For the fifth time in two years, we prompted a correction at the Guardian over the erroneous claim that the ICJ ruled "genocide" was "plausibly" taking place in Gaza.
NYT Magazine subtly presented the genocide libel to its readers through a series of omissions, including the failure to divulge to readers that its "genocide expert" was an antizionist professor who justified the Hamas atrocities of October 7, 2023.
Israel shut down the Rafah crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. So said the New York Times.
No one of consequence denies the World Court called for an end to Israeli military operations in Rafah. So argued the New York Times.
In both cases, the news was false — as reporting even in the New York Times would eventually make clear.
In its May 24 order, the International Court of Justice relied on a handful of dubious, generalized and misleading claims made by various United Nations figures.