‘NYT’ is furiously rewriting history of Gaza conflict
Phil Weiss et al. ■ An important journalistic pattern is beginning right now that must be countered by people who care about human rights: The New York Times is trying to rewrite the history of the Gaza conflict to treat it as a cycle of violence set off by Hamas in June by allegedly orchestrating the teen kidnappings on the West Bank– rather than as a war begun by Israel against Hamas. The Times whites out Israel’s interest: to destroy the unity government between Hamas and Fatah that was announced in May, a government the U.S. was prepared to work with, thereby defying Israel. And as for the seven-year siege of Gaza that has put 1.8 million people in an open-air prison, the Times has nothing to say.