Yet many the people Kristof quoted were longtime critics of Israel and its elected government, or just people who agreed with Kristof. Kristof quoted US Sen. Chris Van Hollen, identifying him only as “a Maryland Democrat and foreign policy expert.” Yet since the Hamas terror group’s massacre across southern Israel on Oct. 7, Van Hollen has gone off the deep end. Kristof didn’t mention that context to readers, either. Perhaps Biden truly understands somehow, correctly, that the humanitarian situation in Gaza is mainly the fault of Iran-backed Hamas, not Israel or the US. Ira Stoll was managing editor of The Forward and North American editor of The Jerusalem Post.

Source: New York Times May 03, 2024 17:42 UTC