New York Times Suggests “Terrorist” Label for Israel

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The New York Times, already slammed for its hard-left reporting, can now take home a new label for its newspaper shelves — that of being about the worst outlet in the world when it comes to covering Israel. This is typical of the enemedia: relentless anti-Israel propaganda, no matter how fact-free. No one should read the New York Times expecting to find actual news, and the only people who still do are leftist lemmings.

“New York Times Suggests “Terrorist” Label for Israel,” by Gilead Ini, Camera, April 12, 2019 (thanks to Mark):

This week’s New York Times story “Terrorist Label for Iran Force” is, as the title suggests, about the U.S. decision to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terror organization.

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The Times story is also about Israel. Reporters and editors made sure of that.

And considering the way those journalists shoehorned the Jewish state into the conversation — by suggesting that maybe Israeli intelligence should also be designated as a foreign terrorist group  — it is, most troublingly, a story about a newspaper that has lost any measure of self-restraint when it comes to the small, Jewish country that so often dominates its attention.

In three paragraphs, reporters Edward Wong and Eric Schmitt make a case that not only maligns Israel but also misrepresents the rationale given for the American terror designation; mischaracterizes the Revolutionary Guard; and conflates vastly different ways a country might use martial force:

Under a provision of the USA Patriot Act, low-level officials are empowered to deny entry to foreigners who are associated with an organization that the officials decide meet broad standards for terrorism — even when the United States government has not formally applied a terrorism label to that group.

Until now, American officials had never interpreted laws as permitting them to deem a government entity a terrorist organization.

The Trump administration’s decision to breach that constraint with the Iranian group raises the question of whether other government intelligence services that use violence — including those of Israel, Pakistan and Russia — also now meet that standard. If so, should American officials deny visas to people who work with those agencies? State Department officials say the rushed announcement meant such policy details have not been worked out.

It’s a mouthful, so let’s break it down. The first paragraph mentions “standards for terrorism” that the U.S. uses to deny visas to people associated with terror groups.

The second paragraph notes that the American government has for the first time formally applied those standards for terrorism to a “government entity.”

And the third paragraph is where the sleight of hand happens. The reporters downplay the Revolutionary Guard as merely an “intelligence service” that “uses violence.” (It’s much more than that.) They imply that “use of violence” is the American benchmark for defining terrorism and listing the Revolutionary Guard as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. (It isn’t.) They suggest that if the Revolutionary Guard is being punished for running afoul of those terror standards then Israeli intelligence might also be guilty of terrorism, and might also deserve to be sanctioned. (That’s anti-Israel incitement, not objective journalism.) And finally, they tell readers that the State Department hasn’t “worked out” whether that will happen. (No, the administration is clearly not weighing whether to sanction America’s longtime ally.)

These contorted paragraphs are a prime example of how the newspaper’s preoccupation with casting Israel in a negative light comes at the expense of a well-informed public. Straightforward coverage of the U.S. decision about the Revolutionary Guard would leave readers with a clear understanding of the American criteria for designating Foreign Terrorist Organizations, would forthrightly describe the U.S. justification for applying the designation to Iran, and would not mislead about the State Department’s policy direction.

What’s the actual criteria for designating a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), if not use of violence by intelligence services? The Foundation for Defense of Democracies explains that

U.S. law defines “terrorism” as “premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents.” To be designated as an FTO under U.S. law, a foreign organization must engage in terrorism or terrorist activities that “threatens the security of United States nationals or the national security of the United States.”

That’s easy enough. And easy enough for a Times reporter to research. The passages in quotes come directly from the US Code. Similar language appears on the State Department’s Foreign Terrorist Organizations web page, which notes that in order to be listed, an organization must engage in “terrorist activity or terrorism” and “must threaten the security of U.S. nationals or the national security … of the United States.”

That’s why use of violence by, for example, a French intelligence agency doesn’t put that agency at risk for being designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization. The U.S. didn’t view their use of force as terrorism, and doesn’t regard their ally’s actions as threatening American security. The same goes for Israeli intelligence — which works closely with American intelligence agencies…..

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Citizen 1949
Citizen 1949
4 years ago

In the minds of the NYT writers they sit on a pedestal of righteousness in judgement and condemnation of others who dare to challenge their extreme leftist point of view. Their strict adherence to political correctness has so poisoned their minds that they are incapable of even an impartial scripting of any story printed. Siding with those that would do harm to Israel will not end well for the NYT.

brock marks
brock marks
4 years ago

NYT is terrorist…. see fixed it

felix1999
felix1999
4 years ago
Reply to  brock marks

As well as another banner year of

ALL THE NEWS UNFIT TO PRINT

MAS
MAS
4 years ago

“New York Times Suggests “Terrorist” Label for Israel“

Those silly leftists, always trying to project their own issues onto others…

Underzog
Underzog
4 years ago
Reply to  MAS

Psychological projection on their part.

MAS
MAS
4 years ago
Reply to  Underzog

Exactly…

CuteJessy
CuteJessy
4 years ago

I wish Israel deserved to be called a terrorist for sending rockets and bombs into gaza and killing arab mooSlimes at random. I wish they did that.

CharlieSeattle
CharlieSeattle
4 years ago
Reply to  CuteJessy

Israels response is called self defense. It usually is tightly targeted by it is difficult to hit a terrorist standing in a baby crib.

CuteJessy
CuteJessy
4 years ago
Reply to  CharlieSeattle

That is very nice and noble but…how is this approach working out for the Israelis? You will find the answer in these links or search/google yourself for a “list of terror attacks on Israel”

http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/terrorism/terrisraelsum.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_Israel

CharlieSeattle
CharlieSeattle
4 years ago
Reply to  CuteJessy

Gaza should be bulldozed into the sea.

CuteJessy
CuteJessy
4 years ago
Reply to  CharlieSeattle

I am not sure it’s a good idea because then you will have many body floating to Israeli shores. I hope there is a way of making dry dog food out of them, or at least fertilizer.

CharlieSeattle
CharlieSeattle
4 years ago
Reply to  CuteJessy

Sharks gotta eat too.

Underzog
Underzog
4 years ago

This paper just keeps getting more horrible. They opposed the creation of a Jewish state back in 1897 during the Zionist conference in Basil Switzerland; their ace reporter , Watler Durranty, covered up Stalin’s terror famine in the early 1930’s: the holdomor; instead of denying the holocaust perpetrated by the Nazis, as they did with the holodomor, the New York Slimes buried news of the holocaust in the inner pages of their paper; they called the pitched battle of dir Yassin a massacre when it wasn’t; finally, they called Fidel Castro Robin Hood so he could get all this money to take over Cuba and threaten the U.S. ever after. This paper has a long record of evil and under “Pinch” Sulzberger, it is now the worst it has ever been.

felix1999
felix1999
4 years ago

Trump cut off their aid. Prior to that, this is what happened.
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MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

I wonder how many US mosques (and therefore indirectly, US muslums) are funding islamic terrorism through islamic “charity” orgs?

Dan Knight
Dan Knight
4 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

Edgar’s summary is spot on – thank you for sharing felix.

felix1999
felix1999
4 years ago
Reply to  Dan Knight

Notice the date is 2014!
He’s good.

Leo60
Leo60
4 years ago

The Times Building would burn to the ground..

felix1999
felix1999
4 years ago
Reply to  Leo60

Trump gives the NYT six years…. that would be after he served two terms……

Poppey
Poppey
4 years ago

Yet another Commie rag doing what they all do best which is throwing muck around while baiting Jews and Israel.

Who would blame someone if it was proved that that sword cuts two ways, spray painted swastikas on their building and some of their cars.

The left have got used to getting away with murder like that paper does while polite but intimidated people splutter into their drink, this fails to cut the mustard, bring em up short for once.

felix1999
felix1999
4 years ago

Off topic – The media oozes with bias and lies.
Another unprovoked attack on a 5 year old white boy by a black male.
The boy has life threatening injuries and may die.

Look how Roto-Rooter (Reuters) reports this news story:

Reuters Propaganda Headline: “Man Arrested After Boy Falls from Balcony”?….
Posted on April 13, 2019 by sundance
This is infuriating…. Emmanuel Deshawn Aranda (BLACK) is charged with attempted homicide after throwing a random five-year-old (WHITE) boy from the third level of the Mall of America. The Minnesota Mall of America is well known for danger and violence due to its proximity to a large Muslim population near Minneapolis. That’s Omar’s district. However, it is not politically correct to talk about it openly…. thus Reuters pulls out the cultural Marxist headline transcriber.

How does Reuters present the story:
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https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/04/13/reuters-propaganda-headline-man-arrested-after-boy-falls-from-balcony/#more-162496

‘A monster did this… Landen is fighting to stay with us every second’: Wellwishers donate $315,000 in hours for five-year-old boy who was critically injured after being thrown off third floor balcony at Mall of America by a stranger. Landen Hoffmann is the five-year-old boy who suffered life-threatening injuries after he was thrown from a third-floor balcony in the Mall of America

Landen’s cousin, April Hoffmann, asked people to pray for him on her Instagram page on Saturday
Wellwishers have donated more than $310,000 on a GoFundMe page
* Emmanuel Deshawn Aranda, 24, was arrested Friday at the mall in Bloomington, Minnesota
* He has been charged with attempted homicide and is currently being held at the Bloomington Police Department
* Witnesses say he either pushed or threw Landen from a third-floor balcony
* Officers gave the child first aid along with witnesses, the local police chief said
* Witnesses say a woman at the mall was screaming hysterically after the child was thrown
* ‘Oh my God, my baby, someone threw him over the edge,’ she was heard yelling
By ARIEL ZILBER and ROD ARDEHALI FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and ASSOCIATED PRESS

PUBLISHED: 00:35 EDT, 14 April 2019

Naturally at the Daily Mail – ” The comments below have been moderated in advance.” Censorship to avoid truthful comments. At least this time there was some honestly in their reporting.

Landen Hoffmann is the five-year-old boy who was thrown off a third-floor balcony at Minnesota’s Mall of America on Friday

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Emmanuel Deshawn Aranda was arrested Friday at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota.
He has a history of violence, police problems and at one point banned from the mall.
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View from the third floor of Mall of America in Minnesotacomment image

Dan Knight
Dan Knight
4 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

Speechless … the special character set on the keyboard doesn’t have enough symbols … but

The Left owns this. They want to coddle criminals, honor homeless, pander to psychos, bend over backwards for blacks, and mollycoddle Muslims … so this one matches three Lefty policies here and possibly all five.

What a miracle the boy is still alive.

Freeland_Dave
Freeland_Dave
4 years ago

Right to life supporters have labeled NYC as terrorists.

AR154U☑ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖ DEPLORABLE 2020
AR154U☑ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖ DEPLORABLE 2020
4 years ago

“Terrorist” Label for Israel ………… WE’RE IN !!!

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Dan Knight
Dan Knight
4 years ago

So tell me … when are the Left-wing NYC G e ws going to unsubscribe to the NY Na si Slimes and #Walkaway???

When is enough enough?

Are they going to wait until the Demokkkrats take power again and PROVE that ‘Yes we [Na s i s] can?!’

Dan Knight
Dan Knight
4 years ago
Reply to  Dan Knight

Comparing Israel’s Mossad to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard is literally comparing the good guys to the bad guys …

… so both use guns and violence … so what? …

Cops and criminals both use guns and violence too.

It’s the false equivalence of the lying liars who lie at the Na s i York Slimes.

Steve
Steve
4 years ago
Reply to  Dan Knight

Why I understand what you are saying do you remember Pollard? A Mossad guy many years ago but not to long after Pollard said had he been in charge there would not have been a Pollard moment. Unless you are brain dead he was basically stating they would kill an American Citizen that they turned into a spy for them. He told Pollard’s wife that.

I am not picking on Israel but just letting you know that no one is “clean.”

Do a Google search but you can start here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Pollard

Dan Knight
Dan Knight
4 years ago
Reply to  Steve

“No one is clean.”

Of course no one is ‘clean.’ And yes, I would not at all be surprised to find out an asset suddenly developed a case of ‘suicide’ by falling on a butter knife in the back 17 times. The Klinton Krime Klan seems to get lucky like that all the time.

But dropping a skyscraper to start a Vietnam for fun and profit … that’s a bit much to pin on Mossad … or even many of our enemies. I don’t think the Deep State or the KGB or the Chicoms would go that far. It’s too risky to their already profitable and successful evil plans.

Anyway – Mossad is not Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. I cannot say any more than that.

Have a great week Steve!

1984  George Orwellesque
1984 George Orwellesque
4 years ago
Reply to  Dan Knight

Not going to happen.

I think you missed this one;
JEWISH PEOPLE: DIVIDED AND CONQUERED FROM WITHIN?
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/272464/jewish-people-divided-and-conquered-within-adam-milstein

Dan Knight
Dan Knight
4 years ago

You’re right, but I always try to be an optimist 😉

Yes, I did miss that article in FPM. Sad. It’s not just that some people want to commit suicide – but they want to condemn their own community to destruction – and that includes their neighbors … as so many have observed Leftism is a mental disease, and its an evil religion of its own.

Have a great week George!

1984  George Orwellesque
1984 George Orwellesque
4 years ago
Reply to  Dan Knight

How right you are, sadly.

I was searching for an article I recently read that listed many more purported “Jewish” organizations supporting BSD, I couldn’t find it.
Regardless, “Obama’s Jews” came out of the closet during his pResidency. And they’re “all” Fake NYT Jews. They’re worse than the Kapo’s during WWII. The Kapo’s were primarily motivated by survival. That’s hardly the case of the Lefties who sold out their religion, generations ago. They are simply traitors to the Jewish nation and religion.

New York Times, “All The News That’s Fake We Print”

New York Times, “From the Grey lady” to “Fifty Shades Of Gray”

For the record I’m an Orthodox Jew.
As the luminous David Horowitz (an agnostic, and not a Zionist Jew, by his own words) contended, BDS and the anti- Zionists are really about wiping Israel and all of it’s Jews off the face of the world. They’re not anti- Zionist but rabid anti- Israel antisemites. It’s a war against the Jews in other words.
And as Rabbi Avigdor Miller, a prominent Orthodox Rabbi, contended more than fifty years ago, “the sole mission of the UN, is to undermine and destroy Israel.

Horowitz makes this argument clearly in his speech https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/143008/reflections-diaspora-jew-zionism-america-and-fate-david-horowitz although, that’s not the article I quoted from.

Dan Knight
Dan Knight
4 years ago

It’s sad though because so much will be lost if this isn’t stopped.

Israel could wind up standing alone against the planet, and that would mean the West – now circling the drain – has been well and truly flushed.

In the end – I believe good will win and G-d will protect us all. But we are not called to lay on our laurels and fiddle while Rome burns. Real people are being harmed now, and many more will be harmed. Je w s will be among those who suffer the most because Satan hates them the most. And if things continue as they are – there will be very few of non-Je w s who can offer more than a prayer to help them.

Heck at the rate we’re going we will all be deplatformed long before it gets to the real nitty-gritty.

Stay safe, and have a great pre-Passover week!

1984  George Orwellesque
1984 George Orwellesque
4 years ago
Reply to  Dan Knight

Right you are. I really appreciate your support. Sadly, that’s our repetitive history.
It says a lot when an upstanding uncontroversial poster like you has to camouflage; write in code simple words because of tyrannical censorship as if were living in the USSR, in this day and age.
It’s only a matter of time that this forum too is going to go the way of the fascist big tech; Gulag, FakeBook and ‘Twat’er.

Dan Knight
Dan Knight
4 years ago

Yes it does. And thank you. Have great evening George!

1984  George Orwellesque
1984 George Orwellesque
4 years ago
Reply to  Dan Knight

Here’s a good read.
Politics by Other Means: The Use and Abuse of Scandal
https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/politics-means-use-abuse-scandal/

Take care my friend.

Dan Knight
Dan Knight
4 years ago

Thank you – love Imprimis – we read it regularly.

Have a wonderful Passover weekend!

eassa
eassa
4 years ago
Reply to  Dan Knight

“Israel could wind up standing alone against the planet, and that would mean the West – now circling the drain – has been well and truly flushed.”

Dan, Biblical prophecy, both in the Old Testament and New Testament, clearly states this will be the case at the end of this age.

Zechariah 13:8 through chapter 14 is one prophetic passage supporting the reality of the world against Israel. In Zechariah 13:8 we learn that 2/3 of the Jewish people will be killed. The remaining 1/3 will go through the fire and be refined as silver. Those who go through the fires of testing will welcome Jesus’ return.

“I will gather all the nations [armies] to Jerusalem to fight against it; the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city. Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations…”
~ Revelation 16:15;16,

You can continue reading this passage and clearly see this is not dealing with 70 A.D. as some commentators suggest; it was partially fulfilled in 70 A.D., but will be fully fulfilled at the end of this age with the Messiah’s return.

“Behold, I come like a thief! Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his clothes with him, so that he may not go naked and be shamefully exposed.” Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.”
~ Revelation 16: 15;16,

Verse 16 informs those who are willing to learn, and want to be prepared for what is coming at the end of this age, the account concerning the Armageddon campaign where the armies of the world will gather against Israel.

These are just 2 passages out of the 150 chapters in God’s Word that reveal the end of this age and the return of Warrior King Jesus.

CharlieSeattle
CharlieSeattle
4 years ago
Reply to  Dan Knight

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Notice <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< The NY TIMES (formerly a reputable US newspaper 100 years ago) rarely takes or posts comments from American patriots sick of our slanted anti-American worker, anti-US Constitution, anti-Trump and racist leftist bias. Please Air Mail your complaints, taped to a brick, through any west side window of our main office between 3am and 5am for proper consideration by our editors. 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY Thank You, in advance for your submissions! <

Dan Knight
Dan Knight
4 years ago
Reply to  CharlieSeattle

;-))

Alleged-Comment
Alleged-Comment
4 years ago

If you are defending your territory how can you be considered a terrorist?

The DERANGED mind of the NYT.

Roma Mikhasev
Roma Mikhasev
4 years ago

retarded :)))))))))) And this is the city that survived 9/11..

Steve
Steve
4 years ago

Then why in G*d’s name (spelled that why out of respect for Jewish folks) do the majority of Jews in the U.S. keep voting for the D party? The party that wants to screw over if not out right destroy Israel? Palm Face 🙁

jerry1944
jerry1944
4 years ago

And sooo many of the dems are Jews and back and fund any move the dems make. Its a good thing we have a Pres That want cave to the dems and rinos

Sean Rickmin
Sean Rickmin
4 years ago

Israel didn’t trash the twin towers.IT WAS THE muslims.dumb arsses.

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