Emily Abadi
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And it is 14 different people that Kristoff interviewed and then the New York Times obviously vetted in their editorial process.
They have attorneys.
So do I think the New York Times gets a lot of things wrong?
Yes.
Same.
This is a very hot story.
How about this?
Sue them then.
Well, yes, it's the predicate for USAID.
Well, and this is why Netanyahu is right now working to convince the American government to further crush, cripple Iran.
It's why he said in that same 60 Minutes interview that his plan is to help Israel be weaned off, his words, U.S.
support within the next decade.
decade.
Now, Sagar, you could take the dog elements out of the story, and you could take Euromed out of the story, and you would still have a strong piece from Kristof, who also cites, for example, the Committee to Protect Journalists, which has surveyed 59 Palestinian journalists who were released by Israeli authorities after October 7th.
Quote, 3% said they had been raped, and 29% said they had endured arson.
other forms of sexual violence.
You can remove the elements of the story that are being, the most high profile elements of the story that are being picked apart right now, and you still have a story that can't really be picked apart in whole, and this is why there's a significant, these backlashes like this one are actually counterproductive
for Netanyahu's purposes.
And I really mean that.
For people who support Israel, backlashes like this one actually backfire because what they do is people see the backlash, then they go read the story, right?