Along with former first lady Hilary Clinton and other prominent State Department officials, Jeffrey Gettleman—who wrote the later disputed "Hamas mass rape" story for the New York Times—is scheduled to appear on a panel discussing "conflict-related sexual violence" in the near future.
According to a report by The Gray Zone, an account of the event put on the Institute of Global Politics at Columbia University, refers to "Hamas's brutal acts of sexual violence against Israelis on October 7" as "evidence" that "conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) is used widely as a weapon of war and a tactic of terrorism."
As Secretary of State in 2011, Clinton publicly accepted allegations that Moammar Gaddafi, the late leader of Libya, had given his troops Viagra so they could commit "wide-scale rape." She insisted that "Gadhafi's security forces" were "using violence against women and rape as tools of war."
The tragic NATO invasion that Clinton falsely accused of systemic sexual abuse was meant to legitimize. The result was a once-stable country that became a dictatorial hellhole ruled by Islamic warlords.
Along with Clinton, US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield will be attending the Columbia University event. Thomas-Greenfield was instrumental in preventing the UN Security Council from again enacting a binding resolution requesting a ceasefire in Gaza.
Reports appeared in late January that an internal discussion had emerged at The New York Times over the accuracy of Gettleman's report, following The Grayzone's detailed debunking of his assertions.
"The Daily," a podcast by the New York Times, had to make substantial script changes and portray Israeli assertions with far greater skepticism because the matter had reportedly grown so controversial.
The finished product, however, was never made public. The producers and the paper of record were "in a jam" when faced with a decision that could have serious consequences: either they would republish serious mistakes if they stuck closely to the original story, or they would publish a heavily toned-down version that would make people wonder if the paper still stands by the original report.
They "deserved more fact-checking and much more reporting — all basic standards applied to countless other stories," said an editorial staffer of The New York Times, regarding their claims that Hamas "systematically weaponized sexual assault."
“There seems to be no self-awareness at the top,” the staffer added. But a glance at the masthead suggests the newspaper’s editors know exactly what they’re doing.
The New York Times’ traditionally pro-Israel line is reflected in the publication’s most recent choices for chief executive officer.
Its current CEO, Meredith Kopit Levien, has been active since a young age in the B’nai B’rith Youth Organization, and serves on the ardently Zionist group’s advisory board to this day.
Kopit Levien’s predecessor at the Times, Mark Thompson, is also a dedicated pro-Israel ideologue.
Two days after October 7, Thompson assumed the top job at CNN, where staffers are on the verge of open revolt against what they have described as the “journalistic malpractice” their network has displayed in its nakedly partisan support for an Israeli military assault that has killed over 13,000 children to date.
“The majority of news since the war began, regardless of how accurate the initial reporting, has been skewed by a systemic and institutional bias within the network toward Israel,” a CNN staffer told journalist Chris McGreal
