The New York Times is so reluctant to criticize Israel that even the US State Department has taken tougher positions on the current Netanyahu government’s policies. The Times’ coverage of the latest bout of Israeli aggression is a case in point.
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So far, five Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank in various reprisal operations carried out by the Israeli forces, in the aftermath of attacks in Israel that had left 12 Israelis dead. During the corresponding period, Israeli forces had killed 16 Palestinians, including assailants, as per an AFP estimate.
A Palestinian lawyer and two teenagers were killed, the fifth day of Israeli raids in the West Bank following a spate of deadly attacks in the Jewish state