With a sense of hesitation, the following lines are written.
The following words will stand as a sign of criticism, but also with reverence for the media body has often been called "the best newspaper in the world": the "New York Times".
Something cracked in the professional functioning of the newspaper.
The newspaper has long since adopted a critical stance toward Israel, and some of us also insult the Times for its stance.
Another cause for concern was recently revealed by a public organization that guards the press' fairness, Honest Reporting ("Fair Reporting").
The organization's mission is to expose distortions, mistakes, trends and other shortcomings in the media, insofar as these questions are combined with reports on Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The New York newspaper recently recruited journalist Raja Abdulrahim for its office in Jerusalem, who will cover the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
In "Fair Report" they examined and found out how Abdulrahim had previously covered it, when she wrote for a University of Florida newspaper where she studied journalism.
It turns out that she used to accuse Israel of responsibility for the terrorist attacks carried out by the Palestinians.
Thus, for example, the headline of one of its reports states: "Palestinians are forced to carry out terrorist attacks."
In the text itself, it states that the responsibility for the attacks should not be placed on a "Palestinian, militant group," but that it should point the finger of blame only at Israel and the IDF.
And here is another quote: "Since the occupation in 1948, Israel has killed Palestinians."
According to her, Israel was not established as a state in 1948, but an occupying body was born in 1948.
She also argued that it would be a mistake to define Hezbollah as a fundamentalist movement.
According to "Fair Report", her reports had many trending definitions, and blaming the victims of terrorism is just one of them.
At the same time, it should be noted that Abdulharim has rich journalistic experience.
For receiving the civil war in Syria, she received the prestigious "Pulitzer Prize".
It is possible that her biased definitions concerning Israel characterized her reports at the beginning of her career, and it is to be hoped that from the end of this month no more biased concepts and distortions will be included in her coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
It is the duty of the editors of the important newspaper to examine the language of the concepts included in the coverage of the conflict.
A newspaper is entitled to express its views, provided that questions are based on verified information.
It is to be hoped that Rajah Abdulrahim will not copy the views she expressed in Florida into the pages of the new employer.
We asked for the newspaper's response to what was said here, but the head of the ministry chose not to comment.
