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by Alan M. Dershowitz • May 24,
2019 at 5:00 am
- No one ever lost
money betting against peace between Israelis and
Palestinians.... It would be far better if The New York
Times waited until the plan was released and then
commented on its specific provisions rather than stacking the
deck against it by quoting only its most strident critics.
- There are those who
will criticize any plan, no matter how positive it may be, if
it emanates from the Trump administration. When President
Trump moved the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem and recognized
Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights, many Democrats
who would have favored such moves if they had been done by
Barack Obama, opposed them only because these same moves were
done by President Trump. These Democrats do not want to see
Trump succeed at anything, even if his success would be good
for America, for Israel and for peace.
- If the editors of The
New York Times refuse to separate opinion and analysis
from hard reporting, every reader has an obligation to make
that separation for herself or himself. Bear this in mind when
you read The New York Times.
The New
York Times seems determined to kill the
proposed Trump Middle East peace plan before it is even made
public. In the guise of news, the Times provided
"analysis" in the news section, which was, in reality, an
editorial. Readers must be wary.... (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty
Images)
The New York Times seems determined to kill the proposed Trump Middle
East peace plan before it is even made public. In a recent article,
it quoted only nay-sayers and critics, who without having even seen
the plan have declared its demise. In the guise of news, the
Times provided "analysis" in the news section, which
was, in reality, an editorial. This has become more and more common
on the news pages of The New York Times. The separation of
news from opinion is in the highest tradition of journalism, but The
New York Times seems determined to knock down that wall of
separation, especially when it comes to subjects on which its
editors and publishers have strong opinions. Among these subjects
are both Israel, which can do no right, and Donald Trump, who is
always wrong. When these two subjects come together, as they do
with regard to the Trump peace plan, readers must be wary of
accepting news reports as objective.
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