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Israel Envoy Accuses NYT of Blood Libel; Paper Denies Claims
Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter accused The New York Times of preparing "the next genocide" of Jews, calling its reporting on Gaza a "blood libel." The newspaper denied Leiter's claims, stating he misrepresented a meeting and made false accusations.
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What happened
- 01Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter accused The New York Times of preparing "the next genocide" of Jews.
- 02Leiter called the newspaper's reporting on the Gaza conflict a "blood libel."
- 03The New York Times denied the ambassador's claims, calling them a distortion of a meeting.
- 04The newspaper stated Leiter "misrepresented the content" of their discussion.
- 05The meeting was requested by the ambassador's office and was off the record.
The Times said the meeting, requested by Leiter's office, was a respectful, off-the-record discussion about the Middle East.
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