A Gaza City “fixer” credited by name on six
New York Times articles published this month has a social media history that includes a post that said, “I don’t accept a Jew, Israeli or Zionist, or anyone else who speaks Hebrew. I’m with killing them wherever they are: children, elderly people, and soldiers…The Jews are sons of the dogs… I am in favor of killing them and burning them like Hitler did. I will be so happy.”
The post was unearthed and
published by HonestReporting, a pro-Israel advocacy and media watchdog group.
The
Times “fixer” whose social media posts were at issue, Fady Hanona, did not immediately reply to an email from
The Algemeiner asking whether the statement had been accurately attributed to him, whether it still represented his view, and whether it was consistent with working as a journalist for the
New York Times.
The
Times assistant managing editor for international news coverage, Michael Slackman, referred an inquiry from
The Algemeiner to a London-based New York Times spokeswoman, who did not provide an immediate response to questions about whether the Times is looking into the matter, or about whether it continues to use Hanona’s services.