[MinorityRepublican]

Why would NY Times be in favor of Palestinians? I thought there's a large Jewish community in New York? Doesn't make sense to me.

[contessa machiaveli]

the NY times is above all else PC and the palestinians more than any other group wallow in their victimhood. we're constantly being bombarded with "the plight of the palestinians" "the suffering of the palestinians" blah, blah, and more blah. the palestinians have the loser mentality which the media reinforce and the israelis are conducting this war honorably in spite of being the pariah of the world. honor and bravery are not "sexy". it's the cult of the downtrodden. yawn.

[rmlew]

Why would NY Times be in favor of Palestinians? I thought there's a large Jewish community in New York? Doesn't make sense to me.

1. The New York Times is a liberal rag that puts ideology and love of Democrats above all else.
2. Ever since the Ochs's and Sulzbergers took over the NY Times, the paper has become more hostile to Jewish interests. Call it compensation.

[TopQuark]

Why would NY Times be in favor of Palestinians? I thought there's a large Jewish community in New York? Doesn't make sense to me. A think the NY Times miscalculated.

As you know, many people in the Jewish community are on the Left (this is slowly changing, fortunately: of all Jews under 30, 61% voted for Bush). The Leftist, multiculturalist agenda currently dictates one to create and side with the "oppressed victim." You know the stream of those: Vietnamese peasants, Blacks, women, homosexuals, etc.

That stream included the Jews for a period, especially after the 1967 War: the Holocaust, continual Arab warfare against Israel --- clearly a victim. But things changed by about 1980: Israel refused to die; it came out victorious in all wars. This violated the pattern: Israel is no longer a victim. In contrast, Palestinians look like ones: they had no "homeland." Never mind history: the Leftist's mind is formed by the photos it sees today. So, never mind that these people mostly left their homes in 1948 under the advisement of the Arab rulers who were sure of their swift victory. Never mind that Arafat's "victims" tried to take over Jordan (unsuccessfully) and Lebanon (successfully) --- well before they started to lay claims on Israel. The bleeding heart sees the "people without a home."

The NY Times expected that NY Jewish community would be Left first and Jewish second. This may have been true for some part of it, but with this latest series of suicide bombings, when the very existence of Israel is again at stake, even the Left-most Jews started to wake up.

It is this process that The NY Times have misjudged.