New York Times deletes claim Israelis ‘view themselves as the victims of October 7’
The paper also rejected allegations of bias in its coverage of Israel, claiming that a peer-reviewed study of the topic had ‘cherry picked’ data
Assessment
The New York Times deleted a statement that Israelis view themselves as victims of October 7, then dismissed a peer-reviewed bias study as cherry picked. The deletion signals the paper recognized the claim was untenable. Its defensive response to the study raises questions about how seriously it takes accusations of systemic bias in its Israel coverage.