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Settler leader endorses boycott of apartheid

Check out this gem from the New York Times’ fawning GQ-like profile of Israeli settler leader Dani Dayan: [Dayan and his wife] built a showpiece home, where the sunken double-height living room is filled with a painting from Vietnam, a … Continue reading

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Circumcision deaths are a legalized non-scandal

Legalized circumcision-related deaths meet zero accountability, while the recent ultra-Orthodox sexual abuse scandal led to criminal charges.

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‘NYT’ fails to disclose Kershner’s tie to Israeli government-linked think tank

Hirsh Goodman works at the Institute for National Security Studies, an Israel gov’t-linked thinktank. His wife Isabel Kershner works at the New York Times. Copacetic?

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The benedictions of Benzion Netanyahu’s racism

Teh late Benzion Netanyahu believed in unending conquest of Arabs till they accepted the higher morality of their overlords

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Bloomberg warns BDS will lead to ‘massacres’ as Park Slope Co-op holds initial vote on boycott tonight

New York pols are lining up against the effort to boycott Israeli goods in the Park Slope Food Co-op. Bloomberg says it will lead to massacres and Scott Stringer calls it “an anti-Semitic crusade.” Co-op members’ response? You won’t learn it from the ‘New York Times’ who didn’t think to ask.

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‘NYT’ coverage of Gaza attacks downplays civilian suffering

If you only read the ‘NYT,’ you would never know that five civilians in Gaza died as a result of Israeli air strikes.

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Social media ‘tidal wave’ helped turn world’s focus to Khader Adnan

A look at how online activism brought massive attention to Khader Adnan’s story

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New ‘NYT’ bureau chief Jodi Rudoren faces outcry from Israel advocates over Twitter messages

The fast and furious reaction to Jodi Rudoren’s Twitter messages, and what it says about ardent advocates for Israel.

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Israeli apartheid is never fit to print in the ‘Times’, only in ‘Haaretz’

When has the Times ever filed a serious report on Israeli apartheid policies, and will it ever? Meanwhile, Haaretz today runs an editorial page broadside against the colony/settlement Ariel’s University expansion plans.

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‘Free Beacon’ reporter attacks Center for American Progress in misleading articles that push for Iran war

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Adam Kredo, a reporter with the Washington Free Beacon, distorts the existing evidence on Iran in articles taking aim at the Center for American Progress.

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Quoting Israelis, ‘NYT’ front pager says Iran will take a military strike lying down (won’t even raise oil prices!)

Ethan Bronner quotes Israelis saying that Iran won’t retaliate if it is attacked

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Israel’s image tanks as it slowly loses support of US media and Europe

Israel’s image has slowly tanked as Europe and U.S. media have increased their criticism of Israeli policies.

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‘It’s time to stop the bully’: Adbusters editor Kalle Lasn on Occupy Wall Street, the Israel lobby and the New York Times

The editor of Adbusters discusses taking on the neocons, charges of anti-semitism, and the future of Occupy Wall Street.

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Netanyahu needs a history tutor — Can UNESCO experts help?

There was the tall tale told in front of the UN last month about how the last name Netanyahu is inscribed on a 2,700 year-old ring found next to the Western Wall in Jerusalem–despite the fact that the Israeli prime … Continue reading

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It’s okay to say apartheid…but only about Bahrain

Nicholas Kristof tweets that Bahrain is “apartheid-like” on the news that the country has sentenced doctors to prison for treating demonstrators during this year’s uprising in Bahrain.  Anthony Shadid, the veteran New York Times Middle East correspondent, also used the … Continue reading

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We’ve learned nothing since 9/11

Excepting a few marginalized journalists and thought leaders, most Americans have learned less than nothing about the causes of the September 11, 2001 attacks. In the wake of that dreadful day, and for years afterward, then-President Bush claimed, almost comically, … Continue reading

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NYT’s Keller implies Iraq War aimed to save Israel from a ‘holocaust’

NYT Executive Editor Bill Keller pens a tortured mea culpa about his support for the Iraq War, stopping short of a full apology because he “couldn’t have known better at the time.” Along the way, he drops this stunning revelation … Continue reading

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‘Adbusters’ goes after NYT’s pro-Israel bias

Have we started a mini-earthquake that’s headed straight for the Grey Lady’s department of propaganda? Adbusters ran my piece critiquing Bronner and Kershner’s pro-Israel bias (also in print, Aug/Sept. issue):  In June of 2010, a year and a half after the … Continue reading

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‘NYT’ editorial on stalemate reflects Israeli talking points

Ali Abunimah said it best: you can’t negotiate over sharing a pizza when your adversary is eating the pizza during the negotiations. Well, the New York Times is back with more editorial page propaganda that blames the Palestinian Authority for not … Continue reading

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U.S. media buys Israel’s Naksa spin that protesters were orchestrated

Variations on the line the Israeli government fed to Israeli media yesterday about the killings of demonstrators in the Golan Heights Sunday have made their way to the U.S. media, despite there being little evidence produced to support their claims. … Continue reading

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‘Colonization is indefensible, not 1967 borders’ – Cohen in NYT

Roger Cohen busts out a brilliant catchphrase in the NY Times that could serve as the basis for the next Young Jewish Proud protest: The 1967 lines are not “indefensible,” as Netanyahu declared in his immediate response to Obama’s speech. … Continue reading

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NYT’s Bronner says Netanyahu demonstrates ‘territorial flexibility’ on the basis of no evidence

Ethan Bronner’s NY Times reports are of fantastic comedic value. Check out the latest spin from the Israeli Army Daddy: Days before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to meet with President Obama, he laid out his principles Monday for accepting … Continue reading

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T-minus 5 months ’til UN recognizes Palestine?

Ethan Bronner’s got an analysis of the diplomatic corner Israel has painted itself into in the NYT. Of course Bronner’s piece is filled with the usual elisions and distortions, which I’m sure readers of this site will spot left and … Continue reading

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Corporate media erase U.S. role in Hamas-Fatah split

In response to the youth of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank rising up on March 14 and 15 to call for Palestinian political unity, both the leaders of Fatah and Hamas pledged to enter into talks aimed at … Continue reading

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Frank Rich’s NYT valedictory omits self-censorship on Palestine

On his way out the NYT door, Frank Rich takes inventory. His feelings remain “reverent,” and despite screwing up “the run-up to the Iraq invasion” (clearly a minor point not worth more than a parenthetical!), he says the Times is “our … Continue reading

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