Today’s Walter Duranty, Nicholas Kristoffof the New York Times, is at it again. This time with a vile op-ed 3,500 word piece claiming that Israeli forces and prison guards have been raping prisoners, men and women, for years. He goes even further to state, uncritically and with ZERO evidence, that Israeli forces have trained dogs to rape.

Yes, you read that correctly. This is directly from his op-ed. 

Some of the worst sexual abuse appears to have been directed at prisoners from Gaza. A Gaza journalist shared with me his account of the abuse he suffered after he was detained in 2024.

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Other Palestinian prisoners and human rights monitors have also cited reports of police dogs being coached to rape prisoners. The journalist said that when he was released, an Israeli official warned him: “If you want to stay alive when you return, do not speak to the media.”

So why was he willing to speak?

“There are moments when remembering feels unbearable,” he said. “My heart felt it might stop while talking to you about it just now. But I remember there are people still in there. So I speak up.”

Believe me, Kristof goes into greater detail that what I linked here.

There are multiple problems with this vile evil bilge that Kristof wrote and the New York Times published. 

First, there’s not one single named source in either of his op-eds. 

Secondly, Kristof got the majority of his information from organizations tied to HAMAS. 

Kristof tells the story of an unnamed 23-year-old Palestinian woman who contends she was arrested after Oct. 7, strip-searched, mocked, tied up, beaten, and then molested and likely raped by Israelis. The Israelis, the woman tells Kristof, wanted to “crush her spirit,” a curiously political statement for an alleged rape victim.

In any event, Kristof not only fails to provide the woman’s name, but he offers no other witness, no complaint, no medical evidence from an Arab doctor, no photos of bruises, nothing but the accusation. Did the columnist ever verify that the woman had been detained? Because Kristof doesn’t tell us in which prison this woman was purportedly held, or why she was arrested, or even when. Any competent journalist would have heard blaring sirens when a story leaves out any detail that could be used to launch a genuine investigation. It’s difficult to believe that’s an accident. Yet, Kristof treats all the allegations as fact.

Then again, even the named sources Kristof relies on are highly problematic.

Sami Sai, an introspective “freelance journalist” according to Kristof, is actually a Palestinian activist who publicly celebrated on Oct 7. Sai, who has been arrested numerous times for violent incitement, has an evolving story about allegedly being raped.

Another “source” is longtime Palestinian activist and media favorite Issa Amro, who also has an ever-changing story about his time in an Israeli prison. In a 2024 Washington Post piece, for example, Amro very specifically claimed that he was threatened with sexual assault while in Israeli detention. In Kristof’s column, he has morphed into a victim of rape.

One of his main sources is EuroMed Human Rights Monitor. They are a verified, Qatari-based HAMAS front. Kristof KNOWS that and accepted their dubious sourcing anyway. Then again, Kristof has made it abundantly clear over the years that he hates Israel with the passion of a thousand suns. 

I appreciate the intense interest in my column. For skeptics, why not agree on Red Cross and lawyer visits for the 9,000 Palestinian "security" prisoners? If you think these abuse allegations are false, such monitoring visits would be protective. So why not? https://t.co/AwSMvC13jN

— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) May 12, 2026

Kristof knows damned good and well that the Red Cross never EVER visited any of the October 7 hostages. Their only role was that of taxi drivers! 

Why now? Why this horrifically vile piece painting Israel as a land of rapists, who even supposedly use dogs to rape? 

Because the very next morning a full 300 page report was published. A report that laid out in excruciating detail the torture and rape of the October 7 hostages by HAMAS. Moreover, this report, “Silenced No More,” is the result of a two-year investigation by an independent commission with no ties to Israel, Hamas, Gaza, the United States. 

The investigation also documents how perpetrators weaponized visibility and digital dissemination as part of the violence itself, including sexualized content. Armed groups recorded acts of abuse, humiliation, and killing, and circulated the footage through social media platforms and victims’ own digital accounts. In numerous cases, family members first learned of the fate of their loved ones through images or videos distributed by perpetrators. This deliberate use of digital media transformed acts of violence into instruments of psychological warfare directed not only at victims but also at families and society at large.

The sexual violence continued beyond the attacks themselves. The report documents testimonies from released hostages and other sources demonstrating how sexual assaults, sexual humiliation, and sexualized torture persisted during captivity in Gaza for prolonged periods. In some cases, the sexual and gender-based abuse of hostages continued for months.

In addition to documenting individual crimes, the report identifies a distinct pattern of violence targeting family members and exploiting familial relationships as instruments of terror. In several documented incidents, victims were sexually assaulted or humiliated in the presence of relatives, and in one of the documented cases family members were coerced into participating in acts of abuse against one another. These acts reflect what the Commission characterizes as kinocidal sexual violence – violence deliberately designed to destroy the family as a social and emotional unit by weaponizing the bonds between family members.

That is just the summary of the report. HAMAS gleefully filmed the torture, rape, and sexual abuse of the Israeli hostages. The report has all of that, it has named witness testimony and more. It’s a horribly painful read. It’s a must read. 

Especially in light of the fact that A. The New York Times said no to publishing anything about the report. And B. Kristof then published his vile anti-Israel sewage knowing full well that the “Silenced No More” report was going to publish the very next day. This from Fox News’ Eve Barlow:

The New York Times had to publish something so outrageously demented about Israel to distract the masses from the seismic barbarism that would be revealed today; a report that has been two and a half years in the making. The New York Times had to refresh their dehumanization agenda against Israel to ramp up their readers’ confirmation bias ahead of the despicable, cruel – and yes undeniable – testimony that they have actively sought to diminish since Hamas committed the worst atrocities against Jews since the Holocaust. They’ve picked their side, and it’s not that of truth. Let’s bankrupt them.

The report includes 1,800 hours of video, 10,000 photos, and testimony from over 430 people. 

What does Nicholas Kristof have? Anonymous sources and information from verified Hamas-led organizations. This wasn’t journalist malpractice. This was evil written in bold print. 

I just explained to a non-media person that Nick Kristof claimed the IDF is training dogs to rape Palestinians… in the NYT… in the opinion section… based on Hamas sources…

And timed it to front-run a report today about Hamas using sexual violence as a deliberate tactic

— Lydia Moynihan (@LydiaMoynihan) May 13, 2026

He’s continuing a 25-year pattern of publishing information that is false. He’s had to issue retractions before. He’ll likely have to do the same for this. What I wouldn’t give for this modern day Walter Duranty to be fired. But it’s the New York Times. It won’t happen. 

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— NYTimes Communications (@NYTimesPR) May 12, 2026

The NY Times fired publishers and others over Tom Cotton’s op-ed that held very mainstream views. But they go to bat for Nicholas Kristof because they agree with his peddling of this anti-Semitic bilge. 

Kristof claims in his NY Times bio that tough responsible journalism is necessary but not at the expense of fairness and truth. Well, with this piece, he took any remains journalistic ethics he had and stomped on it. Then lit it on fire for good measure. 

Feature Photo Credit: Nick Kristof, media image via his campaign website