Israel says it will sue New York Times over article on sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners
Media law experts cast doubt on viability of a defamation lawsuit promised by Netanyahu over Nicholas Kristof essayIsraelās prime minister, Benjamin Nethanyahu, and foreign minister, Gideon Saāar, have threatened to sue the New York Times for defamation over the publication of an essay by Nicholas Kristof detailing allegations that Palestinian women, men and children have been raped and sexually abused in Israeli military detention.āFollowing the publication by Nicholas Kristof in The New York Times of one of the most hideous and distorted lies ever published against the State of Israel in the modern press, which also received the backing of the newspaper, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gideon Saāar have instructed the initiation of a defamation lawsuit against The New York Times,ā Israelās ministry of foreign affairs wrote in a social media post on Thursday. Continue reading...
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