How the New York Times Mythologizes US-‘Israeli’ Relations
BY MELVIN GOODMAN
Photograph Source: Office of the President of the United States – Public Domain
The New York Times has finally come to grips with the danger of another government led by Benjamin Netanyahu, which it describes as a “significant threat to the future of Israel—its direction, its security and even the idea of a Jewish homeland.” Netanyahu’s policies and politics over the past two decades have made it militarily and politically impossible to achieve a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian problem. U.S. administrations have largely ignored these developments, while they ostensibly cling to support for a two-state solution. Over the past week, however, the Times’ editorial board as well as its most influential columnist, T...
