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Posted on 08/04/2025 8:29:57 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File
The New York Times ran a photo on its front page that was a visual lie.
The point of that lie was to back the claims made in their article that Israel was intentionally starving Gazan children, but apparently, there were no photos available that would back the claims made in their story.
No doubt they believed the story that their reporters were feeding them, not that any reporter who was not a Hamas toady would dare set foot in Gaza--but in the circular logic of the Times they assumed that nothing printed in their paper could be false.
full post: the sky isn't falling, the narrative is
https://t.co/z7OzP4PB8b— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) August 4, 2025
We know that they knew the photo was false because there are internal Times emails that show they did. In fact, the editors had rejected a different photo because they knew that printing a photo of a child suffering from a genetic disease did not back their story, and demanded it be replaced.
The replacement, though, was of a child with a genetic disease as well.
As is now known, a wide array of media outlets used a picture of a boy suffering from cerebral palsy as an example of a child “born healthy” and being starved by Israel. Many of those defending the use of the photo did so based on the premise that even if the media knew it painted a false picture, publishing the image was still a defensible act because the child is suffering from even more than malnutrition, therefore the malnutrition part makes the photo true enough.
But it doesn’t, of course. And it turns out that New York Times editors tried desperately to avoid using a photo of a child with preexisting conditions precisely because they understood it to be unethical. Semafor relates some of the behind-the-scenes discussions at the Times:
“Last Thursday at 3 pm, the Times was preparing to run images of Youssef Matar, a young child in Gaza with cerebral palsy who was suffering from lack of nourishment, alongside its July 24 story that cited doctors in Gaza finding ‘an increasing number of their patients are suffering and dying — from starvation.’
“But the Times’ topmost editors wanted to err on the side of caution. After viewing the gutting photo, according to communications viewed by Semafor, they worried that it might inadvertently call into question the paper’s reporting, which said that many of the children suffering from hunger did not have preexisting health issues.”
According to Semafor, the Times‘ managing editor Marc Lacey asked why they would use a misleading picture “when there is presumably no shortage of images of children who were not malnourished before the war and currently are?” Executive editor Joe Kahn, per internal communications seen by Semafor, put it simply: “The story isn’t framed around people with special needs and the lead art really should not do that, either.”
Uh, maybe they would use a photo like that because there IS a dearth of photos of otherwise healthy children dying of starvation. Did they consider that?
Of course not.
We already know that The New York Times employs a reporter who openly expresses his admiration for Hitler and defends him against accusations of bias. Nazis can be fair, too, you know. His work is published in the Times, so it must be true.
So the idea that it would be fine to use the picture knowing the boy had cerebral palsy has been obliterated: The Times had already changed its prospective front page to avoid that very mistake.
But there’s more to learn from the Times’ internal communications. Notice that the editors tell the staff that the story is specifically supposed to make the point that children in Gaza without preexisting conditions are suffering from malnutrition. If the reports of such widespread hunger are true, they explained, there should be plenty of photos that show exactly that. And therefore the Times must reject its first proposed front-page photo, which did not meet those criteria.
And yet, the photo they replaced it with also did not meet that criteria. It must be very easy to find proof that Israel is deliberately starving otherwise healthy children, they said—our reporting makes that claim! And then they proceeded to fail to find a usable example of such a case. They hadn’t realized, they say, that this child also had cerebral palsy, just like the first child they considered using.
You can see it slowly dawning on them that there’s something else entirely going on here, that the trend is not what they believe it to be. You can even sense the frustration creeping into their communication: You reporters, they explain, are saying one thing and then showing us another—and then after we corrected you on it, you did it again!
It is an article of faith among the smart set that Israel is, forever and always, in the wrong. You can see that reality in the condemnations of Israel by the United Nations, where Israel is condemned more than 2 1/2 times as often as every other country in the world combined.
From 2015 through 2023, the UN General Assembly has adopted 154 resolutions against Israel and 71 against other countries. For texts and voting sheets, see the UN Watch Database, which will be updated to include the 2024 UNGA resolutions after they are published by the UN in January 2025.
The UN Watch Database also documents that from 2006 through 2024, the UN Human Rights Council has adopted 108 resolutions against Israel, 45 against Syria, 15 against Iran, 10 against Russia, and 4 against Venezuela.
The 2024 UNGA Resolutions: 18 on Israel vs. 7 on Rest of World
In 2024, the UNGA is expected to adopt 18 resolutions on Israel and only seven resolutions on the entire rest of the world, which include one resolution each on North Korea, Iran, Syria, Myanmar, Russia for its violations in Georgia, Russia for its occupation of Crimea, and the United States for its embargo on Cuba, as detailed in the charts below.
I don't know about you, but I find it a bit implausible that Israel is the worst human rights abuser in the world--in fact, 2 1/2 times worse than every other country in the world combined.
Let's visit Afghanistan and find out. I hear Libya is not a garden spot either, with its slave markets that Hillary Clinton gifted them.
No doubt, conditions in Gaza are dire for many, but it is striking that Hamas can post a video of a starving hostage digging his own grave, and it is treated as a non-story.
How psychopathic is Hamas?
It forced starving hostage Evyatar David to DIG HIS OWN GRAVE for the cameras. pic.twitter.com/iMa404St4s— Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) August 2, 2025
The entire Arab League has called on Hamas to release the hostages and disarm. The UK, Canada, and France on the other hand are promising to recognize Palestine as a state.
Nothing to see here, just Hamas publishing imagery of a starved hostage digging his own grave in a tunnel.
France, Britain and Canada chose the same week to reward them with a state.
pic.twitter.com/sBvvWTAsKJ— 𝐍𝐢𝐨𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠 ♛ ✡︎ (@NiohBerg) August 2, 2025
This moral inversion is appalling, but entirely on brand for the postmodern West.
“Fake but accurate.”
I’d like to know how Palestine can be a state if a state doesn’t exist yet. The dumb bass turds can’t even feed their own people. They’re going to have to come begging to the west for something to eat and drink. Another Freeloader state.
Beggars with attitude.
Feed us, or we’ll blow you up.
Numerous organizations and reports indicate that Israel is starving Gazans, primarily through its blockade and restrictions on humanitarian aid entering and distributing within the Gaza Strip.
Key points often cited in this context include:
<><>Blockade and restrictions: After the October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas, Israel imposed a “complete siege” on Gaza, halting the supply of electricity, food, water, and fuel. Subsequent restrictions on aid entry and movement continue to significantly limit access to essential supplies, leading to severe food shortages and a dire humanitarian situation.
<><>Impact on civilians: Reports detail the catastrophic impact on the civilian population, including widespread food insecurity, rising rates of acute malnutrition among children, and hunger-related deaths. Some reports even describe children dying from starvation.
<><>Controversy over intent: While human rights groups like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch allege that Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war and imposing collective punishment, Israel denies these claims. Israel states that its actions are necessary for security to prevent Hamas from diverting resources and that it aims to increase aid flow to civilians while continuing its fight against Hamas.
<><>Difficulty in aid distribution: Even when aid is allowed into Gaza, distribution is hindered by ongoing conflict, security concerns, damage to infrastructure, and the challenges faced by humanitarian organizations operating in the territory.
<><>Disputes over aid delivery methods: Israel’s efforts to establish alternative aid delivery mechanisms, such as the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), have been met with criticism from UN officials and NGOs who argue that such efforts are ineffective, potentially dangerous, and undermine the impartiality of humanitarian aid.
<><> Wikipedia-—The population of the Gaza Strip is at high risk of famine as a result of Israeli airstrikes during the Gaza war and an Israeli blockade
<><>Wikipedia——Humanitarian Aid in Gaza: What’s Really Happening | AJC Jul 29, 2025 — One hundred twenty trucks entered Gaza on Monday during the first humanitarian pause. * The IDF conducted its first-ever food airdrop into Gaza—delivering essential supplies.
<><>American Jewish Committee (AJC)——Crisis in Gaza: What to know and how to help | The IRC Jul 29, 2025 — Nearly every person in Gaza needs urgent humanitarian assistance. 1.9 million Palestinians have been displaced. The entire population is facing crisis-level famine.
The Guardian——https://www.theguardian.com › world › jul ›
5 days ago — Israel controls the flow of food into Gaza. It has calculated how many calories Palestinians need to stay alive amid mounting evidence of famine and ... -
UN News——https://news.un.org › story › 2025/07
7 days ago — There is mounting evidence that “widespread starvation, malnutrition and disease” are driving a rise in hunger-related deaths. Israel’s use of starvation evidence of genocide.
Amnesty International——https://www.amnesty.org › Latest › News › Jul 3, 2025 — Israel has continued to use starvation of civilians as a weapon of war against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip and to deliberately impose conditions of
Royal United Services Institute
https://www.rusi.org › publications › commentary › un...
Jun 6, 2025 — Israel reimposed a full blockade on Gaza in the beginning of March 2025 amid tepid Western criticism. Without any food or aid entering the Strip ...
Israel’s leader claims no one in Gaza is starving. Data and ...
PBS——https://www.pbs.org › newshour › world...Jul 28, 2025 — Here’s what we know as the World Health Organization says 63 of the 74 malnutrition-related deaths in Gaza this year have occurred this ...
Israel says it’s distributing aid in Gaza, so why are people ...
Al Jazeera——https://www.aljazeera.com › news › Jul 26, 2025 — Israel continues to deny what aid agencies and governments are saying is the man-made starvation it is forcing on Gaza. Anger Over Children Starving in Gaza Leaves Israel Increasingly vulnerable...
The New York Times——https://www.nytimes.com › World › Middle East-—5 days ago — And there is no clear plan to bring the war against Hamas to an end. The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has responded angrily to such reports.
The New York Times issued an editor’s note clarifying information in a story about starving Gazans that featured a photo of a child, Mohammed Zakaria al-Mutawaq.
The New York Times later added that Mohammed’s condition worsened due to the scarcity of food and medical care in the area.
The note clarified that Mohammed also suffered from pre-existing health problems, a detail not included in the initial article. The New York Times stated that had they known this information before publication, it would have been included.
(Starvation exacerbates existing health problems)
The New York Times later added that Mohammed’s condition worsened due to the scarcity of food and medical care in the area.
The correction came after criticism that the article presented an incomplete picture by not mentioning the child’s pre-existing conditions.
The New York Times issued an editor’s note clarifying information in a story about starving Gazans that featured a photo of a child, Mohammed Zakaria al-Mutawaq.
The New York Times later added that Mohammed’s condition worsened due to the scarcity of food and medical care in the area.
The note clarified that Mohammed also suffered from pre-existing health problems, a detail not included in the initial article. The New York Times stated that had they known this information before publication, it would have been included.
(Starvation exacerbates existing health problems)
The New York Times later added that Mohammed’s condition worsened due to the scarcity of food and medical care in the area.
The correction came after criticism that the article presented an incomplete picture by not mentioning the child’s pre-existing conditions.
NYT Editors Knew That Its Story of Israel Intentionally Starving Gazans Was Incomplete.”
Starvation exacerbates existing health problems in children.
The New York Times later added that the boy’s existing condition worsened due to Israel’s military orders fomenting the scarcity of food and medical care in the area.
The New York Times has reported on situations where the existing condition of a child worsened due to the scarcity of food and medical care Gaza.
The NYT reports emphasize the devastating impact of food and medical care scarcity on the health and lives of vulnerable populations due to Israel’s enforced military actions.
These include:
Malnutrition and Illness: Individuals, including young children and those with pre-existing conditions, are suffering from severe malnutrition, leading to exacerbated illnesses and even death.
Strain on Healthcare: Hospitals, already damaged by the Israeli conflict, are struggling to cope with the influx of patients weakened by hunger, and medical staff are facing exhaustion and collapsing due to lack of food, according to The New York Times.
The Times has detailed cases like a 4-month-old who died of severe malnutrition, born without serious health issues, but whose condition deteriorated due to the mother’s inability to produce enough milk and the family’s inability to afford formula.
Diabetes and Malnutrition: For diabetics in Gaza, the lack of food, especially crucial items like sugar, is making it difficult to control the disease, potentially leading to dangerous complications.
NYT reports Oxygen Shortages: Beyond food, the Times also reported on an invisible medical shortage of oxygen in low- and middle-income areas.
These NYT reports reinforce and emphasize the devastating impact of food and medical care scarcity on the health and lives of vulnerable populations due to Israel’s enforced military actions.
Starving poor PLO/Jihadi/HAMAS/Nukba/terrorist supporting masses of insane humanity are lacking nutrition?
Why not break into the storage tunnels of HAMAS and get the food there?
HAMAS is starving and killing their own people for just one reason and one reason only - to make Israel look bad.
These scum hoard the food away from their own people, then sell it at exorbitant prices.
Look at all the videos. Do you see ANY thin men? I mean really starving thin? No.
What do you see?
The intentional starving and beatings by the HAMAS animals to their kidnapped Jewish prisoners is horrendous. Where is the Red cross. UNWRA, UN and a host of other so-called “Human Rights” organizations? Oh, I forgot, they’re Jews who are suffering...nevermind.
Who starves and abuses hostages? Who rapes, mutilates, burns, beheads, tortures and even uses dead bodies (they killed) as a bargaining chip? Who?
ARAB MUSLIMS
American politicians have long regarded Washington’s relationship with wealthy, high income, exporter to the world Israel———vis a vis $$billions of tax dollars in annual US military assistance, and numerous other billions is assistance categories-——as a “third rail of foreign policy.”
Part of establishing a reputation as a “pro-Israel US president” means stepping in when necessary to save Israel’s posterior, a senior adviser to former president Joe Biden noted. Boden blanketed Israel with tens of billions in excess of its $5 billion annual allotment (it was, after all, an election year).
Looking at the totality of Netanyahu’s bombing campaigns in the region, Israel looks like it’s decidedly out of control and needs an American intervention and stop button.
Trump’s famous remarks about “starvation in Gaza” might be an attempt at pressing that button.
Israeli prime minister Netanyahu is incommunicado ...... did not respond to requests for comment for fear of an interruption of billions in tax dollars.
One White House official was cued to say there’s no “wedge” between the US and Israeli leaders. “The president is moved by the suffering he sees with his own eyes. He doesn’t like to see suffering.”
Sucker
Lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene described the crisis in Gaza as a “genocide” and has proposed legislation to block aid to Israel. Polls suggest many young students now have a negative opinion of Netanyahu. The ceaseless college demonstration show people are starting to hate Israel.
Candace Owens was labeled a “dreaded anti-semite” for innocently asking, ‘What is this unique, strange, disgusting, perverse relationship that we seem to have with Israel?’ Owens is a popular podcaster and is now stuck with being forever labeled “ a proponent of antisemitic conspiracy theories.”
For Netanyahu, Israel’s bombings caused the dramatic weakening of regional adversaries ....Israel’s post-October 7 military campaigns has created a canvas of opportunity.
Israel would like to be a regional hegemon. But they know they cannot be a regional hegemon without US billions. But they push it as far as they can go........ with no one daring to stop them.
A Middle East analyst cued by Israel to say “Israeli government officials see the writing on the wall” and sent out a warning that “the blank checks it gets might not last.”
The New York Times published a clarification of its Gaza starvation story, adding that the starving boy’s condition worsened due to the scarcity of food and medical care in the area caused by Israeli bombings.
The NYT correction came after criticism by obsessed Israeli worshippers that the article presented an “incomplete picture” by not mentioning the insignificant fact that a dying child’s pre-existing conditions was exacerbated by starvation.
Every now and then there is a live Cam set up in Gaza near the hospital. I have never seen a starving person there. It’s pretty busy people going about their business.
Since you persist posting once-sided reports from liberals, I will post part of my previous copy and paste post:
Aid should get to Gaza - and as under from Israel's protection Palestine once had a problem with the prevalence of obesity and overweight in being high compared with those of some other developing nations - but the Israeli animus and problem is that of HAMAS, which the people supported, yet whose intent it to destroy Israel.
What did Hamas actually hope to achieve? - The Hill Oct 18, 2023As its charter clearly states, Hamas seeks to destroy Israel and replace it with an Islamic state. - https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4260225-what-did-hamas-actually-hope-to-achieve/
Palestinian poll shows a rise in Hamas support and close to ... - AP News Dec 13, 2023 Palestinian poll shows a rise in Hamas support and close to 90% wanting US-backed Abbas to resign
Reuters https://www.reuters.com › world › middle-east › poll-shows-palestinians-back-oct-7-attack-israel-support-hamas-rises-2023-12-14 Poll shows Palestinians back Oct. 7 attack on Israel, support for Hamas ... Dec 14, 2023 Almost three in four Palestinians believe the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel was correct,
The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com › israel-hamas-war › article-806498 Poll reveals inconvenient truth: Palestinians like and support Hamas ... Jun 16, 2024A poll conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research in Gaza and published this past week showed that support in Gaza for Hamas leaders is slightly higher and that the share who are satisfied with Hamas leadership in the territory has risen since December..AP News https://apnews.com › article › israel-palestinians-hamas-war-aid-un-ghf-567c5bffd5d7ae4cc54ea0816a159f8f Gaza crisis: Gangs hoard food aid and resell it am much of the limited aid entering is being hoarded by gangs and merchants and sold at exorbitant prices....When the U.N. gets Israeli permission to distribute aid, its convoys are nearly always attacked by armed gangs or overwhelmed by hungry crowds in the buffer zone controlled by the military....Heba Jouda, who has visited the sites many times, said armed men steal aid as people return with it and merchants also offer to buy it.
“To get food from the American organization, you have to be strong and fast,” she said....Israel denies allowing looters to operate in areas it controls and accuses Hamas of prolonging the war by not surrendering....During a ceasefire earlier this year, Israel allowed up to 600 aid trucks to enter daily. There were no major disruptions in deliveries, and food prices were far lower....That all changed in March, when Israel ended the ceasefire and halted all imports, including food. Israel seized large parts of Gaza in what it said was a tactic to pressure Hamas into releasing hostages
Council on Foreign Relations https://www.cfr.org › blog › meanwhile-hamas-killing-civilians-who-seek-food Meanwhile, Hamas is Killing Civilians Who Seek Food Jun 21, 2025While the war between Israel and Iran is drawing attention away from Gaza, it's worth seeing what Hamas is doing: killing civilians who seek food.Thus, in the light of consequence of effects of HAMAS rule, Gazon support is changing, as it should:
pcpsr.org https://pcpsr.org › en › node › 997 Press Release: Public Opinion Poll No (95) | PCPSR May 6, 20256 May 2025 Favorability of the October 7 attack, the belief that Hamas will win the war, and support for Hamas continue to decline, but the overwhelming majority is opposed to Hamas disarmament and does not believe hat release of the hostages will bring an end to the war. Nonetheless, about half of Gazans support the anti-Hamas demonstrations and almost half want to leave the Gaza Strip if they could. Support for the two-state solution remains unchanged but support for armed struggle drops
Are you an Anti-Israel Troll who hacked into a dormant Free Republic account?
I checked your FR Archive and noticed that you suddenly stopped posting articles in April 2022 - forty months ago.
I also noticed that you rarely posted about Israel between 2000-2022, and when you did post about Israel, your articles were quite supportive.
That record stands in sharp contrast to the thousands of intensely critical comments you have made about Israel, just within the last year.
Can you explain this radical change in your perspective?
The NYT telling lies again who.could have guessed they would joyfully be anti semitic Jew baiters.
It wasn't merely deceptive, it was a deliberate lie. BTW, what are the NY Slimes' FR nicks?
Easy to lie to the old Gray Whore - she feeds on the lies to push chaos and misery... Potemkin Villages anyone?
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