Since its establishment in 1851, The New York Times has claimed to “set the gold standard for American journalism,” seeking authenticity and truth. Yet, its roots are founded in a troubling pattern: a tendency to distort, deny, and hide Jew-hatred. In 1935, Arthur Hays Sulzberger became the publisher of The New York Times. He was Jewish and an outspoken anti-Zionist who did not perceive Jews as a specific nationality or race being targeted. He even expressed concern about the paper being labeled as “too Jewish,” adopting a weak approach that failed to document the horrors of the Holocaust. From 1939 to 1945, The New York Times published over 1,000 Holocaust-related narratives, yet most were relegated to the back pages, and only 26 reached the front cover. Today, its homepage is not too different from its falsified past. 

On May 11, The New York Times published a virulent opinion piece on its cover page. Nicholas Kristof, in his column, “The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians,” accused the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) of using dogs to sexually assault Palestinian prisoners, detaching blame from Hamas and Palestinian terrorists who committed systematic, brutal violence to October 7 victims. Kristof’s venomous article was no different than “puppet master,” subhuman tropes, and the IDF was a substitute for Jews. The evidence that Kristof had? He said, “There is no evidence that Israeli leaders order rapes.” 

So, what sources did Kristof use in his column? Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, the United Nations, and conversations with questionable witnesses who claimed sexual assault by Israeli soldiers, settlers, interrogators, and prison guards.

The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor is an independent Geneva-based organization that claims to champion human rights across Europe and the MENA region, with a regional office in Palestinian Occupied Territories, a Board of Trustees, a senior staff, and collaboration with other organizations. The founder and chairman is Ramy Abdu, named in a 2013 list of Hamas-linked........

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