Netanyahu Takes Legal Action Against the NYT

The NY Times just published a piece claiming that Israeli soldiers used dogs to rape Palestinians.

This is not a joke. I repeat. This is not a joke.

I wouldn’t use this trash as toilet paper.

The NYT has zero credibility left. Zero! pic.twitter.com/SbZVbPHbnr

— Hillel Fuld (@HilzFuld) May 11, 2026

Outrageous. Rape dogs? Seriously?

I cannot believe we have to do this.

The New York Times, the paper of record, just published an op-ed accusing the State of Israel of systematic sexual violence against Palestinian detainees, including the claim that Israel is training dogs to rape prisoners.

One of their… pic.twitter.com/moQmxhDunq

— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) May 11, 2026

Claiming Israel trains dogs to rape Palestinians is modern day blood libel — propaganda pushed as more horrific details emerge about Hamas’ systematic torture on Oct. 7.

For being Jewish — Hamas raped a woman and burnt half of her face off in front of her husband; shoved nails,…

— Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) May 14, 2026

Today I instructed my legal advisers to consider the harshest legal action against The New York Times and Nicholas Kristof.

They defamed the soldiers of Israel and perpetuated a blood libel about rape, trying to create a false symmetry between the genocidal terrorists of Hamas…

— Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) May 14, 2026

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar have instructed the initiation of a defamation lawsuit against The New York Times.

— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) May 14, 2026

Good.