New York Times defends journalist after Israel threatens to sue

In his 3,700-word article titled The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians, Kristof wrote: “There is no evidence that Israeli leaders ordered the rape. But in recent years, they have created a security apparatus in which sexual violence has become one of Israel’s ‘standard operating procedures’ and a ‘major element in the mistreatment of Palestinians,’ as a United Nations report noted last year.”