Is Times of Israel not an Israeli source?
Maybe similar to our MSM?
The Times of Israel was simply quoting the New York Times, the source of this story.
That is media reporting media. I want to hear it from Israeli media (even The Times of Israel) reporting it from an Israeli *source* (in the Israeli government, not another newspaper).
Otherwise it's just the NY Times trying to make Joe look good, and The Times of Israel reporting just that.