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Israel Sues NYT Over Palestinian Abuse Column
Israel says the column relied on unverified sources and distorted claims, while The New York Times says the reporting was extensively fact-checked.
- On Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened legal action against The New York Times and journalist Nicholas Kristof over a column detailing alleged sexual abuse of Palestinian detainees, describing the article as a "blood libel."
- The column, titled "The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians," included testimony from detainees alleging sexual assault by guards, which The Times defended as "deeply reported piece of opinion journalism" backed by extensively fact-checked accounts.
- Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar joined the legal threat, accusing the paper of publishing false claims about Israeli soldiers, as Netanyahu stated: "They defamed the soldiers of Israel and perpetuated a blood libel about rape."
- More than 100 protesters gathered outside the newspaper's Manhattan headquarters Thursday evening, chanting "shame on Kristof" and carrying signs accusing the publication of spreading "blood libel" and anti-Israel propaganda.
- New York Times spokesperson Danielle Rhoades Ha dismissed the threat as "part of a well-worn political playbook" to stifle independent reporting, while legal scholar Jed Rubenfeld suggested in The Free Press that any lawsuit would be "dead in the water.
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Netanyahu: We Will Sue NYT for Exposé Alleging Sexual Torture in Israeli Prisons
Israel plans to sue The New York Times over a shocking report that Israeli prison officials are sexually torturing Palestinian prisoners. ... The post Netanyahu: We Will Sue NYT for Exposé Alleging Sexual Torture in Israeli Prisons appeared first on The New American.
Israel announced on Thursday, 14 May, that it would prosecute the New York Times for defamation, following an investigation by the American newspaper of sexual abuse against Palestinian detainees. For years, NGO reports and testimonies have documented similar facts in Israeli prisons. The New York Times has defended the work of its journalist.
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Leaning Left21Leaning Right56Center19Last UpdatedBias Distribution58% Right
Bias Distribution
- 58% of the sources lean Right
58% Right
L 22%
C 20%
R 58%
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