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January 3, 2019

When the Evidence Fails, the “New York Times” Libels Israel by Insinuation

Even ten journalists can’t find a nonexistent war crime.

During one of the episodes of rioting at the Gaza border fence, which have occurred every Friday since last March, a Palestinian medic was killed. Last Sunday, the New York Times featured a lengthy front-page story on the subject, with elaborate graphics, produced by ten journalists and one photographer. The article concludes, with certainty, that the medic, Rouzan al-Najjar, was killed by a ricocheting bullet fragment. Ira Stoll comments:

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January 3, 2019

  1. Britain Shouldn’t Drop Its Alliance with Saudi Arabia

    But it also shouldn’t stop pushing behind the scenes for reforms.

  2. When the Evidence Fails, the “New York Times” Libels Israel by Insinuation

    Even ten journalists can’t find a nonexistent war crime.

  3. A New Film Tells the Story of the Heroic Poet-Turned-Guerrilla Avraham Sutzkever

    Black Honey.

  4. A Christian Contemplates the Meaning of Jewish Chosenness for Non-Jews

    Particularism, universalism, and the circumcision of Jesus.

  5. The Jewish Farming Community of Beersheba, Kansas

    It didn’t go as planned, but it did help new immigrants.