“Everyone,” U.S. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan said, “is entitled to their own opinions but not their own facts.” Unfortunately, when it comes to Israel, facts are often in short supply. Recent allegations against the Jewish state display little respect for the truth and are long on innuendo and, in many instances, antisemitism.
Take, for example, The New York Times. On July 15, the newspaper ran an op-ed titled “I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know Genocide When I See It,” accusing Israel of genocide in the Gaza Strip. In a lengthy guest essay, Omer Bartov asserts that Israel is guilty of the crime, but he relies on Hamas, a U.S.-designated terrorist group, for evidence. Mr. Bartov later made his case on National Public Radio.
Like many in the media, Mr. Bartov relies on casualty statistics provided by the Gaza Health Ministry, a Hamas-controlled entity with a clear incentive to inflate numbers and a long history of doing precisely that.
(Read the rest of CAMERA’s July 21, 2025 Washington Times Op-Ed here)