'The New York Times gave Hamas what they wanted'

• Date: 08 June 2021
• Published date: 08 June 2021
• Author: Arutz Sheva Staff
• Publication title: Israel National News (Israel)

An image was created mocking the recent New York Times front cover which featured a collage of 67 Gazans under the age of 18 titled "They Were Just Children" using information and statistics gathered from Hamas-run institutions in Gaza, and insinuating that Israel was at fault for their deaths.

The image being shared online, seen over a million times, changes the name of the publication to "The New Woke Times" and the same collage of children is led with the title "Hamas Wanted for the Murder of 67 Children" and features pictures of Hamas leaders Ismail Haniyeh, Mohammed Deif and Yahya Sinwar. The concept is to place the blame on the real culprits for the tragedy.

"The publication by The New York Times of the photograph of the children is a libelous distortion and misrepresentation of the facts of the recent conflict," said Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. "It was Hamas that initiated the conflict and placed its rockets among civilian populations and proceeded to launch more than 4000 rockets at Israel, even though around 700 of them landed within their own territory and may have been physically responsible for many of the deaths. The world should join in condemning them and seeking their arrest for those war crimes."

"Hamas' goal of generating civilian casualties is achieved," said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, the Associate Dean, Director, Global Social Action of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. "New York Times editors give Hamas ultimate victory labeling these deaths as a crime against humanity by Israel instead of naming these mass murderers. If international media and donor nations continue their irresponsible policies, then more 'innocents' will surely die in next round and terrorists around the world will see that terrorism does pay."

"The New York Times in their recent front-page story greatly rewarded Hamas' tactic of using Palestinian children as human shields, guaranteeing of course, that Hamas will continue committing this horrific war...