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Apr 13 9 tweets 3 min read
After six months of genocide, this is the best the @nytimes editorial board can do—a tepid call for the US to follow its own laws.

In an attempt to save face, this cynical piece scapegoats Netanyahu and portrays Biden as a weary peacemaker. Analysis in 🧵: Image Netanyahu and his right-wing hardliners are a predictable product of zionism, not a distortion of its principles.

But it is more convenient for The Times to blame Netanyahu for Israel’s politically toxic war—rather than levy a critique which might indict zionism itself.
Apr 7 25 tweets 8 min read
Today marks six months of war in Gaza.

We’ve compiled a thread detailing half a year of The New York Times’ complicity in Israel’s genocidal assault. Share widely!

🧵🧵🧵 Through rigorous data aggregation, we found consistent patterns of bias in topic focus, sourcing and language:
Mar 19 11 tweets 3 min read
13 years ago, NATO militarily intervened in Libya. In the weeks before intervention, The NYT assisted in creating a pretext for intervention by propagating lies and erasing critical context. Read our history of their blood-stained coverage here, and in🧵: newyorkwarcrimes.com/libya-2011
Image From the outset, The Times invoked the specter of Srebrenica and Rwanda to depict Gaddafi as hell-bent on massacring the Libyan people. While Gaddafi did crack down violently on initial protests, there was no evidence of any planned, systemic violence against civilians.
Mar 18 10 tweets 2 min read
This morning, Israel assaulted Al-Shifa Hospital (again) with gunfire, quadcopters and artillery, reportedly killing and wounding dozens of Palestinian civilians.

The NYT’s reporting predictably sanitizes this Israeli war crime. 🧵 Image The headline itself does not indicate that Israel has begun attacking the hospital — a war crime — and that they have already killed and injured many Palestinians.