The New York Times, in its July 6 edition, devotes its main front-page article to an attack on pro-Israel groups, including Christian evangelicals, who funnel tax-exempt contributions to Jewish settlements in the West Bank.  The article, with copious color photos and a map of West Bank settlements, continues inside the paper where it takes up two full pages. ("Tax-Exempt Funds Aiding Settlements in West Bank -- U.S. Gives Tax Breaks for Donations that Help to Sustain Efforts It Opposes," by Jim Rutenberg, MIke McIntire and Ethan Bronner, front-page, plus pages A10 and A11).The article -- an all-out assault on Jewish communities in the West Bank and their U.S. supporters -- reflects a pro-Palestinian,anti-Israel agenda all too common in the "news pages" of the New York Times.  Journalistically, it departs from objective, even-handed journalism on three major counts -- the lavish spread accorded by editors to a rehash of an old...(Read Full Post)