The New York Times continues to refer to the Gaza conflict as the culmination of mutual acts of kidnapping and murder. Once again, they have forgotten to mention the massive rocket barrages that Israel was subjected to, eventually requiring an Israeli response.
According to the Times:
[sc:midsignup ]After the boys’ bodies were found in a ditch near Hebron, three Jewish extremists snatched a Palestinian teenager from his East Jerusalem neighborhood and burned him alive in an apparent revenge attack, according to the Israeli authorities; they have been indicted on murder charges.
The 50-day war that killed nearly 2,200 people in the Gaza Strip and more than 70 on the Israeli side began soon after.
We have said it before and we shall do so again. To write about the conflict without mentioning the rockets that presaged the Israeli military operation is simply a lie.
Before a single Israeli shot was fired into Gaza, Hamas began launching rockets aimed at Jewish communities near the border. These rocket attacks are a clear act of war and there is not a country on the planet that would not be justified in fighting back.
Yet the mere possibility that Israel was justified in its actions in Gaza simply does not fit the Times’ narrative of an out-of-control cycle of violence. So they pretend the rockets didn’t exist (much in the same way during the conflict they pretended that Hamas’ use of human shields and intimidation of journalists didn’t exist.)
Leaving out the rocket attacks is leaving out a crucial element of the conflict. But this is the New York Times, whose motto should be “all the news that — according to our bias — is fit to print.”
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disgusting
You cant believe what some papers write today. They are a disgrace
None are as blind as those who refuse to see!…
That The New York Times would be the publisher of lies and distortions about Israel, and the justifiers of pure terror by Palestinian-ISTS around the world tells me that, before they do more damage to the truth, they should close down. What about the Islamic terrorists in France who murdered 12 at Charlie Hebdo? I suppose Hebdo was attacked by “militants” a favorite false term they use to describe these evil murderers (who have no justification in the world.)
Again, I am wondering… Till when the NY Times will stand openly and publicly against Israel’s existence. Isn’t is that the NY Times owned by Jewish?
The New York Times motto should be, “All the news that fits our agenda.”
Abhorrent. Disgusting. A disgrace.
Stop building settlements before you dare claim any moral high ground.
It is horrible for any family to have had a family member murdered and it was wrong for the Jewish extremists to kill the Palestinian boy who killed their sons. However they were tried on murder charges. What is reprehensible is that the New York Times mentions these events and stated that these events were the cause of 50 day war in the Gaza strip. How can any newspaper ignore the fact that before a single shot was fired from Israel into Gaza , rocket attacks were launched from Gaza. This is an act of war and Israel did have the right to defend herself.
The world itself is false (a lie), so why do you expect humans to be honest in speech and print?
Just remember; Israel is not only THE LIGHT UNTO THE NATIONS, it also is to be an ENERGY SUPERPOWER. Will Europe grovel at Zion’s feet for oil and gas? Read The Holy Torah to see.
CAMERA billboard quote: The New York Times versus Israel: All rant. All slant. All the time.