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In February 2024, analysis of Schwartz' social media activity found that she had liked posts calling Palestinians "human animals" and advocating to "turn the [<nowiki/>[[Gaza Strip|Gaza]]] strip into a slaughterhouse", "violate any norm, on the way to victory", leading to allegations of [[bias]] and violations of editorial policies.<ref name=North>{{cite web |last1=North |first1=James |title=Extraordinary charges of bias emerge against NYTimes reporter Anat Schwartz |url=https://mondoweiss.net/2024/02/extraordinary-charges-of-bias-emerge-against-nytimes-reporter-anat-schwartz/ |website=[[Mondoweiss]] |date=25 February 2024 |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref><ref name=Scahill /> The ''New York Times'' began an investigation into Schwartz, stating, "Those 'likes' are unacceptable violations of our company policy. We are currently reviewing the matter."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bolies |first=Corbin |date=February 25, 2024 |title=New York Times 'Reviewing' Reporter Who Liked Gaza 'Slaughterhouse' Tweet |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-york-times-reviewing-reporter-anat-schwartz-for-liking-gaza-slaughterhouse-tweet?ref=home |access-date=February 25, 2024 |work=[[The Daily Beast]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=NYT 'reviewing' reporter who 'liked' anti-Palestinian posts |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/25/israels-war-on-gaza-live-rafah-strikes-further-harming-aid-efforts-un?update=2732815 |website=[[Al Jazeera English]] |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref>
In February 2024, analysis of Schwartz' social media activity found that she had liked posts calling Palestinians "human animals" and advocating to "turn the [<nowiki/>[[Gaza Strip|Gaza]]] strip into a slaughterhouse", "violate any norm, on the way to victory", leading to allegations of [[bias]] and violations of editorial policies.<ref name=North>{{cite web |last1=North |first1=James |title=Extraordinary charges of bias emerge against NYTimes reporter Anat Schwartz |url=https://mondoweiss.net/2024/02/extraordinary-charges-of-bias-emerge-against-nytimes-reporter-anat-schwartz/ |website=[[Mondoweiss]] |date=25 February 2024 |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref><ref name=Scahill /> The ''New York Times'' began an investigation into Schwartz, stating, "Those 'likes' are unacceptable violations of our company policy. We are currently reviewing the matter."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bolies |first=Corbin |date=February 25, 2024 |title=New York Times 'Reviewing' Reporter Who Liked Gaza 'Slaughterhouse' Tweet |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-york-times-reviewing-reporter-anat-schwartz-for-liking-gaza-slaughterhouse-tweet?ref=home |access-date=February 25, 2024 |work=[[The Daily Beast]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=NYT 'reviewing' reporter who 'liked' anti-Palestinian posts |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/25/israels-war-on-gaza-live-rafah-strikes-further-harming-aid-efforts-un?update=2732815 |website=[[Al Jazeera English]] |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref>


Schwartz admitted on a Channel 12 podcast interview that "she found no direct evidence of rapes or sexual violence" at the time when the "Screams Without Words" article was written. Schwartz added she didn't find either any report of sexual violence when calling the manager of the sexual assault hotline and the psychiatric hospitals.<ref name=Scahill /> So she went to a therapy facility "established to address the trauma of October 7 victims" and came away with "only innuendo and general statements from the therapists".<ref name=Scahill /> ''The Intercept'' wrote; "Schwartz said she then began a series of extensive conversations with Israeli officials from [[ZAKA]], a private ultra-Orthodox rescue organization that has been documented to have mishandled evidence and spread multiple false stories about the events of October 7, including debunked allegations of Hamas operatives beheading babies and cutting the fetus from a pregnant woman’s body".<ref name=Scahill /> When publishing the December'2023 article was "a bombshell and galvanized the Israeli war effort at a time when even some of Israel’s allies were expressing concern over its large-scale killing of civilians in Gaza".<ref name=Scahill>{{Cite news |author1=[[Jeremy Scahill|Scahill, Jeremy]] |author2=[[Ryan Grim|Grim, Ryan]] |author3=Boguslaw, Daniel |url=https://theintercept.com/2024/02/28/new-york-times-anat-schwartz-october-7/ |title=The Story Behind the New York Times October 7 Exposé|publisher=The Intercept}}</ref>
Schwartz admitted on a Channel 12 podcast interview that "she found no direct evidence of rapes or sexual violence" at the time when the "Screams Without Words" article was written. Schwartz added she didn't find either any report of sexual violence when calling the manager of the sexual assault hotline and the psychiatric hospitals.<ref name=Scahill /> So she went to a therapy facility "established to address the trauma of October 7 victims" and came away with "only innuendo and general statements from the therapists".<ref name=Scahill /> ''The Intercept'' wrote; "Schwartz said she then began a series of extensive conversations with Israeli officials from [[ZAKA]], a private ultra-Orthodox rescue organization that has been documented to have mishandled evidence and spread multiple false stories about the events of October 7, including debunked allegations of Hamas operatives beheading babies and cutting the fetus from a pregnant woman’s body".<ref name=Scahill /> When publishing the December 2023 article was "a bombshell and galvanized the Israeli war effort at a time when even some of Israel’s allies were expressing concern over its large-scale killing of civilians in Gaza".<ref name=Scahill>{{Cite news |author1=[[Jeremy Scahill|Scahill, Jeremy]] |author2=[[Ryan Grim|Grim, Ryan]] |author3=Boguslaw, Daniel |url=https://theintercept.com/2024/02/28/new-york-times-anat-schwartz-october-7/ |title=The Story Behind the New York Times October 7 Exposé|publisher=The Intercept}}</ref>


== Filmography ==
== Filmography ==

Revision as of 06:45, 2 March 2024

Anat Schwartz
ענת שוורץ
Born1978 (age 45–46)
Haifa, Israel
EducationTel Aviv University
OccupationFilm director

Anat Schwartz (Hebrew: ענת שוורץ; born 1978) is an Israeli film director, content data analyst and writer.

Career

Schwartz was born in Haifa in 1978,[1][2] and raised in Ramat Ef'al. She served in the Israeli Air Force intelligence division.[3][4] She received a BA in philosophy and literature at Tel Aviv University.[2]

Film making

She majored in theater arts in Thelma Yellin High School for the Arts. In 2017, she directed and filmed a documentary series titled "La Promesse," which was broadcast on the YesDocu channel.[5][6] The series was adapted into a documentary film.[7][8]

Content data analyst

Schwartz works in the data industry. She joined the Israeli company "Vault AI" in 2020 as a Content Data Analyst.[9]

2023 New York Times article

Schwartz was hired by the New York Times in late 2023, despite not having any journalistic experience.[10][4] In December 2023, Schwartz, her partner's nephew Adam Sella, and Pulitzer Prize–winner Jeffrey Gettleman co-wrote a New York Times article, "Screams Without Words", about allegations of rape on the 7 October attack in Israel, using the words "mass rape".[10][11] The New York Times added a correction that there wasn't "forensic evidence".[12] The investigation was reported by the Times of Israel,[13] Daily Wire,[14] Business Insider,[15] and Independent Journal Review.[16]

The "veracity" of the New York Times story was undermined by the relatives of one of the victims, Gal Abdush; members of the Abdush family stated that there was no proof of rape and that the New York Times had interviewed them under "false pretenses".[17][4] The article reportedly caused what The Intercept called a "furious internal debate" about the strength of its reporting,[18] and according to Jeremy Scahill was met by skepticism from other New York Times journalists.[4]

According to The Intercept, an interview with Schwartz to Israeli media suggested that the "New York Times’s mission was to bolster a predetermined narrative".[4] In an article in CounterPunch, professor Robin Andersen of Fordham University criticized the strength of the investigation, stating there were major discrepancies between families' testimonies and the article's text.[19] During an interview with Ynet, photographer Eden Wesley, whose pictures provided some of the evidence in the Times article, stated that Schwartz had called her "again and again" for information for the article due to its importance for "Israeli advocacy."[20][a]

Social media controversy and aftermath

In February 2024, analysis of Schwartz' social media activity found that she had liked posts calling Palestinians "human animals" and advocating to "turn the [Gaza] strip into a slaughterhouse", "violate any norm, on the way to victory", leading to allegations of bias and violations of editorial policies.[10][4] The New York Times began an investigation into Schwartz, stating, "Those 'likes' are unacceptable violations of our company policy. We are currently reviewing the matter."[22][23]

Schwartz admitted on a Channel 12 podcast interview that "she found no direct evidence of rapes or sexual violence" at the time when the "Screams Without Words" article was written. Schwartz added she didn't find either any report of sexual violence when calling the manager of the sexual assault hotline and the psychiatric hospitals.[4] So she went to a therapy facility "established to address the trauma of October 7 victims" and came away with "only innuendo and general statements from the therapists".[4] The Intercept wrote; "Schwartz said she then began a series of extensive conversations with Israeli officials from ZAKA, a private ultra-Orthodox rescue organization that has been documented to have mishandled evidence and spread multiple false stories about the events of October 7, including debunked allegations of Hamas operatives beheading babies and cutting the fetus from a pregnant woman’s body".[4] When publishing the December 2023 article was "a bombshell and galvanized the Israeli war effort at a time when even some of Israel’s allies were expressing concern over its large-scale killing of civilians in Gaza".[4]

Filmography

Notes

  1. ^ In Hebrew, Wesley said "להסברה הישראלית". This translates to hasbara, which, according to Shaul Magid, can mean either "explaining" or propaganda.[21]

References

  1. ^ Izikovich, Gili (12 June 2012). "Gauzy Dreams of Aliyah Meet Reality". Haaretz. Retrieved 29 February 2024. Schwartz, 33
  2. ^ a b "Anat Schwartz". tportmarket.com. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  3. ^ Ball, Krystal (25 February 2024). Revealed: NYT Writer Outed As IDF Propagandist (Video). Breaking Points. Event occurs at 12s. Retrieved 26 February 2024 – via YouTube. ...is a former member of an IDF intelligence unit.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Scahill, Jeremy; Grim, Ryan; Boguslaw, Daniel. "The Story Behind the New York Times October 7 Exposé". The Intercept.
  5. ^ a b Schiff, Einav (July 14, 2017). "'לה פרומיז', yes דוקו, 20:15" ['La Promise', yes docu, 20:15]. ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved February 25, 2024.
  6. ^ שביט, אבנר (25 July 2017). "חירות, שיוויון, אחווה: "לה פרומיז" היא תגובת נגד חזקה וחשובה לגזענות המקומית נגד יהדות צרפת" [Freedom, equality, brotherhood: 'Le Promise' is a strong and important counter-reaction to the local racism against French Jewry] (in Hebrew). Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  7. ^ a b Litman, Shani (May 14, 2017). ""לה פרומיז": הבטחה שממתינה למימוש" ['La Promise': a promise waiting to be fulfilled]. Haaretz (in Hebrew). Retrieved February 25, 2024.
  8. ^ a b "לשבור את הקיר: סיכום ביקורתי של התחרות הישראלית בפסטיבל דוקאביב" [Breaking the wall: a critical summary of the Israeli competition at the Dokaviv festival]. doctalk (in Hebrew). May 29, 2017.
  9. ^ "Anat Schwartz Content Data Analyst at Vault AI". theorg.com. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  10. ^ a b c North, James (25 February 2024). "Extraordinary charges of bias emerge against NYTimes reporter Anat Schwartz". Mondoweiss. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  11. ^ Gettleman, Jeffery; Schwartz, Anat; Adam, Stella (28 December 2023). "'Screams Without Words': How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  12. ^ Corbett, Jessica (27 February 2024). "NY Times "reviewing" Israeli reporter who liked post calling to turn Gaza into a "slaughterhouse"". Salon. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  13. ^ Magid, Jacob; Magid, Jacob (29 December 2023). "In harrowing detail, NYT reports on weaponization of rape, sexual violence on Oct. 7". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  14. ^ Berrien, Hank (28 December 2023). "NYT Investigates Hamas' Sexual Atrocities On October 7. The Evidence Is Horrifying". The Daily Wire. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  15. ^ Rennolds, Nathan (29 December 2023). "Hamas used horrific sexual violence, raping and mutilating Israeli women and girls on October 7: NYT". Business Insider. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  16. ^ Weibel, Elizabeth (29 December 2023). "'Screams Without Words': Witnesses Detail Hamas Sexual Violence Atrocities". IJR. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  17. ^ The Short String (3 January 2024). "Family of key case in New York Times October 7 sexual violence report renounces story, says reporters manipulated them". Mondoweiss. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  18. ^ Boguslaw, Daniel; Grim, Ryan (29 January 2024). "New York Times Puts "Daily" Episode On Ice Amid Internal Firestorm Over Hamas Sexual Violence Article". The Intercept. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  19. ^ Andersen, Robin (11 February 2024). "Investigating the New York Times "Investigation" of Hamas Mass Rape". CounterPunch. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  20. ^ חלוץ, דינה (16 January 2024). "עדן וסלי צילמה את תמונת "האישה בשמלה השחורה": "המראה שלה זעק 'תשמעו אותי'"" [Eden Wesley took the photo of 'The Woman in the Black Dress': 'Her look screamed "hear me"']. Ynet (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 25 February 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  21. ^ Magid, Shaul (2014). "Butler Trouble: Zionism, Excommunication, and the Reception of Judith Butler's Work on Israel/Palestine". Studies in American Jewish Literature. 33 (2): 240. doi:10.5325/studamerjewilite.33.2.0237. JSTOR 10.5325/studamerjewilite.33.2.0237. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  22. ^ Bolies, Corbin (February 25, 2024). "New York Times 'Reviewing' Reporter Who Liked Gaza 'Slaughterhouse' Tweet". The Daily Beast. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
  23. ^ "NYT 'reviewing' reporter who 'liked' anti-Palestinian posts". Al Jazeera English. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
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