and moderate Muslims.
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brynababy
3:48 am
Sep 19, 2012
What are you talking about?! Obama does not have anything to do with the New York Times or any other newspaper. He is a superb President and person who has showed compllete support for Israel! So stop the lies and complaints. You sound nuts.
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Sylvie Schapira
5:37 pm
Sep 10, 2012
This paper,(New York Times), and the Guardian and the BBC in the UK are already demonstrating the beginning of dhimmitude; an inferior status by ‘infidels’ deferring towards the dominant, and ‘superior’ Muslims. The more that the public sees articles that defend Islam and accuse Israel, the more they will accept that Islam is fighting a just cause. This acceptance is part of the dhimmitude mentality. Shariah Law is the foundation and Islamic ideology is the pillar of an Islamic state. Stand up to it we must, not just for Israel’s very existence, but for the hard won freedom of Western society.
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Sharon Fine
7:59 pm
Sep 10, 2012
While I don’t condone the NY Times’ anti-Israel bias, you’ve failed to make a cogent point here. One could claim (and I don’t believe this) that typical Gazans still live in abject poverty despite relative easing of the blockade, which would be consistent with both captions. You usually do better than this.
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Admiral Robert Lewis O'Dell Jr
11:13 pm
Sep 10, 2012
I was silenced for calling out to the free world about the Obama administration before, but it looks like America can hear me now. So I will emmanate for Israel about the failed propaganda programs of the failed MeinKamp manual programs, that have emmanated from George Soro’s nazi democracy for 70 years inside the DNC in Washington. While they still propagate the Election process as well as shun tghe exposure of the corruption inside the dnc. The Athiest coruption and The Muhammads nightmare has cracked into a failed Obama administration, with the war coming to grips with my support to end the Iranian, processes too. We will destroy Iranian and Syrian Militia’s quickly, very soon.BrokenSpear
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Kip Gonzales
11:57 am
Sep 11, 2012
There were boat refugees who were trying to get into Turkey, and some of them drowned. I read that most of them were Palestinians! No newspaper trumpeted that they were trying to flee their homes because of abject poverty caused by Israel! What was the reason for their flight? Could it be because of conditions of terror and thuggery caused by Hamas and other terror groups? No media comments about this!
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Sylvie Schapira
12:38 pm
Sep 11, 2012
To find out how what is happening in Spain, go to http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org This is how Europe is ending; a re-conquest by Islam with the help of European governments and leftists. And as for not reporting the news that will upset Muslims, where has the news about the exploitation of young Syrian girls by other Arab men been reported? Read it in the gatestone website.
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Brent Pudsey
1:23 pm
Sep 11, 2012
The New York Times needs to be less biased towards Israel and more open it is viewpoints. It is true that the flow of goods and trade has improved under Israel.
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