Oh, and on what grounds? Defamation of a country? Countries have no standing to sue for such torts.
Or are they suing in an Israeli court? NYT can tell them to go get fucked.
Fluid_Drummer1665 on
The “dog rape” story is as ridiculous as it is entirely uncorroborated.
LemurianLemurLad on
Can you defame a whole country? Interesting idea, but it seems unlikely to succeed as a concept.
Discovery will be interesting. Truth is an absolute defense against defamation, if this article is correct and claims “were corroborated with other witnesses, whenever possible, and with people the victims confided in – that includes family members and lawyers”, it seems unlikely to move forward at all.
This is basically just bluster, and functionally probably a SLAPP case.
Edit: fixed spelling on SLAPP. Stupid autocorrect.
killjairo on
They’re taking the trump route and sue … but people know it’s real , that’s why they scare them with “I’m suing you”
Sweet_Bridge_3001 on
Oh please, Streisand the shit out of this.
GreatnessToTheMoon on
Israel really is their own worst enemy lol
silencer47 on
Trying to intimidate the free press.
GK0NATO on
And rightfully so, the dog rape is completely unfounded, lacks any evidence and was just published as if it’s fact. NYT published a modern blood libel.
dennis-w220 on
Didn’t they fire a female prosecutor who decided to whistleblow a horrendous incident? The suspect was not convicted and the prosecutor was fired.
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OptimisticSkeleton on
Discovery on this one is gonna be like an orbital strike on Israel.
JiveChicken00 on
Streisand Effect.
GayGeekInLeather on
Can a country even bring a defamation/libel lawsuit against a newspaper?
NOT_EVEN_THAT_GUY on
israel is a jabroni state
No_Match_Found on
This will definitely end in a positive result for Israel, NOT.
Otherwise-Sun2486 on
lololololol
M8753 on
How much longer will Netanyahu be in office? Israel’s reputation has gone down the drain, they used to say “oh oops did we do another war crime? We’ll do an internal investigation” and now it’s like “talking about our crimes is blood libel”.
Im_not_an_admin on
Just fuck off Israel. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, other than people you pay off, and your own shitty inhabitants like, respect, or give a solitary fuck about your existence anymore.
TheComplimentarian on
I’m amazed the NYT managed to print something Israel didn’t approve of…That’s bound to be a sign of some wheels coming off somewhere.
AfterSchoolOrdinary on
Like to see them prove it doesn’t happen.
trbotwuk on
This is when you know it’s 100% true.
Straight out of the Trumpf playbook.
captain_decaption on
The last point in the article omits an important detail, which is that the NYT retracted some of the claims that Israel considered bringing a lawsuit over the last time. Of course the Guardian’s coverage of this is pretty biased, since the Guardian made similar claims, like having mathematical proof of starvation, set to the same profoundly disingenuous imagery of otherwise ill children.
wrxninja on
Terrorists complaining about something? How new.
mp0295 on
If the NYT cannot sue Israel due to sovereign immunity, then Israel should not be able to sue the NYT.
Israel should be required to permanently waive sovereign immunity as a condition to be able to bring civil suit against a private party in US courts
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Oh, and on what grounds? Defamation of a country? Countries have no standing to sue for such torts.
Or are they suing in an Israeli court? NYT can tell them to go get fucked.
The “dog rape” story is as ridiculous as it is entirely uncorroborated.
Can you defame a whole country? Interesting idea, but it seems unlikely to succeed as a concept.
Discovery will be interesting. Truth is an absolute defense against defamation, if this article is correct and claims “were corroborated with other witnesses, whenever possible, and with people the victims confided in – that includes family members and lawyers”, it seems unlikely to move forward at all.
This is basically just bluster, and functionally probably a SLAPP case.
Edit: fixed spelling on SLAPP. Stupid autocorrect.
They’re taking the trump route and sue … but people know it’s real , that’s why they scare them with “I’m suing you”
Oh please, Streisand the shit out of this.
Israel really is their own worst enemy lol
Trying to intimidate the free press.
And rightfully so, the dog rape is completely unfounded, lacks any evidence and was just published as if it’s fact. NYT published a modern blood libel.
Didn’t they fire a female prosecutor who decided to whistleblow a horrendous incident? The suspect was not convicted and the prosecutor was fired.
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Discovery on this one is gonna be like an orbital strike on Israel.
Streisand Effect.
Can a country even bring a defamation/libel lawsuit against a newspaper?
israel is a jabroni state
This will definitely end in a positive result for Israel, NOT.
lololololol
How much longer will Netanyahu be in office? Israel’s reputation has gone down the drain, they used to say “oh oops did we do another war crime? We’ll do an internal investigation” and now it’s like “talking about our crimes is blood libel”.
Just fuck off Israel. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, other than people you pay off, and your own shitty inhabitants like, respect, or give a solitary fuck about your existence anymore.
I’m amazed the NYT managed to print something Israel didn’t approve of…That’s bound to be a sign of some wheels coming off somewhere.
Like to see them prove it doesn’t happen.
This is when you know it’s 100% true.
Straight out of the Trumpf playbook.
The last point in the article omits an important detail, which is that the NYT retracted some of the claims that Israel considered bringing a lawsuit over the last time. Of course the Guardian’s coverage of this is pretty biased, since the Guardian made similar claims, like having mathematical proof of starvation, set to the same profoundly disingenuous imagery of otherwise ill children.
Terrorists complaining about something? How new.
If the NYT cannot sue Israel due to sovereign immunity, then Israel should not be able to sue the NYT.
Israel should be required to permanently waive sovereign immunity as a condition to be able to bring civil suit against a private party in US courts