Kristof’s Extraordinary Claims About Israeli Rape Require Extraordinary Evidence. The Times Doesn’t Have It

Columnist Nicholas Kristof published an explosive report in the New York Times on Monday about Israel’s alleged use of sexual violence against prisoners as “organized state policy.” The piece makes several grave claims about conditions in Israeli prisons, including about the alleged use of trained dogs to rape prisoners.

But media watchdogs have now raised questions about the integrity of the sourcing in the reported opinion column, which relies predominantly on claims from the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor and several individuals with checkered backgrounds.