Israel is threatening legal action against The New York Times over a Nicholas Kristof opinion column alleging widespread sexual abuse of Palestinian detainees by Israeli personnel.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said the article was “one of the most hideous and distorted lies ever published against the State of Israel in the modern press.”
“In wrenching interviews, Palestinians have recounted to me a pattern of widespread Israeli sexual violence against men, women and even children,” our columnist Nicholas Kristof writes.https://t.co/Q1DYudXMfc
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion)May 11, 2026
“Today I instructed my legal advisers to consider the harshest legal action against The New York Times and Nicholas Kristof,” Netanyahu said.
“They defamed the soldiers of Israel and perpetuated a blood libel about rape, trying to create a false symmetry between the genocidal terrorists of Hamas and Israel’s valiant soldiers,” he added.
“Under my leadership, Israel will not be silent. We will fight these lies in the court of public opinion and in the court of law.”
Today I instructed my legal advisers to consider the harshest legal action against The New York Times and Nicholas Kristof.
They defamed the soldiers of Israel and perpetuated a blood libel about rape, trying to create a false symmetry between the genocidal terrorists of Hamas…
— Benjamin Netanyahu – בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu)May 14, 2026
Source: The Gateway Pundit
