The Times Against Israel

Detailing the distorted and negative reporting of the New York Times about Israel is like shooting fish in a barrel. Were I to focus only on that topic, I’d never have a chance to write about anything else.

Nevertheless, it is necessary to occasionally call attention to the Times coverage of Israel, if only because the paper serves as the Bible for a large swath of American Jewry.

In September, eight progressive members of the House of Representatives briefly succeeded in having a provision of a billion dollars in American funding for Israel’s Iron Dome system dropped from the armed services procurement bill. During a second, stand-alone vote on that provision, taken shortly thereafter, the House Democratic leadership pushed through the Iron Dome funding.

Notably, only one of member of the “Squad,” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, changed her vote against the Iron Dome funding from “no” to “present.” AOC, as she is known, was tearful after her “present” vote. Reporter Catie Edmondson explained to Times readers that AOC had been caught between her “principles and the still powerful pro-Israel voices in their party, such as influential lobbyists and rabbis.”