Caitlin Johnstone<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n May 14, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reading by Tim Foley<\/a><\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/AG2soLH4OCc?rel=0&autoplay=0&showinfo=0&enablejsapi=0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Israel is now saying<\/a> it will sue The New York Times as Zionists continue their days-long freakout over the outlet\u2019s reporting on the systemic rape of Palestinian captives in Israeli prisons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Israel apologists aren\u2019t shrieking about the New York Times report because they believe Israel was lied about, they\u2019re shrieking because they\u2019d assumed it\u2019s the Times\u2019 job to administer propaganda for Israel. It\u2019s not about \u201cblood libel\u201d, it\u2019s about narrative control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We know this is true because there\u2019s not actually any new information in Nicholas Kristof\u2019s report; every significant point in the article had already been reported by other less-influential media outlets and human rights groups. We didn\u2019t see this kind of outcry with all the other mountains of reports on the sexual torture of Palestinian prisoners that have been coming out over the years. We only saw it when a more influential news media outlet reported on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This shows that their real objection isn\u2019t so much about the actual contents of the article as it is about the information influencing a larger number of people than the earlier reports did. It\u2019s not about the facts, it\u2019s about the numbers. It\u2019s about making sure the largest possible number of westerners think nice thoughts about the state of Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Everyone you see blubbering about journalistic integrity and sloppy reporting today is just admitting that they\u2019re a propagandist. They\u2019re admitting that it is their job to manipulate the way the public thinks about Israel, and that they believe it should be every mainstream news outlet\u2019s job too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And what\u2019s so funny about this hysterical meltdown is that the New York Times actually has<\/strong><\/em> been wildly biased in favor of Israel. Its slanted reporting<\/a>, unequal word choices<\/a> and passive-language headlines<\/a> have been well-documented. All that\u2019s changed is that Israel\u2019s abuses became so obvious and undeniable that its editors could no longer justify spiking a well-sourced report about them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Israel propagandists are used to the New York Times carrying water for their beloved apartheid state, so they view this as not just a propaganda concern, but as a betrayal as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2756<\/p>\n\n\n\n The mass media have been rapidly churning<\/a> out articles<\/a> about alleged sexual abuse<\/a> by Hamas in the wake of the New York Times report, which is some mighty interesting timing to say the least.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Israel announced it\u2019s quintupling its propaganda budget<\/a> and now we\u2019re seeing the news cycle actively manipulated to advance Israeli information interests, and we\u2019re just expected to clap along and pretend we\u2019re seeing real news stories about real things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2756<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the weirdest things about the outcry about the New York Times report is the fixation on the mention of dogs being used to rape Palestinian prisoners\u200a\u2014\u200aa well-evidenced claim<\/a> that we have discussed here previously<\/a>. The hasbarists are all over social media acting outraged and indignant, calling it \u201cblood libel\u201d as usual, but one strange thing they\u2019re also doing is claiming that it\u2019s literally impossible to get a trained dog to rape someone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cImplausible anti-Israel dog rape claim goes mainstream,\u201d reads a headline from The Times of Israel<\/a>, featuring a statement from a retired police lieutenant that it is \u201chighly unlikely that anybody is going to be able to train a dog to successfully commit a sexual assault.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere is no scientific or behavioral evidence that dogs can be trained to commit sexual assault. Experts and dog behaviorists point to several biological and cognitive barriers that make this impossible,\u201d tweets<\/a> hasbarist Eve Barlow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n War criminal David Frum writes<\/a> that \u201cthe \u2018Jewish rape dogs\u2019 hoax has been refuted not because it\u2019s a slur against Jews, but because the American Kennel Club attests it\u2019s an impossibility for dogs,\u201d a claim that was later refuted<\/a> by a statement by the American Kennel Club itself, who said they attested to no such thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDogs cannot anatomically rape humans. As a physician, I thought I would just point that out. Why are antisemites such idiots?,\u201d reads a viral tweet<\/a> by a Dr. Sheila Nazarian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is just objectively, indisputably false. There have been numerous examples<\/a> of tyrannical regimes using dogs to rape captives in the past. …. The serial killer David Parker Ray<\/a> is known to have raped his victims using dogs. This is a well-documented abuse that can and does occur, and it\u2019s just so Israeli that they\u2019d try to advance such an easily disprovable lie about something so horrific.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s Not About “Blood Libel”, It’s About Narrative Control And Other Notes Caitlin Johnstone May 14, 2026 Reading by Tim Foley: https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/AG2soLH4OCc?rel=0&autoplay=0&showinfo=0&enablejsapi=0 Israel is now saying it will sue The New York Times as Zionists continue their days-long freakout over … Continue reading ![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!dyQS!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa7d09c26-88ea-4817-93f2-33472540e048_1080x565.png\")
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