NYT deletes line saying Israelis ‘view themselves’ as Oct. 7 victims, citing 'editing error'

The New York Times deleted a sentence from an article about the Israeli documentary NAZA and issued an editor's note on Wednesday, acknowledging an "editing error." The original sentence, published Monday, stated, "But Israelis still largely view themselves as the victims of Oct. 7." This phrasing inadvertently suggested that Israelis' status as victims of the October 7 massacre was a matter of perception, rather than an objective fact. The NYT clarified that the sentence was intended to convey Israelis' perception of the government's military response to the attack. This incident follows a recent study that scrutinized the newspaper's coverage of Israel and the Gaza war, arguing it disproportionately framed Palestinians as victims and Israel as the aggressor.