Tag Archives: New York Times

Some say that the New York Times is anti-Israel

Posted on 10/25/2010 by Soccerdad

With an article titled Some question insistence on Israel as Jewish State, the New York Times officially joins the anti-Israel crowd. No doubt there are those who disagree with Netanyahu as to whether Israel should be called a Jewish state. … Continue reading →

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The “cbm” maneuver

Posted on 08/30/2010 by Soccerdad

Helene Cooper contributes a perfectly predictable Early Obstacle at Start of Mideast Talks, to the discussion of peace talks in the Middle East. President Obama will begin his one-year effort to achieve Middle East peace on Wednesday, joining a long … Continue reading →

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Abuminah’s abominable op-ed

Posted on 08/29/2010 by Soccerdad

Ali Abuminah, the founder of the anti-Israel website, Electronic Intifada, has been given op-ed space in the New York Times. In that space he has written the highly misleading, Hamas, the I.R.A. and Us. I will have to disagree with … Continue reading →

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The odd “peace logic” of the New York Times

Posted on 07/07/2010 by Soccerdad

Yesterday’s meeting between Israeli PM Netanyahu and President Obama did not impress the editors of the New York Times. In Mr. Netanyahu at the White House, they write: President Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel satisfied their short-term … Continue reading →

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See no (Hamas) evil

Posted on 06/02/2010 by Soccerdad

Predictably the editors of the New York Times find fault with Israel: There is a bigger question that Israel — and the United States — must be asking: Is the blockade working? Is it weakening Hamas? Or just punishing Gaza’s … Continue reading →

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Anti-semantic

Posted on 05/16/2010 by Soccerdad

The NYT’s public editor Clark Hoyt, today navigates “Semantic minefields.” I had little doubt that at least one of those “minefields” would involve the Middle East, and I wasn’t disappointed. No subject arouses reader passion more consistently than the Israeli-Palestinian … Continue reading →

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The NYT’s one sided debate

Posted on 04/29/2010 by Soccerdad

I did a quick roundup of op-eds appearing at the New York Times website duirng the year 2010. I suppose it may be somewhat arbitrary, but I did a search on the words “Israel” and “Hamas” between January 1, 2010 … Continue reading →

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The President’s teachable Mideast moment – the Washington Post vs. the New York Times

Posted on 07/31/2009 by Soccerdad

The Washington Post surprised yesterday with an editorial Tough on Israel: But the administration also is guilty of missteps. Rather than pocketing Mr. Netanyahu’s initial concessions — he gave a speech on Palestinian statehood and suggested parameters for curtailing settlements … Continue reading →

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Mr. Obama and Mr. Netanyahu – the alternative version

Posted on 05/25/2009 by Soccerdad

There’s a really great editorial at the New York Times that I missed the other day: We’d call this week’s White House meeting between President Obama and the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, a draw. Mr. Netanyahu promised to promote … Continue reading →

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Iran and Hamas, partners for peace

Posted on 03/27/2009 by Soccerdad

In an editorial, the New York Times questions whether Binyamin Netanyahu can be trusted to make peace. There is so much wrong with “Being a partner for peace“, I could spend all day critiquing it. But one point stood out: … Continue reading →

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Muammar’s second act

Posted on 01/22/2009 by Soccerdad

The NYT persisting in its misguided principle that debate is always good, today offers an op-ed written by Libyan dictator, Muammar Quaddafi, “The One State Solution.” I had not realized it, but apparently Qaddafi is making a second career out … Continue reading →

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“… you’d rather see me paralyzed …”

Posted on 01/19/2009 by Soccerdad

Bob Dylan’s “Positively 4th Street” is a rebuke to an insincere ex-friend. It’s impossible to read a recent New York Times editorial “A way out of Gaza?” without feeling the same disgust towards the editors of the Times. It begins. … Continue reading →

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The NYT: Israel must make things easy for Obama

Posted on 01/06/2009 by Soccerdad

In Incursion into Gaza the editors of the NYT write: The longer the Israeli incursion, the more casualties mount (550 Palestinians and 5 Israelis have died so far); the more Hamas’s popularity grows among its supporters; the more moderate Arab … Continue reading →

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NYT: Hamas upgrades = success / Israel defends = disaster

Posted on 01/01/2009 by Soccerdad

The NYT today features two articles about Israel’s war against Hamas that are rather revealing. One is Striking Deep Into Israel, Hamas Employs an Upgraded Rocket Arsenal, and the second is In Dense Gaza, Civilians Suffer They are revealing both … Continue reading →

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The media assault against Israel

Posted on 12/30/2008 by Soccerdad

The American media is doing all it can to undermine Israel’s case for war. I’m not just talking about those anti-Israel bloviators whom Noah Pollak amusingly call the “juicebox mafia,” but the opinion pages of major American newspapers have been … Continue reading →

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Hamas and its boosters

Posted on 12/29/2008 by Soccerdad

Ethan Bronner of the NYT reports opines at the end of his recent report (via memeorandum): There is palpable satisfaction at the moment in the Israeli government and the military because the operation so far is seen as a success. … Continue reading →

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Dependent independence

Posted on 08/20/2008 by Soccerdad

As co-blogger, Daled Amos notes in his excellent critique of the Times editorial The Peril of an Israeli Transition, the Times holds everyone responsible for a Palestinian state other than the Palestinians themselves. I’d like to add a few observations. … Continue reading →

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Still unanswered

Posted on 07/14/2008 by Soccerdad

Newsbusters takes the NYT to task for ignoring the result of the Enderlein-Karsenty case. (Newsbusters acknowledged that the result was covered half-heartedly in the NYT’s blog.) Newsbuster’s author Warner Todd Huston asks: So what gives, New York Times? Why the … Continue reading →

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Hoyt’s blindness again

Posted on 06/01/2008 by Soccerdad

Clark Hoyt still hasn’t addressed my question about how the NYT reports news, however he’s dug up a several weeks old column to question whether the Times was correct in running a specific opinion piece. At issue is an op-ed … Continue reading →

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