This second serving of Bartov in the New York Times was likely meant to promote his extreme anti-Israel narratives. And with its platform, the paper may have succeeded. But it came with a hidden cost.
Just two days after the New York Times published an op-ed by Omer Bartov claiming that Israel was committing a genocide, NPR’s Morning Edition featured an interview with him to reiterate the same points.
If other scholars don’t agree with Bartov, perhaps it is because they recognize that Israel's calls to destroy Hamas are not evidence of genocidal intent.
Common distortions include omitting the 2005 disengagement from Gaza and the subsequent election of a group sworn to Israel's destruction to power in the territory, promoting anti-Israel propagandists, and ignoring the numbers of casualties that are reported to be Hamas fighters. In addition, at least two commentators called on the US to force Israel essentially to surrender.
A non-exhaustive list of anti-Israel and antisemitic public rhetoric from many of the faculty members at Brown University's Center for Middle East Studies. The rhetoric shown helps demonstrate the level of bias and hostility toward the Jewish state.
