Dear
Editor,
Even the typically biased and slanted NY Times middle east
reporting has hit a new low. Since the Times wishes to convey the belief that the
Palestinians are all innocent lambs being tormented by an aggressive oppressor, it can not
even conceive that the wounded and injured are NOT Palestinians. The current case in point
is very personal to me. In the Saturday's Times on page A6, the picture of the
"wounded Palestinian" is, in fact, my nephew, Tuvia Grxxxx, an AMERICAN Jewish
student learning in Israel. His only crime was being Jewish. |
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Regarding your
picture on page A5 (Sept. 30) of the Israeli soldier and the Palestinian on the Temple
Mount - that Palestinian is actually my son , Tuvia Grosxxx, a Jewish student from
Chicago. He, and two of his friends, were pulled from their taxicab
while travelling in Jerusalem, by a mob of Palestinian Arabs and were severely
beaten and stabbed. That picture could not have been taken on the Temple
Mount because there are no gas stations on the Temple Mount and certainly none
with Hebrew lettering, like the one clearly seen behind the Israeli soldier attempting to
protect my son from the mob.
Aaron G...., M.D.
6xxx N Richmond
Chicago, IL 60645
(773) 743-xxxx 
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He was not in
"crossfire" but merely the target of Palestinian lambs who stoned his cab,
dragged him from the vehicle, smashed his head with stones and stabbed him in th leg. The
Israeli soldier, whom you obviously wished to portray as victimizing the poor,
wounded Palestinian was actually saving my nephew's life. A casual look at the background
of the picture can tell anyone that it's not the Temple Mount at all. I believe that a
retraction, in a prominent position in the paper, is neccessary and an apology to
the parents, forthcoming.
Howard Gixxxx
2xx Avenue S
Brooklyn, New York 11229
718-998-xxxx |
