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

The bias of these advocates isn’t a secret so this shouldn’t be a surprise.

*The CPJ itself is hardly an objective group. Its board is controlled by New York establishment figures tied to publications that have been harshly critical of Israel. This past August, the organization’s vice chair, Lydia Polgreen, who like Kristof is an opinion writer at the Times,* [*wrote*](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/opinion/israel-al-sharif-killing-gaza.html) *that, “Eleven days ago, Israel assassinated a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a young man who had suddenly become the face and voice of the desperate people of his homeland, Gaza.” The Palestinian man in question, Anas al-Sharif, fought for the military wing of Hamas, according to Israeli authorities, who* [*provided extensive documentary proof*](https://x.com/IDF/status/1954652255199887516?s=20)*including salary records, training lists, a military ID number and injury records, and a* [*photo of him with Yahya Sinwar*](https://x.com/AvichayAdraee/status/1981722073677410561?s=20)*. Nevertheless, Polgreen wrote that Israel presented “no credible evidence” of al-Sharif’s Hamas role.*