NYT: Anti-Israel Obsession Run Amuck

by Phyllis Chesler

Really, why doesn’t the hardcopy of The New York Times rename itself the Anti-Israel Obsession Times or Pravda-by-Orwell.

Today, on December 7, 2023, the Times has ten articles about Israel-Palestine, mostly negative, incendiary, inflammatory, pieces including one front page offering about how American Jews are split in their support for Israel-in-Gaza. The Paper of Record has fifteen (15!) photos, primarily of suffering Gazans. The total word count amounts to 14,247 words.

Oddly enough, I can find absolutely nothing about Amnesty International’s Report, dated today, about Iran’s systematic use of rape and torture against men, women, and children as young as 12 years old.

Nothing about the forced return (“the surge”) of nearly a half million Afghans from Pakistan to a dangerously cold winter in their home country–refugees for whom WHO has requested 10 million dollars but for which they have only received $500,000.00. They are begging for nine and a half million more.

Funny: Not a word about the U.S. Senate’s decision not to withdraw American troops from Syria after 76 attacks against U.S. forces have been launched by Iranian proxies since 10/7.

Not even a small notice about Brazil deploying troops to the Venezuela border, a move which might have significant consequences for South America.

Missing entirely is any article about the Jewish holiday of Channukah which begins this evening.

Well–they also have nothing about Dec 7th being the date that Japan bombed Pearl Harbor an act which catapulted America into World War Two.