The liberal New York Times has a habit of instantly fretting about Islamophobia whenever there’s an attack by radical Muslims, so it was inevitable that the paper responded to the murder by a pro-Palestinian activist of two young Jews, staffers at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., by fretting about how this will affect the larger “pro-Palestinian” movement.
The front page of Saturday’s New York Times featured this headline “Attack Tangles Pro-Palestinian Movement’s Path.” The online headline: “Attack Complicates Pro-Palestinian Movement — Nonviolent Groups May Face More Pushback After D.C. Killings.” Because that’s the important thing about this story: not the globalization of the intifada after the October 7 massacre, but how left-wing “pro-Palestinian” activists feel.
Sharon Otterman’s story began strongly enough.
The…
