New York Times Opposes Palestinian Self-Determination
by Stephen Lendman
Longstanding NYT articles, op-eds, and editorials are notoriously one-sided for Israel. Palestinian rights don't matter, only Jewish ones. Life in Occupied Palestine harshness goes largely unreported. Crimes of war and against humanity are ignored. In February 2012, Jodi Rudoren became Times Jerusalem bureau chief. Like earlier ones, she's Jewish. A previous article quoted Alison Weir asking "(w)ho is Jodi Rudoren?"
Previously she reported on domestic issues. It's unclear what she knows about Israel/Palestine. She admits having little regional knowledge. She hopes to be a fast learner. Her marching orders are clear.
She's uncomfortable addressing Israeli torture, murder, and other lawless policies. At best she says some call West Bank settlements "controversial." International law calls them illegal. No ambiguity exists.
Early in her tenure, she connected with David Ha'ivri. He's an extremist settler rabbi. He's involved with Jewish Defense League founder Meir Kahane's Kach group.
...Times editors bear full responsibility for pro-Israeli bias...The Times also rejects Palestinian statehood. It does so by ignoring what's existed for 24 years. Dismissiveness defines longstanding editorial policy. Palestinians have no friend in Times Square.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.
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Having read Lendman's one-sided anti-Israeli bilge on his website, it is obvious that he is the mirror image of the "allegedly" one sided, pro-Israel New York Times, rather than an impartial unbiased observer of events in the Middle-East. While he rails against supposed Israeli abuses, he offers no solutions, which would be mutually acceptable to both Palestinians and Israelis.
As is often stated in the American left, "If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem."
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