Jonathan S. Tobin: A “New York Times” front-page feature charging Israel with murdering children sparked outrage. While it was nothing new for the paper, the impact of such libels can’t be ignored.
For the past 15 years, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman has been promoting the so-called “Saudi Initiative,” a plan which he says proves that Saudi Arabia sincerely wants peace with Israel. But this week, a senior Palestinian leader revealed that at the very moment the Saudis were launching that plan, they were financing a major wave of terrorism against Israel...Stephen M. Flatow/JNS.org.