Mainstream Media’s Blood Libels Against Israel
A Deliberate Campaign of Hate Echoing Der Stürmer
The mainstream press has been exposed as a cesspool of deliberate, fraudulent propaganda, waging a vicious campaign to demonize Israel and incite hatred against Jews worldwide. A blistering report by Eytan Gilboa and Lilac Sigan in Israel Affairs, dissecting The New York Times’ coverage of the Israel-Hamas war from October 2023 to June 2024, reveals a pattern of calculated lies, omissions, and editorial rot that infects every major outlet: The Washington Post, CNN, BBC, The Guardian, Reuters, AP, and their ilk. This isn’t error; it’s a deliberate, wildly successful propaganda war designed to vilify Israel, rivaling the infamous Nazi rag Der Stürmer in its hateful intent. By publishing photos of children with genetic disorders, falsely portrayed as starving victims of Israel while their well-fed families stand nearby, these outlets fuel antisemitic incidents globally, bearing direct liability for the resulting hate crimes. Given their track record of fraud, every future negative article about Israel must be presumed a malicious lie, devoid of credibility.
The Israel Affairs report is a damning indictment, but it’s merely the tip of a rotten iceberg. Take the Al-Ahli Hospital explosion on October 17, 2023. The Times blared, “Israeli airstrike killed 500 at a Gaza hospital, Palestinians say,” a headline packed with five deliberate falsehoods: a Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket hit a parking lot, not the hospital; it killed 50-100, not 500; and the source was Hamas’s Gaza Health Ministry, not vague “Palestinians.” CNN, Reuters, and AP echoed this blood libel, sparking riots and derailing U.S. diplomacy. Corrections were late and evasive, issued only after President Biden called The Times “irresponsible.” This wasn’t a mistake; it was a calculated smear, straight out of Der Stürmer’s playbook, which peddled fabricated Jewish atrocities to whip up pogroms.
The casualty fraud is equally sinister. The Times claimed Gaza’s death toll was “unprecedented,” surpassing Russia’s Ukraine slaughter. False. Blogger David Lisovsey exposed this, noting Russia’s Maripol massacre dwarfed Gaza’s figures. The Times erased the claim without admitting error. Another headline lied that Gaza’s deaths outstripped “any Arab loss in wars in past 40 years,” ignoring Syria, Iraq, and Yemen’s tenfold higher tolls. The Washington Post, BBC, and AP parroted Hamas’s “statistically impossible” numbers, ignoring studies and experts like John Spencer, who praised Israel’s low civilian-to-combatant ratio. Like Der Stürmer’s grotesque exaggerations of Jewish “crimes,” these lies inflate suffering to paint Israel as a genocidal monster, fueling global outrage.
Misquoting Israeli leaders is another vile tactic. The Times twisted Yoav Gallant’s words, omitting his intent to eliminate Hamas, not Gazans. Netanyahu’s biblical quote was mangled to suggest mass slaughter. These distortions, amplified by The Guardian and BBC, fueled South Africa’s baseless ICJ genocide case. Corrections were tardy and incomplete, mirroring Der Stürmer’s tactic of letting lies fester to maximize hate.
The latest outrage is the publication of photos showing children with genetic disorders, falsely presented as starving due to Israel, while their healthy, well-fed families stand nearby. The Guardian, CNN, and Reuters ran these Hamas-sourced images without verification, a blatant manipulation to incite visceral hatred. This echoes Der Stürmer’s use of doctored images to portray Jews as subhuman threats. By exploiting vulnerable children, these outlets have incited antisemitic incidents—from vandalism to assaults—making them directly liable for the global surge in Jew-hatred.
Hiring tainted journalists seals the case. The Times rehired Soliman Hijjy, fired in 2022 for antisemitic posts, to cover the war, including the Al-Ahli lie. AP and Reuters used photos from freelancers who breached Israel’s border with Hamas on October 7, 2023, profiting from atrocities. The Times defended Youssef Masoud, despite evidence he was suspiciously present at the attack’s onset. These propagandists, not journalists, are akin to Der Stürmer’s hacks, churning out hate under a veneer of legitimacy.
Internal Times dissent reveals a newsroom overrun by activists. Pro-Hamas journalists leaked details to sabotage a Pulitzer-worthy investigation into Hamas’s October 7 sexual atrocities, corroborated by UN reports and Sheryl Sandberg’s Screams Before Silence. The Intercept cheered, falsely claiming it was “debunked.” The Times caved, firing an Israeli reporter for a pro-Israel post while letting radicals run rampant. Former insiders James Bennet and Judith Miller decry a paper that’s gone from liberal to illiberal, a rot mirrored at The Washington Post and CNN. Like Der Stürmer’s editorial zeal, these newsrooms are driven by ideology, not truth.
This fraudulent propaganda campaign—The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, BBC, The Guardian, Reuters, AP—is no accident. It’s a deliberate, wildly successful effort to incite hatred against Israel and Jews, rivaling Der Stürmer’s genocidal lies. Their fabrications have swayed leaders, fueled legal assaults, and sparked antisemitic violence. Every future negative article about Israel must be assumed a malicious lie, crafted to deceive. Their corrections are shams, their errors intentional, their motives antisemitic. Readers must reject these propaganda machines, turning to primary sources and independent voices. The mainstream press is a modern Der Stürmer, and its anti-Israel screeds deserve only contempt.
