April 5, 2015 --

The New York Times, in its lead editorial March 18, "An Israeli Electyion Turns Ugly," greeted the surprise re-election victory of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by accusing him of being "craven," and, among other things, "fear-mongering and anti-Arab attacks," and of having made a "racist rant." Here is the Times quote of what it called a "racist rant" -- "'Right -wing rule is in danger. Arab voters are streaming in huge quantities to the polling stations.'"

LPR would point out that "Arab voters" have not been "streaming in huge quantities to the polling stations" on the West Bank in Palestinian Authority elections.

Indeed, there have been no elections for president of the Palestinian Authority (PA) since 2005, when Mahmoud Abbas was elected PA president. Any criticism of the absence of elections in PA land? Not in New York Times editorials.