Foxy

I understand you have not taken the time to read the Forbes article - or alternatively if you have - then you cannot find anything objectionable in it.

Trying to silence me will get you nowhere.

I know the truth hurts. If I upset you so much - don't read my articles.

Posting comments that have nothing to do with the subject matter of my articles is indicative of a wider agenda intended to delegitimise and denigrate Israel.

Stick to the subject matter of the article in question.

Likewise can we see your response to the Forbes article - even if you still refuse to respond to my article?

Dear David,

I did read the article.

However one doesn't judge from an article what a
newspaper's slant is. It's an accumulation of
things you see and what the track record is.
What the coverage is in favour of. What and how
frequently the coverage is. That gives you an
idea where the bias and tendency lies.

Having lived in the US for over ten years and
having observed the NY Times for decades - I've
always thought its reporting to be well balanced.

As a matter of fact American media has often been
criticised as being very much pro Israel in its
coverage of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
And The NY Times has been criticised for this
bias in the past.

However as I said - I've found The NY Times to be
balanced and so have it's readers and supporters.
The NY Times being one of the most widely read
newspapers in the US with a daily readership of over
3.9 million.

Perhaps that's why Gary Weiss has chosen to write this
recent article - being concerned about the paper
printing the facts of what's actually happening in Gaza.
Rather than towing the Israeli Party Line.

I don't buy into Mr Weiss's accusations of bias.
But I can only speculate about his reasons for his
recent article.

David singer, should we call you Muslim Hater or Gazan Hater or Arab Hater or Palestinian Hater or Westerner Hater?

Because you are doing exactly the same as your enemies and you are driven by the same extremist religious ideas of vengeance and violence as your enemies.

It is time you reassessed your basic religion and adopted the attitudes of your bible that mirror those of Christ and our western attitudes and practices.

Whenever you spout the Israeli propaganda and try to avoid any discussion of the root cause of all the violence in the mid east you are trying to corrupt our western ways and you are only promulgating future cyclical rounds of violence and vengeance.

Now tell me that my Christian based belief and practice of condemning all violence and promoting forgiveness and peacefulness is Jew Hating?

It is certainly the opposite of what you support and what you promote.

To Julainutter

Islam got started in Arabia when Mohammad beheaded 800 Jewish men who would not convert to his disgusting religion. Islam spread like a cancer throughout the Christian Middlle east because there were too many Christians like you who were reality denying pacifists and they were easy meat.

The Jews are not as silly as you Christians, probably because they know all about genocide. Christians may be easy to exterminate but Jews have a lot more fight in them. As I mentioned previously, if the Muslims come to dominate your society then you deserve every bit of what they give you. Interestingly, some of the most ardent opponents of the Muslims are Coptic Christians who have suffered under Islam and they hate the Muslims like the plague.

Tell a Coptic Christian from Egypt or Lebanon how nice the Muslims are, and he will laugh in your face.

Dear LEGO,

if you want to really know the facts about Israel
and the reasons for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
you need to do your research. Antony Loewenstein's
book, "My Israel Question," is a good place to start
on the history of how the state of Israel was
born and at what cost to the Palestinians. Start with page
79.

Giving us vitriol and bile does nothing for your credibility.
And subsequently you shall be ignored.
Surely you don't want that.
Also personal insults are no way to argue in any discussion.
It shows a small intellect. Avoid sweeping statements -
they're not logical. They make you appear to be arguing on
an emotional level rather than a mature, intelligent one.

Try again.

#Foxy

You state:

"Perhaps that's why Gary Weiss has chosen to write this
recent article - being concerned about the paper [New York Times]
printing the facts of what's actually happening in Gaza.
Rather than towing the Israeli Party Line."

1. Did you really read the Forbes article or only the first paragraph?

The article was not written by Gary Weiss - as you claim - but by Richard Behar.

2. How do you reconcile your unsubstantiated and generalised claim that the New York Times is printing the facts of what is actually happening in Gaza with these three quotes from Behar's article:

(a) "Proof of the use by Hamas of civilians as human shields has finally been ably exposed by reporters for media outlets in Finland, France, India, Italy, Japan, Russia, and others—but not by news organizations with greater resources at hand such as BBC, CNN, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and numerous others."

(b) "Moreover, some, if not many, of the kids could also be fighters. Earlier this year, a handful of media outlets exposed Hamas military-training summer camps for kids aged 6-16 in Gaza. Did the Western press corps in Israel pay any heed? (Reuters and NBC News, to their credit, did a slideshow and photo blog, respectively. The New York Times didn’t even touch it, although its reporter Akram lives in Gaza and surely must know about the camps.)

(c) "Clearly, the preponderance of the evidence is that reporters have indeed been intimidated, and that there is a reason for the intimidation—Hamas has a lot to hide. The media, in other words, is part of the story. Yet this is a story that does not exist to the readers of the New York Times, which include the policymakers in Washington."

Quit speculating about Behar's motives and address the substance of his above claims demonstrating that the New York Times does not print the facts of what is actually happening in Gaza.