NEW YORK - A pro-Israel group has issued a report challenging the New York Times for falsely accusing Israel of ruling over Palestinian Arabs who are actually governed by the Palestinian Authority, and falsely inflating Palestinian population numbers.
The new report, The New York Times Invents a New “Occupation,” analyzes the Times’ news coverage for the past six months to document the Times’ latest actions. The report has been published by Americans For A Safe Israel (AFSI), and copies are available free of charge from [email protected] .
The report reveals that in recent weeks, the Times changed its standard description of the Palestinian Arabs in its news articles in two important ways. The new description:
— Claims that “three million Palestinians live under Israeli military occupation,” when in fact 98% of them live under the rule of the Palestinian Authority.
