The Left doesn’t have much love for the United States. But no one thought they’d go this far.
And now a major liberal news outlet caught aiding and abetting terrorists.
The New York Times is once again facing a storm of backlash after publishing an article that critics say attempts to whitewash the legacy of Hezbollah founder Hassan Nasrallah—a man who championed violence and terror, particularly against Jews, under the guise of “equality.”
In an absurd attempt to soften the image of the notorious terror leader, the article portrays Nasrallah, who openly advocated for Israel’s destruction, as some sort of defender of religious harmony in the region.
The piece, titled “Protesters Mourn Nasrallah’s Death Around the World,” was published on Saturday without a byline and went so far as to describe Nasrallah as a “gifted orator” who supposedly advocated for a unified Palestine where Muslims, Jews, and Christians would live in equality.
It seems the Times has conveniently overlooked Nasrallah’s decades-long record of calling for Israel’s annihilation and his group’s horrific attacks targeting Jews globally.
This shameless attempt to sanitize Nasrallah’s image also highlights how he was “beloved” by Shiite Muslims for providing “social services” in Lebanon.
But this fails to mention that Hezbollah’s so-called “social services” were often a front for their terror operations, designed to entrench their influence and support Iran’s radical agenda in the region.
Nasrallah, killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut on Friday, was a co-founder of Hezbollah in 1982 and led the group from 1992 until his death.
Under his leadership, Hezbollah carried out a long list of deadly attacks on Jewish civilians around the world.
One of the most notorious was the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 people. The very next day, a plane crash orchestrated by Hezbollah took the lives of 21 more victims, many of them Jewish.
Throughout the 2000s, Hezbollah unleashed waves of suicide bombings within Israel, specifically targeting large gatherings of civilians at restaurants, buses, and other public spaces.
These acts of terror were never about equality or resistance—they were about the cold-blooded murder of innocent people.
Just this summer, Hezbollah launched a rocket strike at a soccer field in the Israel-controlled Golan Heights, killing at least 12 young people, aged between 10 and 20.
Yet somehow, The New York Times expects readers to see Nasrallah as more than just the violent, hate-filled leader of a terror organization.
Social media erupted in response to the article, with one X user summing up the general sentiment: “The Times readership is now down to liberal elites, politicians, Communists and Islamists.”
Another user bluntly asked, “This is so embarrassing. How does anyone take the NYT seriously anymore?” Critics have even accused the paper of “Jihadsplaining,” attempting to turn Nasrallah’s genocidal rhetoric into something resembling a positive message.
Despite Nasrallah’s claims of being merely “anti-Zionist” rather than antisemitic, his infamous quote from a 2004 Times article speaks volumes:
“If Jews all gather in Israel, it will save us the trouble of going after them worldwide.” That’s not equality—that’s a chilling call for genocide.
As of now, The New York Times has yet to respond to the widespread criticism.
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