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    Israeli leader shuns New York Times op-ed offer

    JERUSALEM (AP) — A senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the leader has refused an offer to write an opinion piece for the New York Times, accusing the paper's opinion pages of anti-Israel bias.

    The unusual public refusal appears to reflect the hardline Israeli government's increasingly prickly relations with much of the outside world.

    In a letter to the Times published in The Jerusalem Post website, Netanyahu adviser Ron Dermer says the prime minister decided to "respectfully decline" penning an opinion piece. He says past op-ed articles in the Times have "vilified" Israel and "constantly distort the positions of our government."

    The letter was confirmed as authentic by an official in the prime minister's office.

     

    181 comments

    • .  •  5 mths ago
      What NYT liberals fail to realize is that 1.4B Muslims want to erase the Jewish State from the map using both military and non-military means.
      They are also about to take over Europe; the most popular name for newborn boys in Amsterdam is Muhammad.
      Within Muslim lands, the islamists easily out-breed the rest of the population; that results in them winning democratic elections, like in Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt.
      Also, the oil revenues compounded with low dollar are used by Saudi and other oil shaikhs to strategically buy off American companies and to influence the Western media.
      • Sir.Dennis 5 mths ago
        What NYT liberals fail to realize is that many of those 1.4 billion Muslims want to erase all non-Muslims from the world!
      • MNK 5 mths ago
        This is Israel Bigots view of the world.. They think they are the chosen ones and everyone else is their enemy.. Israel has started more wars,, killed more non Jewish people and terrorized more than its own population in last 60 years.. Who are against Palestinian State: Israel, Iran, Al Queda, Hamas, Hezbollah... It looks like the Israeli Bigots are sleeping in the same tent with Hamas Terrorists..
    • roy  •  5 mths ago
      Jews give Blood - they do not suck blood. Jews even give Blood to the blood suckers that want to destroy Israel and push the Jews into the sea. Isn't that what you have been taught and what you spout off susie?
    • myob  •  5 mths ago
      Good for Bibi. Media anti-Israel, the Guardian, Reuters, the NYT are all in bed with terrorists. Why bother to write something they will have a Hamas spokesman answer tomorrow on the front page?!
    • big_al  •  5 mths ago
      New York Times...all the lies and bias that can (or can not) fit the print.
    • CUBBYBOY  •  5 mths ago
      The NYT is still in business?
    • RDM  •  Los Angeles, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Good for you PM Netanyahu... besides the NYT is going bankrupt!!!
    • Temujin  •  Philadelphia, United States  •  5 mths ago
      non-story........next
    • Larry  •  Chicago, United States  •  5 mths ago
      This is news? I've been shunning the liberal NYT for years.
    • paperbackwriter  •  5 mths ago
      With 80 % of American Jews voting for obama in 2008, who can blame him? American Jews are more concerned about being good little liberals than they are with Israel's existence. Obama has kowtowed to Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Muslim Brotherhood. His green light has emboldened them to destroy Israel.
    • Robert  •  Seoul, South Korea  •  5 mths ago
      Further testament to Zionazis growing isolation. Everyone has had a gutsful of the Zionazi empty promises and lies and excuses for not making peace. We all know the Zionazis don't want peace because they can't grab land with peace.
      • csp 5 mths ago
        First of all the Jewish people of Israel are not Nazis and neither is the Israeli Government! Being Zionist is an excellent thing as it established the State of Israel. "Grab Land" you say? Israel gave up Gaza and still no peace with these murdering Radical Muslims!

        ZIONIST Definition;
        "A worldwide Jewish movement that resulted in the establishment and development of the state of Israel."
    • PeaceInOurTime  •  Herzliya, Israel  •  5 mths ago
      It is true that in NYT, to be anti-Israel is to be aligned with the "correct" opinion. Also expected is the support for the hate stereotype that Israelis "do holocaust to Palestinians because they are paranoid by their History".
    • big_al  •  5 mths ago
      nyt is not even good for wiping my dog's a zz
    • big_al  •  5 mths ago
      "palestinians"..the invented people
    • .  •  5 mths ago
      exposing bigots and hypocrites:
      1) "no, i don't hate jews, i just blame on them one conspiracy after another!"
      2) "no, i don't hate jews, i just deny (overtly or covertly) them right to a viable national jewish state other nations have!"
      3) "no, i don't deny israel's right to exist, i just want to tie its hands and push it to non-defensible borders all while surrounded by 1.4B bloodthirsty enemies!"
      4) "no, i don't deny israel's right to be a national state of jewish people, i just want it to take in millions of fast-multiplying arabs who already have 20+ states!"
      • Native 5 mths ago
        Did you make this stuff up or is this the way jews think?
      • myob 5 mths ago
        Anyone that starts a statement that "some of my best friend...." or "I am not....." is exactly what they are denying being.
    • Boudicca  •  5 mths ago
      Id far rather hear what Noam Chomsky has to say, he has 100 times the morals and intelligence of Nutty-Yahu
      • shekel tater 5 mths ago
        wrong - he doesnt have the morals and is a lousy fighter, unlike benny who was a commando. chompsky is smart enough to fool you though
      • Adrian 5 mths ago
        Hey Dragonsbreath. You know why you have dragonsbreath, because everything that comes out of your mouth is CRAP and Lies.. :) Wake up...
      • Darryl 5 mths ago
        They told you Flora monkey girl.
    • rogerleolafontaine  •  Zelienople, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Then if Bibi won't do it then how about Noam Chomsky?
      • shekel tater 5 mths ago
        noam is a clever polemicist, and fools a lot of people, even you
    • Veritas Anon  •  5 mths ago
      One doesn't need to be pro Israel to see that Israel is being smart not bothering with the NY TIMES which has been a pathetic leftist rag for a long long time and even more blatant the last 3 years than before.

      We just have to watch how the NY TIMES reports news here at home to see just what a biased piece of garbage it is and that yellow journalism is alive and well. Forget about Israel just look at their constant spin phrasing on various topics.
    • big_al  •  5 mths ago
      I'll buy NYT..as long as it's softer and cheaper than a toilet paper..by the linear foot.
    • big_al  •  5 mths ago
      Netaniyahu is a true leader..Why bring yourself down to the level of NYT?
    • big_al  •  5 mths ago
      New York Times...all the lies and bias that can (or can not) fit the print.
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