Israeli Ambassador So Furious with a New York Times Story He Wrote a Letter to the Editor

The Blaze via Yahoo! News ^ | 8/8/13 | Sharona Schwartz

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The New York Times is facing more scrutiny from the pro-Israel community over Middle East-related articles it published this week, prompting the Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. to write a letter to the editor complaining about the controversial coverage. This as the paper was forced to issue a correction after a conservative website pointed out an inaccurate key, lead fact in an article.

As TheBlaze reported on Tuesday, the venerated newspaper was the target of sweeping criticism after publishing a front page article on Monday that appeared to downplay Palestinian stone-throwing against Israelis, which one youth characterized as a "hobby."

The U.S. does not officially define the building of Israeli settlements as "illegal."

Israel's Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren took the paper to task over the report penned by Jerusalem Bureau Chief Jodi Rudoren. In a letter to the editor published on The Times' website, Oren wrote, "While Palestinian protagonists are described in detail, their Israeli victims are largely dehumanized 'settlers' -- no name, age or gender."

Rudoren's article included a chart showing the amount of time Palestinian stone-throwers have spent in jail.

"The article could have added another chart: the names of Israelis who have been killed or permanently maimed by rock throwers and the time they have spent hospitalized. One of the names would be Adele Biton, a 2-year-old seriously wounded by a stone in March," Oren wrote.

"The article notes that Palestinian youths attack Israelis "because their brothers and fathers did." By breaking that pattern, Palestinian leaders can prepare their people for peace," he added.

The Washington Free Beacon on Wednesday found a major inaccuracy in an article Rudoren published the day before about how Palestinians view an Israeli government decision to build housing in Judea and Samaria as "destructive" to U.S.-sponsored peace talks which began...

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Long, but worth reading.

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Devil Worshipin, Satanic Inspired ...

Was going to complete this line but, it would take all day.

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The Hobby

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That poor baby.

Damn the scum-sucking BASTARDS!

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Believe it or not, back in the days of Abraham Lincoln the Times was a conservative Republican paper.

I don't know when it started to go south. Maybe when it was purchased by Ochs, maybe later, but go south it did, and at a very rapid rate.

The Times has never been sympathetic to Zionism or Israel, despite the hysterical "palaeo" screams about our "Zionist-controlled press."

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You are right that the Times was a conservative Republican paper in the days of A. Lincoln.

This is from an 1864 editorial denouncing Lincoln's "Copperhead" opponents:

"The corporeal form of the Union is nothing without a soul. That soul is constitutional authority."

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I think the "New York Times" opposed Zionism way back during the 1897 Zionist Conference in Basil, Switzerland. Also, during Israel's struggle for independence, they described the battle of dir Yassin as a massacre while completely ignoring the massacre of Jews at Gush Etzion.

This is not to mention the Times deliberate burying of the news of the Holocaust during World War II. Another reprehensible episode of the grey lady and her shoddy reporting.

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Good correction.

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Sounds about right.