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honestreporting: This week, the @unitednations Commission of Inquiry dropped a 72-page report accusing Israel of “genocide” in Gaza.

The headlines went viral. The report itself?...Didn't.

Stacked with biased commissioners, cherry-picked quotes, Hamas-supplied data, omissions of tunnels and hostages, and even fabricated stories, it’s a sham dressed up in UN language.

Don’t be fooled by the UN’s stamp of approval. It's a war; not a genocide.

Original Instagram post is here

by Adam Kredo

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)—whose claims about detained Palestinian journalists being sexually assaulted by Israeli troops were a linchpin of a lurid New York Times report—has been caught quietly removing terrorists’ names from its widely cited list of journalists killed in Gaza. This latest blow to the CPJ’s credibility further undermines the Times piece, which at its most salacious featured two male "Gaza journalists" who claimed they were raped—one by a carrot and the other by a dog—while in Israeli custody.

HonestReporting, an Israeli media watchdog, reports that in the weeks leading up to the publication of the Times piece on May 11, CPJ surreptitiously removed six names from its running list of "Journalist casualties" in the Gaza War.

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New Blow to New York Times Gaza Rape Report: Key Source Gets Caught Quietly Removing Terrorists’ Names from List of Slain ‘Palestinian Journalists’

Nicholas Kristof, the author of the Times piece, leans heavily on statistics and claims by the Committee to Protect Journalists, a left-wing group facing serious challenges to its credibility

Adam Kredo

May 23, 2026

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)—whose claims about detained Palestinian journalists being sexually assaulted by Israeli troops were a linchpin of a lurid New York Times report—has been caught quietly removing terrorists’ names from its widely cited list of journalists killed in Gaza. This latest blow to the CPJ’s credibility further undermines the Times piece, which at its most salacious featured two male "Gaza journalists" who claimed they were raped—one by a carrot and the other by a dog—while in Israeli custody.

HonestReporting, an Israeli media watchdog, reports that in the weeks leading up to the publication of the Times piece on May 11, CPJ surreptitiously removed six names from its running list of "Journalist casualties" in the Gaza War.

The Times piece, by Nicholas Kristof, cites a report by CPJ alleging that "three percent" of 59 Palestinian "journalists" who’d been detained by Israel since Oct. 7, 2023 "said they had been raped, and 29 percent said they had endured other forms of sexual violence." It’s not known if CPJ connected Kristof with the two "Palestinian journalists"—one named and one anonymous—who told the carrot and dog stories.

Kristof calls CPJ "a respected American organization" but does not mention that it has faced persistent accusations of bias for repeatedly including known terrorists on its list of slain journalists. The group previously acknowledged removing at least 10 names of Palestinians in recent months after it became clear those individuals were not actually reporters (and in several cases, were members of or affiliated with various Gaza terror groups).

Bravo #HonestReporting

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On October 7, 2023, Gazan photojournalist Hassan Eslaiah held a grenade in one hand and a camera in the other, documenting Hamas’ massacre inside Israel. His exposure by HonestReporting, which brought to light a cozy photo of Eslaiah and former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, led to the end of his employment at CNN and Associated Press.

An HonestReporting investigation reveals that the two media companies are distributing the tainted content in collaboration with state-run Turkish agency Anadolu — an arrangement that seems to enable their profit without liability. Both companies have a global reach, with Reuters as one of the world’s largest news agencies and U.S.-based Getty Images one of the world’s largest image licensing companies.

Their databases also present images by Anadolu freelancers Ashraf Amra and Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa, who Reuters officially distanced itself from after HonestReporting’s investigative team exposed Amra’s close relations with former Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and his shared call with Abu Mostafa to invade Israel.

One of Abu Mostafa’s images, which is still for sale on the Reuters and Getty platforms, has, according to Anadolu, been used as evidence in the genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice.

HonestReporting has asked Getty Images and Reuters for comment.

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