David Remnick, editor-in-chief of the prestigious American magazine The New Yorker, criticized the Israeli media's coverage of the events of the war that has been raging for more than 7 months in the Gaza Strip, praising at the same time the performance of one newspaper that he said presented the truth that its readers might prefer to avoid knowing.

Although Israeli television shows the minimum number of events there - according to what the writer reported in his article in the magazine - it usually deals with them through the lens of military strategy. Focusing on the victims of Israeli soldiers, and the fate of prisoners held by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).

Remnick said that since the October 7 attack, Israel has remained in a state of mourning and frustration, surrounded by feelings ranging from anger at its enemies and leaders alike; Concern for the prisoners in Gaza; Painful uncertainty about the country's future; Confusion that many parts of the world have turned their attention to the “terrifying” and ever-increasing numbers of Palestinian dead and wounded.

He added that the “dissonant” situation in this emotional scene is that two million Palestinians in Israel live side by side with their Jewish neighbors, and with a kind of “double consciousness.” They realize that they are citizens of a state that practices oppression and occupation against them, and they receive devastating news on their phones from Gaza. Sometimes about the loss of relatives and friends.

He explained that Israeli public opinion is hardly at the heart of one man; There are frequent demonstrations against the right-wing government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the press's positions and coverage of events may be mixed and aggressive.

Remnick cited as an example the interview conducted by Channel 12 with a former head of the Shin Bet internal intelligence service, Nadav Argaman, in which he categorically accused the Netanyahu government of “deliberately destroying Israeli society in order to cling to power.”

He said that it was necessary to emphasize what he called the “heroic work” carried out by Palestinian journalists in Gaza, many of whom were martyred, as much as he praised Haaretz newspaper and described it as one of the few Hebrew-speaking institutions that constantly tries, even if incompletely, to deal with the facts. Taking place in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank.

Although Haaretz lags far behind - in terms of readership - the popular newspapers Yedioth Ahronoth and the conservative Israel Hayom, what has impressed it recently is the breadth of its reporting and analysis, despite the fact that it is left-wing in a country that leans toward the right and extremism, according to the report. Remnick's expression.

The New Yorker's editor-in-chief singled out Haaretz journalists like Amos Harel and Anshel Pfeffer, who provide "unbiased assessments of brutal military excesses and political foolishness." There is also journalist Yaniv Kubovic, who said that he kept recording one scoop after another about the failures of the security establishment.

He added: Haaretz's ability to present multiple facts to readers who might prefer to avoid them is equally impressive, noting that its reporting on Netanyahu is realistic and critical at the same time.

Source: The New Yorker