NY Times, Washington Post Peddle Hamas Propaganda
The Ahmed Yousef (above) Op-Eds did not not note that the United States considers Hamas a terrorist organization
The Hamas propaganda war is in full swing, and last week the New York Times, Washington Post and International Herald Tribune were on the frontlines. All ran Op-Eds from Hamas’ Ahmed Yousef. The Jerusalem Post reports:
Several Jewish organizations expressed outrage following the publication of opinion pieces authored by a Hamas figure in two of the US’s most prestigious newspapers on Wednesday. . .
Yousef’s articles were “gross misrepresentations” of the truth, according to Dr. Alex Safian, associate director of the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA). For example, Safian said that although Yousef claimed in his Times editorial that Hamas adhered to an 18-month cease fire, Hamas, as the governing body of the PA, did nothing to stymie the rocket attacks that were being launched from Hamas-controlled territory.
“The newspapers are allowing the terrorist groups to lie about their positions, and that is simply unacceptable,” said Safian. “It’s nonsensical for the Washington Post and the New York Times to open up their pages to what is just pure propaganda.”
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