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The New York Times caught again passing along Hamas talking points and even language - verbatim, as if they were objective fact. In their Dec. 16, 2023 item, "Israeli forces withdraw after besieging Gaza hospital, leaving behind bodies and destruction," Raja Abdulrahim and Iyad Abuheweila wrote: "For a week the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia was surrounded and raided by Israeli occupation[sic] forces, who destroyed the southern part of the hospital, according to the health ministry." The term - vilification of Israel’s military favored by anti-Israel activists along with terror organizations including Hamas. Notably, this language is not consistent with Times‘ style and practice. It indicates a total departure of journalistic norms guiding objective reporting. Shortly after media watchdog CAMERA called out the paper for this egregious formulation and directly contacted an editor the word "occupation" disappeared...<ref>Tamar Sternthal, [https://www.camera.org/article/new-york-times-reporters-cum-hamas-stenographers-forget-to-omit-israeli-occupation-forces/ New York Times Reporters Act As Hamas Stenographers, Forget To Omit ‘israeli Occupation Forces’], ''Camera'', December 20, 2023.</ref>

The New York Times caught again passing along Hamas talking points and even language - verbatim, as if they were objective fact. In their Dec. 16, 2023 item, "Israeli forces withdraw after besieging Gaza hospital, leaving behind bodies and destruction," Raja Abdulrahim and Iyad Abuheweila wrote: "For a week the [[Kamal Adwan Hospital]] in Beit Lahia was surrounded and raided by Israeli occupation[sic] forces, who destroyed the southern part of the hospital, according to the health ministry." The term - vilification of Israel’s military favored by anti-Israel activists along with terror organizations including Hamas. Notably, this language is not consistent with Times‘ style and practice. It indicates a total departure of journalistic norms guiding objective reporting. Shortly after media watchdog CAMERA called out the paper for this egregious formulation and directly contacted an editor the word "occupation" disappeared...<ref>Tamar Sternthal, [https://www.camera.org/article/new-york-times-reporters-cum-hamas-stenographers-forget-to-omit-israeli-occupation-forces/ New York Times Reporters Act As Hamas Stenographers, Forget To Omit ‘israeli Occupation Forces’], ''Camera'', December 20, 2023.</ref>