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In it’s latest attempt to smear the state of Israel, the far-Left New York Times portrayed Israelis as sad and miserable in a recent article. Well, nothing could be further from the truth. According to the UN’s annual World Happiness Report, Israelis are among the happiest people in the world. As they should be. Israel is a beautiful country filled with beautiful people. Israel’s economy is booming. And thanks to President Trump’s Abraham Accords, Israel’s relations with it’s Arab neighbors has never been better. It’s truly an exciting and remarkable time to be an Israeli. Contrary to what the New York Times says.
In a recent article, @nytimes tries to falsely portray Israelis as sad and miserable. Israel is now open for tourists, come see for yourself 🇮🇱
Fun fact: According to the UN's annual World Happiness Report, Israel was ranked 11th happiest country in the world. 😊 #SadSadIsrael pic.twitter.com/CfrWLJSCVU
— StandWithUs (@StandWithUs) November 3, 2021
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#SadSadIsrael: hashtag campaign mocks NYT article
By I24 News, November 3, 2021
Influencers are posting pictures showing the brighter side of life to mock The New York Times travel piece
Israeli influencers started a hashtag campaign on social media against The New York Times (NYT) that portrayed Israelis in an article as ‘angry’ and ‘displeased.’
Influencers are posting pictures with the hashtag ‘SadSadIsrael,’ coined by CAMERA senior research analyst Gilead Ini, to mock the article posted by the American daily newspaper.
ADVERTISEMENTThe piece – titled ‘Whose Promised Land? A Journey Into a Divided Israel’ – calls Israel a “divided” nation, and mentions “incompatible factions” and grievances of people living in the country, World Is One News (WION) reported.
Some think that we are sad here in Israel 🇮🇱🥲 I guess it is true #SadSadIsrael pic.twitter.com/h1fynscSlf
— India Naftali (@indianaftali) November 3, 2021
Many were provoked by the descriptive terms and subsequently flooded Twitter with joyful-looking pictures under ironic captions about their “sad” and “miserable” lives.
Twitter users also pointed out that Israel was ranked the 12th happiest country in the world by the World Happiness Report, a study conducted by economists.
CAMERA, a Middle East reporting agency, refers to the NYT article as an effort to “curate, conceal, and contrive the faraway land for its American readers.”
The publication goes further to refer to the piece as a “comical caricature of the paper’s own biases.”
Israelis criticized the New York-based publication’s negative outlook, lambasting its presumptions.
ADVERTISEMENTInternational human rights lawyer Arsen Ostrovsky suggested that “some folks… only see the negative in Israel.”
“They come here with set preconceptions and refuse to take off their blinkers.”
“…open your eyes, talk to people, get out of your comfort zone,” he added.
When the #SadSadIsrael campaign makes it into @WIONews in #India! Proud to be part of this campaign, showing @PatrickKingsley & @nytimes the real side of Israelis – Happy, resilient, optimistic! As opposed to how we were portrayed in NYT!https://t.co/l7Ane2D0bl
— Arsen Ostrovsky 🎗️ (@Ostrov_A) November 3, 2021
Also highlighted in the article is the claim that many Arab-Israelis are increasingly asserting their Palestinian identity, according to WION.
This comes off the back of successful Palestinian social media campaigns concerning the recent tensions between Palestinians and Israelis.
Attention from around the world was drawn to Israel and its relationship with Palestinians amid violent and complex events in the region throughout the past year.
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