The New York Times ran a shameful, poorly-sourced op-ed by Nicholas Kristof that alleged Israeli forces sexually abused Palestinian prisoners, including the claim that they trained dogs to rape those captives. Kristof and the NYT have been raked over the coals for the story, and rightly so. It became clear yesterday that the NYT pushed the story to get ahead of and to try and discredit an actual credible, damning, and troubling report on the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7, 2023.
That report, unlike the op-ed, had hundreds of witnesses and footage recorded by Hamas terrorists themselves, and detailed graphic, disturbing, and monstrous sexual abuse of Israeli victims during the terrorist attack. The NYT apparently knew about the report because they were offered publishing rights and declined.
And now the NYT is doubling down on defending the shameful story.
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