False accusations against Israel fuel antisemitic hatred | The Jerusalem Post

Jpost · 🇮🇱 public Israel · May 24, 2026 · 909 words · By MORTON A KLEIN

Press Freedom and Credentials Media Bias and Antisemitism Israel-Palestine Conflict

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What to know about Press Freedom and Credentials

The New York Times has long been notorious for its severe bias and hatred against Israel and the Jewish people.

Claims checked 13

Techniques found 6

Topics 3

Coverage spectrum

Coverage gap: Low Left coverage

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What happened

The New York Times has long been notorious for its severe bias and hatred against Israel and the Jewish people.

Why it matters

The Times’ systematic failures to report on the Holocaust in the 1940’s and the Times’ cartoon in 2019 depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a dog leading a blind, kippah-wearing President Trump are just two of the more infamous examples,…

Common ground

The Times reached new lows on May 11 by publishing Nicholas Kristof’s disgusting, false, unverified, sexual abuse blood libels against Israel, including Kristof’s preposterous, anatomically impossible assertion that Israel trains dogs to rape Palestinian…

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Smears: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

Follow-up questions

What new context would change how readers understand this Press Freedom and Credentials story?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Sami al-Sai (whom Kristof called a “freelance journalist” without revealing that al-Sai regularly celebrates October 7 and other Palestinian murders of Israeli civilians)?
How does this story connect Press Freedom and Credentials with Media Bias and Antisemitism over the next few days?

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eFinder identified 6 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 100% confidence

Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.

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Name Calling / Labeling 100% confidence

Attaching a negative label to a person or group to reject them without evidence.

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Smears 90% confidence

Using damaging allegations to undermine a person's reputation.

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Appeal to Anger 80% confidence

Provoking outrage to bypass rational evaluation of an argument.

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Exaggeration / Hyperbole 80% confidence

Overstating facts or claims to create a stronger emotional response.

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Guilt by Association 90% confidence

Discrediting an idea by linking it to a disliked group or person.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Sami al-Sai (whom Kristof called a “freelance journalist” without revealing that al-Sai regularly celebrates October 7 and other Palestinian murders of Israeli civilians)”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

No evidence was provided for this claim.

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Claim 2: “publishing Nicholas Kristof’s... assertion that Israel trains dogs to rape Palestinian Arabs”

CORROBORATED

Multiple independent sources (Israel National News, The Daily Signal, and a report on a defamation lawsuit) confirm that Nicholas Kristof published an article in the NYT alleging that Israel trains dogs to rape Palestinian prisoners.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kristof Farms is an apple orchard and grape vineyard located in Willamette Valley of the United States, near the city of Yamhill, Oregon. The land was first homesteaded in the early 20th century and p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristof_Farms

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of notable former and current New York Times employees, reporters, and columnists.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_York_Times_employe…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nicholas Donabet Kristof (born April 27, 1959) is an American journalist and political commentator. A winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, he is a regular CNN contributor and an op-ed columnist for The New …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Kristof

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Claim 3: “The Times’ systematic failures to report on the Holocaust in the 1940’s”

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The provided evidence includes general Wikipedia entries about the Holocaust and the NYT, but contains no specific information or analysis regarding the NYT's reporting failures during the 1940s.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Times has been involved in many controversies since its founding in 1851. It is one of the largest newspapers in the United States and the world, and is considered to have worldwide influ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_con…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Times (NYT) is a newspaper based in Manhattan, New York City. The New York Times covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces and reviews. One of the lo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Times Book Review (NYTBR) is a weekly paper-magazine supplement to the Sunday edition of The New York Times in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed. It is one of the m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Book_Review

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Claim 4: “Breaking the Silence’s tweet after October 7 blaming “our Jewish supremacist govt.””

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 5: “printing a front-page opinion section headline and a two-page spread of Kristof’s false Palestinian Arab accusations”

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While multiple sources confirm the existence and content of the op-ed, only one source specifically mentions the 'shameful, poorly-sourced' nature and the specific layout (though it confirms the content). The exact 'two-page spread' and 'front-page opinion headline' details are not independently corroborated across multiple sources in the provided text.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Times Best Seller list is widely considered the preeminent list of best-selling books in the United States. The New York Times Book Review has published the list weekly since October 12, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Best_Seller…

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Claim 6: “PCATI’s support for Samer Arbid, the commander of the PFLP cell that murdered Rina Shnerb”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 7: “Israel’s release, on the very same day, of the thoroughly-documented 284-page report, “Silenced No More: Sexual Terror Unveiled: The Untold Atrocities of October 7 and Against Hostages in Captivity,” by The Civil Commission on October 7 Crimes by Hamas Against Women and Children”

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Wikipedia explicitly confirms the existence of the 'Silenced No More' report published by The Civil Commission to document sexual violence during the October 7 attacks.

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web search NEUTRAL — Silenced No More is a 2026 investigative report published by The Civil Commission, an Israeli non-governmental organisation established to document sexual and gender-based violence committed during an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silenced_No_More_report

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web search NEUTRAL — Commissioned by the Civil Commission on October 7th Crimes by Hamas against Women and Children, this document is the result of a rigorous independent investigation led by Dr. Cochav Elkayam-Levy, the …
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-895834

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web search NEUTRAL — The Civil Commission’s report is important to the historical and legal record surrounding October 7. Its authors hope the investigation will help combat October 7 denial, preserve evidence, and establ…
https://unpacked.media/what-the-civil-commission-report-reve…

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Claim 8: “The Civil Commission reviewed over 10,000 contemporaneous photographs and videos... and over 430 testimonies and interviews”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of dictionary definitions of 'civil engineering' and 'civil', which are irrelevant to the Civil Commission's report methodology.

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web search NEUTRAL — Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roa…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_engineering

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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · We define civil disobedience as "refusal to obey governmental demands or commands especially as a nonviolent and usually collective means of forcing concessions from the government."
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/civil

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web search NEUTRAL — CIVIL definition: 1. not military or religious, but relating to the ordinary people of a country: 2. relating to…. Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/civil

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Claim 9: “the Times defended and refused to retract Kristof’s falsehoods”

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Multiple sources confirm that the NYT defended the column and rejected Israel's threats to sue or requests for retraction, stating the legal claims would be 'without merit'.

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Claim 10: “Former Israeli defense minister Moshe Ya’alon condemned Breaking the Silence for inventing “malicious” fabrications, and stated that investigations of Breaking the Silence’s allegations found that the allegations “turned out to be groundless.””

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 11: “Kristof relied on Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor... Sami al-Sai... anti-Israel activist Issa Amro; and anonymous, unverifiable supposed sources”

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Multiple sources (Israel365 News and an opinion piece) identify Sami al-Sai and Issa Amro as sources/activists used in Kristof's reporting.

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web search NEUTRAL — Useful Idiot Nick Kristof’s New York Times Column Was a Shameful, Shoddy Blood Libel.Fourth, two accounts of sexual abuse chronicled by Kristof were offered by Palestinian activists Sami al-Sai and Is…
https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/useful-idiot-nick-kristofs-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Abdu is not a human rights monitor. He is a Hamas family member, a documented Hamas operative in Europe, and the primary architect of the “trained rape dogs” allegation that Kristof placed in the page…
https://israel365news.com/418114/nyts-kristof-publishes-bloo…

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web search NEUTRAL — Categories. Sources.Nicholas Kristof published an op-ed in The New York Times this week titled “The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians.” In it, he alleged that Israeli prison guards have trai…
https://qoshe.com/the-times-of-israel-blogs-/abe-gurko/nicho…

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Claim 12: “Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor (a designated, main Hamas operative)”

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No evidence was provided for this claim.

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Claim 13: “the Times’ cartoon in 2019 depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a dog leading a blind, kippah-wearing President Trump”

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The provided evidence consists of general homepage links for CNN, NYT, and BBC, and general Wikipedia entries about the NYT. There is no mention of a 2019 cartoon depicting Netanyahu as a dog.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Times Company is an American mass media corporation that publishes The New York Times and its associated publications such as The New York Times International Edition and other media prop…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Company

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info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.