Following the lead of AP and Reuters, media misconceptions about Israeli involvement in an internal Palestinian cease-fire continue. This time, the mistake comes from Steve Erlanger of the NY Times, who wrote:
The Israeli actions have strained the stated commitment of Hamas to observe a cease-fire with Israel. Hamas candidates are running in Palestinian legislative elections, scheduled for Jan. 25, and the group has vowed to keep the cease-fire through then. But it has also said that it retains the right to respond to Israeli violations of the cease-fire.
The Times has since corrected the mistake, but other papers that reprinted Erlanger’s coverage, such as the San Francisco Chronicle, haven’t.
