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In reply to the discussion: The Times of Israel posted an article titled "When Genocide Is Permissible." [View all]oberliner
(58,724 posts)There was a different apology from the 5 Towns Jewish Times who also published the piece. Maybe you were mixing up the two?
Here's what they said:
An article that was posted earlier today on our website dealt with the question of genocide in a most irresponsible fashion, the Long Island newspapers editors said in a statement on the site.
We reject any such notion or discussion associated with even entertaining the possibility of such an unacceptable idea, it said. The piece should have been rejected out of hand by editors but escaped their proper attention. We reject such a suggestion unequivocally and apologize for the error.
That is taken from a JTA article - which also includes:
Gordon had immediate posting rights at the Times of Israel, and did not need an editors clearance.
And the statement from Times of Israel:
The blog post, which was both damnable and ignorant, was uploaded by a blogger, Miriam Herschlag, the Times of Israel op-ed editor, said in an email. It was removed by the Times of Israel for breaching our editorial guidelines. The blog has been discontinued.
http://www.jta.org/2014/08/01/news-opinion/united-states/times-of-israel-5-towns-paper-remove-posting-pondering-genocide-in-gaza#ixzz39EO2OJ3U
Incidentally, there are some pretty nasty things posted on Times of Israel blogs that are almost as offensive as this and that are still up there (an example is provided somewhere in this thread).