House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday questioned why the New York Times was “providing a platform” for the Hamas-appointed mayor of Gaza, whose op-ed condemning Israel’s war on the terror group was published by Lady Gray on Christmas Eve.
“The New York Times provides a platform to politicians appointed by Hamas – the group designated by the United States as a foreign terrorist organization and responsible for the massacre on October 7,” Johnson write in the X note.
“Does the NYT have no shame?” Louisiana Republican added.
Opinion piece – titled “I am the mayor of Gaza. Our Life and Culture in the Ruins” – written by Yahya R. Sarraj, who was handpicked by Hamas in 2019 to govern the Palestinian city.
In his op-ed Sarraj criticized Israel for “caus[ing] the deaths of more than 20,000 people” and for destroying or damaging “about half the buildings” in the Gaza Strip. He cited data from the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health.
“Does the NYT have no shame?” The House speaker tweeted in response to the op-ed. Bonnie Cash/UPI/Shutterstock
Israel’s military campaign in Gaza was launched after the October 7 terrorist attack by Hamas that left around 1,200 soldiers and civilians dead in the Jewish state. Hamas also kidnapped more than 200 people and refused to release about 130 hostages, according to the Israeli government.
Republican presidential front-runner Nikki Haley on Tuesday also joined the chorus slamming the New York Times for its handling of Sarraj’s op-ed.
“Remember when the New York Times staff raged over a Republican senator’s op-ed?” Haley said in a tweet, referring to a 2020 column by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) that called for a strong military response to quell riots by Black Lives Matter and Antifa protesters following the police killing of George Floyd.
Opinion piece – titled “I am the mayor of Gaza. Our Life and Culture in the Ruins” – written by Yahya R. Sarraj, who was handpicked by Hamas in 2019 to govern the Palestinian city. Getty Images
Former New York Times op-ed page editor James Bennet was forced out after the paper’s staff was angered by his decision to greenlight Cotton’s work.
“We have not heard any complaints from the NYT staff about the publication of an op-ed by a Hamas-appointed mayor during Christmas. That tells you everything you need to know about the state of our media,” Haley added.
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