{"id":2088316,"date":"2023-11-02T16:40:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T20:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-nyt-journalists-sign-letter-blaming-israel-for-genocide-and-apartheid\/"},"modified":"2023-11-02T16:43:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T20:43:18","slug":"two-nyt-journalists-sign-letter-blaming-israel-for-genocide-and-apartheid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-nyt-journalists-sign-letter-blaming-israel-for-genocide-and-apartheid\/","title":{"rendered":"Two NYT journalists accuse Israel of &#8216;genocide&#8217; and &#8216;apartheid&#8217; in signed letter."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwo-nyt-journalists-sign-letter-blaming-israel-for-genocide-and-apartheid%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2088316&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><section id=\"article\">\n<article data-post-title=\"Two NYT Journalists Sign Letter Blaming Israel for 'Genocide' and 'Apartheid'\" data-post-slug=\"http:\/\/ramaswamy-calls-for-withdrawal-of-us-bases-in-iraq-and-syria\" data-post-url id=\"print-1820292\">\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<h2>Two NYT Journalists Sign Letter Blaming Israel\u200c for &#8216;Genocide&#8217; \u2063and\u200d &#8216;Apartheid&#8217;<\/h2>\n<h3>Jamie \u200cLauren Keiles, Jazmine Hughes<\/h3>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>At least two <i>New York Times<\/i> writers\u200c have boldly signed a letter that holds Israel responsible for Hamas&#8217;s terrorist attack on Israel \u200cand accuses the Jewish state of committing \u2062&#8221;genocide&#8221;\u200c and &#8220;apartheid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i>Times Magazine<\/i> writers Jazmine \u200dHughes and Jamie\u200c Lauren Keiles\u2064 have joined \u200dother\u2063 signatories on an Oct. 26 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.writersagainstthewarongaza.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> by the group Writers Against the War on Gaza. The letter asserts that Israel provoked the Oct. 7 terrorist attack\u200d against\u2064 itself \u200cand is perpetrating &#8220;genocide against the Palestinian people.&#8221; The signatories label Israel as an &#8220;apartheid state&#8221; for defending\u2064 itself against terrorists and express their support for the Palestinians&#8217; &#8220;anticolonial struggle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hughes, known\u2064 for her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-biden-officials-keep-lying-about-the-trump-admin-not-having-a-vaccine-plan\/\" title=\"RNC: Biden officials keep lying about the Trump admin. not having a vaccine plan\">controversial remarks<\/a>, including\u2064 racist \u200band anti-Semitic comments on social media, was hired by \u2063the <i>Times<\/i> despite these\u200b issues, as <i>Breitbart<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/the-media\/2019\/09\/22\/another-new-york-times-editor-made-racist-anti-semitic-comments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> \u200din 2019. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jazzedloon\/status\/880877203092910080?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweet<\/a> that is still accessible, \u200bHughes invoked anti-Semitic stereotypes and made the statement, &#8220;jews are inDEED\u200d good with money.&#8221; \u200dShe\u200b also contributed to the controversial\u2062 <i>Times<\/i> \u200b1619 Project, \u2063a series\u200d of\u2064 articles criticized by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2020\/03\/06\/1619-project-new-york-times-mistake-122248\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">historians<\/a> for presenting inaccurate claims about American history.<\/p>\n<p>The <i>New York Times<\/i> has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-nyt-journalists-sign-letter-blaming-israel-for-genocide-and-apartheid\/\" title=\"Two NYT journalists accuse Israel of 'genocide' and 'apartheid' in signed letter.\">recently faced multiple accusations<\/a> of \u2062anti-Semitism. The newspaper recently <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/nyt-re-enlists-anti-semitic-freelancer-for-gaza-coverage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reengaged<\/a> a Gaza-based freelancer, Soliman Hijjy, who has a history of praising Adolf Hitler and supporting Hamas&#8217;s attacks against\u2064 Israel. The <i>Times<\/i> assured the <i>Washington Free Beacon<\/i> \u200dthat Hijjy &#8220;understood our concerns&#8221; regarding his Hitler praise and has delivered unbiased and significant \u200cwork.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, <i>Free \u2062Press<\/i> editor Bari Weiss <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bariweiss\/status\/1719055377013289062?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exposed<\/a> \u2063other instances of\u2062 anti-Semitism within the <i>Times<\/i>. In an article published on Oct. 26, the \u2064 <i>Times<\/i> quoted an &#8220;expert&#8221; who \u200breferred to the date of Hamas&#8217;s attack on\u2064 Israel \u200das a &#8220;sweet day.&#8221; Prior\u200d to that, the <i>Times<\/i> published\u2064 a\u200b &#8220;flattering profile&#8221; of an\u200b op-ed by Palestinian \u200cprofessor \u200cRefaat Alareer, who made jokes\u200c about an Israeli baby being burned alive in an oven. These incidents\u2064 were highlighted\u2062 by Weiss on \u2064Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2021, the <i>Free Beacon<\/i> reported that the \u2064 <i>Times<\/i> issued a significant correction regarding its profile of Alareer, acknowledging that \u2064the professor had claimed\u200b Israeli poetry \u2064&#8221;brainwashes&#8221; readers\u2064 into perceiving Israelis as &#8220;innocent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>More recently, the <i>Times<\/i> admitted last week that it mistakenly propagated \u200dHamas&#8217;s claims of Israel \u2062bombing a Gazan hospital \u2063on Oct. 17, as reported by the <i>Free Beacon<\/i>. Evidence \u2063suggests that a Hamas-affiliated terrorist group was likely\u200d responsible for the attack.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What&#8217;s happening \u200dhere&#8221; is\u2063 &#8220;quite simple,&#8221; Weiss stated in her Twitter thread. &#8220;This is the consequence\u2063 of a newspaper\u2062 being dominated by \u2064reporters and editors, educated\u200d at \u2062prestigious schools, who have embraced \u200ba &#8216;decolonial&#8217; worldview. Reader, be cautious.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How has the New \u2064York Times responded to the criticism of biased \u200ccoverage of Israel and\u200d anti-Semitic incidents within its staff?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Outlet has been criticized for its biased coverage\u200c of Israel and its handling\u2062 of anti-Semitic incidents within its own staff.\u2062 The inclusion of writers \u200blike Jazmine \u2062Hughes, who has\u200c a history of making anti-Semitic remarks, raises\u2063 questions about the newspaper&#8217;s\u200b commitment to fair and\u200d unbiased reporting.<\/p>\n<p>The letter signed by Hughes and Keiles accuses Israel of &#8220;genocide&#8221; and\u200c &#8220;apartheid&#8221; \u200cin its treatment of the Palestinian people.\u200c These claims are not only\u2063 unfounded but also deeply inflammatory. They ignore the complex realities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the constant threat of terrorism faced by Israel.<\/p>\n<p>By placing the blame solely on Israel, \u2062the signatories\u200c of the letter overlook the terrorist acts \u2064committed by Hamas, \u2064such as the October 7 attack referenced in the letter. Hamas&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-calls-for-ceasefire-in-latest-call-with-israeli-pm-netanyahu\/\" title=\"Biden Calls For Ceasefire In Latest Call With Israeli PM Netanyahu\">indiscriminate rocket attacks<\/a> on Israeli civilians are clear acts of terrorism,\u2064 yet the writers\u2063 fail to acknowledge the responsibility of the terrorist organization.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, labeling Israel\u200b as an &#8220;apartheid state&#8221; is\u200d both misleading and malicious.\u2063 Israel \u200bis a diverse \u2064and \u2063democratic nation that\u2064 grants equal rights and protections to \u2062all its \u200dcitizens, regardless of their ethnicity or religion. To equate Israel with\u2062 apartheid, a system of racial segregation and \u2062discrimination, is \u200ba distortion of the truth and\u2063 undermines the legitimate\u2064 struggles against real instances of \u2064apartheid \u2064in history.<\/p>\n<p>It is concerning that writers like\u200b Hughes, who have demonstrated a\u200d blatant bias \u200band a \u200dwillingness to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-scott-responds-to-the-views-concern-hed-marry-a-ginny-thomas-radical-and-disgusting\/\" title=\"Tim Scott slams The View's worry about him marrying a 'Ginny Thomas' as 'radical and repulsive'.\">perpetuate harmful\u200b stereotypes<\/a>, are\u2062 given\u2064 a\u2063 platform in a respected \u2062publication like the New\u2064 York Times. \u200bThis not only compromises the \u2063integrity\u200b of\u2062 the \u2064newspaper \u200bbut also perpetuates a harmful narrative that demonizes Israel and undermines its security.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dNew York Times must\u2064 reassess its editorial processes\u2063 and ensure that it upholds the principles of fair and balanced reporting. Allowing\u2062 individuals with a history of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obamas-longest-serving-cabinet-member-confirmed-to-bidens-cabinet\/\" title=\"Obama\u2019s Longest-Serving Cabinet Member Confirmed To Biden\u2019s Cabinet\">making racist<\/a> and anti-Semitic remarks\u2062 to\u2062 contribute to its content \u200bundermines the credibility of the publication.<\/p>\n<p>Accurate and balanced reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian \u200bconflict\u200d requires an understanding\u200d of the complexities and \u2063nuances involved. \u200bIt is essential\u200c to recognize the legitimate \u200dsecurity concerns of Israel while also addressing the needs and aspirations of the Palestinian people. By promoting \u200cbiased narratives and inflammatory language, writers like Hughes and Keiles do a disservice to \u2062the \u200dpursuit\u200c of peace and \u200dunderstanding \u200bin the region.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times should strive \u200dfor\u2063 responsible and ethical journalism that promotes \u2064dialogue and understanding, rather than\u200b contributing to \u2064division \u2063and animosity. The publication must take the necessary steps to address the concerns raised by \u200bthis \u2062letter and ensure that its \u200creporting reflects accuracy, fairness, and respect for all parties involved in the Israeli-Palestinian\u2063 conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamie Lauren Keiles and Jazmine Hughes from the New York Times have signed a letter accusing Israel of &#8220;genocide&#8221; and &#8220;apartheid&#8221; in relation to Hamas&#8217;s recent terrorist attack on the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":162,"featured_media":2088317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2088316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2088316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/162"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2088316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2088316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2088317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2088316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2088316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2088316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}