More than 150 New York Times contributors have signed a pledge not to write for the US newspaper's opinion section, citing its “biased coverage” of the Israel-Palestine conflict and war on Gaza. A spokesperson for the kibbutz where the article claimed the assaults took place later denied the allegations made by The New York Times. However, none of these interviews were used in the New York Times piece. The letter’s signatories also demand that The New York Times' editorial board call for a US arms embargo on Israel. “There is no US newspaper more influential than The New York Times.
