Israel to sue New York Times over article alleging widespread rape of prisoners [View all]

Israel will sue The New York Times over an op-ed alleging widespread sexual abuse and rape against Palestinian prisoners, say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar in a joint statement.

They call the piece by columnist Nicholas Kristof “one of the most hideous and distorted lies ever published against the State of Israel in the modern press.”

Kristof’s column alleged “a pattern of widespread Israeli sexual violence against men, women and even children — by soldiers, settlers, interrogators in the Shin Bet internal security agency and, above all, prison guards.

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https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/israel-to-sue-new-york-times-over-article-alleging-widespread-rape-of-prisoners/