Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he is considering suing The New York Times and one of its journalists over a column that alleged Israeli soldiers raped Palestinian prisoners.
Netanyahu wrote in a May 14 post on X that he had instructed his lawyers to look into taking action against The New York Times and the piece’s author, Nicholas Kristof, an opinion columnist at the newspaper.
“They defamed the soldiers of Israel and perpetuated a blood libel about rape, trying to create a false symmetry between the genocidal terrorists of Hamas and Israel’s valiant soldiers,” Netanyahu said.
“Under my leadership, Israel will not be silent. We will fight these lies in the court of public opinion and in the court of law. Truth will prevail.”…