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What The New York Times Really Thinks About Anti-Israel College Encampments
A taxi passes by in front of The New York Times head office, Feb. 7, 2013. Photo: Reuters / Carlo Allegri / File.
Summer is not over yet, but somehow The New York Times can’t remember what truly happened on college campuses this past spring.
Last week, the Times reported that many charges against college campus protestors have been dropped. But their reporting minimizes the causes of the arrests, actively dismissing the underlying violence and antisemitism at the recent demonstrations.
The article terms the encampments as “pro-Palestinian,” neglecting to acknowledge the pro-terror sentiment that was often present.
For example, students at Stanford were seen wearing green headbands with Hamas symbols. At Princeton, Hezbollah flags were waved at a “Gaza solidarity encampment.” Across the country, protestors chanted “Globalize the Intifada” — an international call for targeted terror attacks and violence against Israelis and Jews.
Aside from the actual violence that took place, many of the “peaceful” protestors chanting things like “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” were actually calling for violence against Jews and Israelis.
By ignoring these facts, the Times is complicit in downplaying the dangerous antisemitic and anti-Zionist ideologies that were present.
The article first quotes Delia Garza, a prosecutor who dropped charges against more than 100 students arrested at the University of Texas at Austin. She claimed the arrests were for “minor and non-violent offenses,” and that “students protesting on their own campus were simply exercising First Amendment rights.”
In reality, these protests were laden with hateful antisemitic speech and rhetoric. These were not peaceful expressions of free speech, but aggressive campaigns to instill fear and hatred in Jewish students.
At UCLA, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) erected a deeply antisemitic papier-mâché caricature of a pig holding a bag of money in front of an Israeli flag to protest a Board of Regents meeting.
Students were actively prevented from entering campus and going to class, and others were threatened. When that happens, it is no longer speech — but violent action and punishable offenses.
UCLA: A figure depicting Jews as pigs suggesting Jews “prioritize money over lives”.
Remember, it’s “Anti-Zionism” only, definitely not Antisemitism…. pic.twitter.com/8LXktYzhks
— Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) March 21, 2024
At UMass Amherst, a Jewish student was punched and spat on by another student for waving an Israeli flag.
At Florida International University (FIU), protestors prevented Jewish students from attending Shabbat services as they stood outside the FIU Hillel building.
In many cases, Jewish students were blocked from entering certain areas of campus, libraries, and even classrooms. This harassment and intimidation was seen across dozens of campuses in America.
Once again, The New York Times has failed in its journalistic duty to portray a full and accurate picture of events. In an entire discussion of the campus protest arrests, it does not make a single mention of the extreme antisemitism present at these demonstrations.
Garza’s sentiment that student protesters were simply exercising free speech trivializes their actions and enforces the idea that they do not deserve any consequences for them.
Hermann Walz, a defense lawyer in Austin, Texas, and former prosecutor, claims in the article that “the goal [of these arrests] isn’t to punish people. It’s to clear the streets.” This dangerous statement absolves the protesters of any wrongdoing. It implies that their actions were merely an issue of occupying space on campus, when in reality, the problem is much more significant.
The New York Times’ selective memory of spring’s campus unrest sends a dangerous message that hate-fueled actions against Jews and Zionists are excused and forgotten.
The author is a contributor to HonestReporting, a Jerusalem-based media watchdog with a focus on antisemitism and anti-Israel bias — where a version of this article first appeared.
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Putin Apologizes Over ‘Tragic Incident’ with Azerbaijan Airlines Plane Crash
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Photo: Reuters/Maxim Shemetov
i24 News – Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev for what he said represented a “tragic incident” in Russian airspace involving an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane that crashed on Wednesday.
Flight J2-8243 crashed in a ball of fire near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan after diverting from southern Russia where Ukrainian drones were reported to be attacking several cities. At least 38 people were killed while 29 survived.
“Vladimir Putin apologized for the tragic incident that occurred in Russian airspace and once again expressed his deep and sincere condolences to the families of the victims and wished a speedy recovery to the injured,” the Kremlin said in a statement.
“It was noted in the conversation that the Azerbaijani passenger aircraft, which was traveling according to its schedule, repeatedly tried to land at Grozny airport. At that time, Grozny, Mozdok and Vladikavkaz were being attacked by Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, and Russian air defense systems repelled these attacks,” the Kremlin said.
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Israeli Official: Houthis More Technologically Advanced than Credited, Must Not Be Underestimated
FILE PHOTO: Houthi military helicopter flies over the Galaxy Leader cargo ship in the Red Sea in this photo released November 20, 2023. Photo: Houthi Military Media/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
i24 News – The Houthis are more technologically advanced than credited and must not be underestimated, an Israeli official told i24NEWS, adding that the jihadist movement operating out of Yemen was “ideologically toxic.”
The Yemeni terrorists have displayed the relentless will to fight in campaigns against the Saudis and others, the official added. “The Houthis’ flag spells out their goals: destroy America, destroy the Jews, destroy Israel. They get most of their support from Iran and they are very extreme. Their ideology is clear: they want to destroy America and Israel, and are trying to take practical steps in that direction.”
In recent weeks the Houthis have escalated their attacks on Israel, firing ballistic missiles and drones at the Jewish state almost nightly and sending millions of Israelis into bomb shelters.
“The Houthis pose a threat to international security and global trade. Therefore, an international coalition should confront and eliminate this threat,” the official underscored.
Israel “has shown that it has the capability and the resolve to fight a multi front war, and it has had incredible accomplishments since it was attacked in October 2023. It has practically decimated Hamas, Hezbollah and Syrian capabilities. It has exposed Iran’s vulnerabilities and now is an opportunity to cooperate with an international coalition to reduce the Houthis.”
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Hamas Raises New Demands in Ceasefire Talks, Refusing to Provide Lists of Hostages
A person walks past pictures of hostages kidnapped during the deadly Oct. 7 attack by Hamas from Gaza, projected on a screen, in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 31, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Marko Djurica
i24 News – Negotiations for the release of Israeli hostages are still ongoing, yet Hamas is raising new demands regarding wounded hostages and refuses to provide a list of living hostages; moreover, whoever conducts the negotiations on their behalf does not necessarily control the happening on the ground, i24NEWS learned on Friday.
Israel applies heavy pressure on Hamas to live up to the promises.
While the Israeli negotiations team has returned from Doha, the talks for the hostage deal are still ongoing, not affected by the team’s physical presence. According to sources familiar with the details, Hamas poses serious problems that hinder the ability to close the deal, chief among them – the list of hostages whose release should be prioritized on humanitarian grounds.
Israel, i24NEWS can report, insists on complete lists of live hostages, but these have not yet been received. Also, as i24NEWS learned, Hamas refuses to release wounded hostages as part of the humanitarian list and attempts to demand special compensation for them.
Israeli negotiators are unwilling to accept changes to conditions established earlier and exert heavy pressure on the group from various directions.
Officials in Jerusalem say they hope that Hamas will decide to come together to conclude the deal, because the decision is entirely theirs.
Another serious concern for Israel, i24NEWS learned, is that those who conduct the negotiations on behalf of Hamas do not necessarily control the happening on the ground. This, as the dust has not yet settled on the decision-making and organizational structure of Hamas after the elimination of its leader Yahya Sinwar, making it extremely complicated to manage the talks. Israeli officials want to make sure that whoever represents the terrorist group vis-à-vis the mediators is also able to return the hostages from the hands of Hamas in Gaza.
At the same time, Jerusalem believes that the various conditions that pressure Hamas are still valid and even growing: the achievements against Hezbollah and against Iran, the collapse of Syria, and the weakening of the Shiite axis, the strikes in Yemen, the anti-terror activity in Judea and Samaria, the IDF activity in Jabaliya, in Beit Hanon and Rafah, as well as in the Karni-Netzarim corridor, together with the impending coming into office of the Trump administration, work to press Hamas to a point of great isolation, where it would be desperate for a ceasefire.
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