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Israel to Sue New York Times Over Article on Rape of Palestinian ...
By Steven ScheerJERUSALEM, May 14 (Reuters) - Israel plans to sue The New York Times and one of its journalists for defamation over an article that said Israeli soldiers, prison guards and settlers had used widespread sexual violence against Palestinian prisoners. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he had instructed his legal advisers "to consider the harshest legal action" against the newspaper and Nicholas Kristof, a veteran journalist who reported the story from the occupied West Bank."They defamed the soldiers of Israel and perpetuated a blood libel about rape, trying to create a false symmetry between the genocidal terrorists of Hamas and Israel's valiant soldiers," Netanyahu said in a statement."We will fight these lies in the court of public opinion and in the court of law. Truth will prevail," he added. The United Nations and rights groups say they have documented the use of sexual violence by both Israel and Hamas since the militant Palestinian group's assault on Israel on October 7, 2023, which triggered Israel's war in Gaza. Netanyahu did not say where or when the lawsuit would be filed. He also threatened to sue the newspaper last August over an article about starvation in Gaza but did not follow through. The Times did not immediately respond on Thursday to a request for comment on Netanyahu's threat.In a statement on Wednesday that followed criticism from Israeli lawmakers, the newspaper defended Kristof's article, which includes testimony by a Palestinian saying he was raped by a dog. Israel rejects this. "The accounts of the 14 men and women [Kristof] interviewed were corroborated with other witnesses, when possible, and with people the victims confided in - that includes family members and lawyers," newspaper spokesman Charlie Stadtlander wrote, adding that "details were extensively fact-checked".In his article, Kristof, who writes for the newspaper's opinion section, wrote: "(Our) American tax dollars subsidize the Israeli security establishment, so this is sexual violence in which the United States is complicit."(Reporting by Steven ScheerEditing by Gareth Jones)Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters.
Israel's Netanyahu says suing New York Times over Palestinian rape ...
The Israeli government has said it is taking the extraordinary step of suing The New York Times after the newspaper published an article detailing rape allegations by Palestinian detainees against Israeli forces.Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office made the announcement three days after the release of the article by longtime New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, which was based on the accounts of 14 male and female Palestinian victims.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Israel drops charges against soldiers in Palestinian detainee abuse caselist 2 of 3Israel holding more than half of Palestinian child detainees without chargelist 3 of 3Israel systematically torturing Palestinians in custody, says UN expertend of listThe report added to a growing body of evidence of systematic Israeli sexual abuse of Palestinian detainees, whose numbers have soared since October 7, 2023. That evidence has been documented by rights groups and media, including Al Jazeera.Israel had previously condemned The New York Times report as “blood libel”, but went further on Thursday, saying Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gideon Saar “have instructed the initiation of a defamation lawsuit against The New York Times”.It further called the report “the most hideous and distorted lies ever published against the State of Israel in the modern press, which also received the backing of the newspaper”.For its part, The New York Times and Kristoff have stood by the article, with a spokesperson on Wednesday calling the report a “deeply reported piece of opinion journalism”.“The accounts of the 14 men and women he interviewed were corroborated with other witnesses, whenever possible, and with people the victims confided in – that includes family members and lawyers,” the spokesperson, Charlie Stadtlander, said in a statement on X.“Details were extensively fact-checked, with accounts further cross-referenced with news reporting, independent research from human-rights groups, surveys and in one case, the UN testimony,” it said. “Independent experts were consulted on the assertions in the piece throughout reporting and fact-checking.”The newspaper did not immediately respond to the Israeli government’s announcement on Thursday of its intention to sue.Further details of the Israeli government’s planned lawsuit were not immediately available. While a foreign government can technically sue a US media company, the prospect raises several legal questions, particularly over jurisdiction.If the s...
Israel to sue New York Times over article alleging Israeli soldiers ...
Israel will slap the New York Times with a lawsuit over a recent "hideous and distorted" article that accused Israeli soldiers and their dogs of raping Palestinian prisoners.
Israel to sue NYT over 'distorted' report on sex abuse of Palestinian ...
JERUSALEM - Israeli authorities will take The New York Times to court over a piece it published denouncing alleged widespread sexual abuse against Palestinian detainees, the office of Prime ...
