Ex-NY Times editor scolds paper for ignoring ‘Squad’ member dismissing claims of Hamas rapes as 'propaganda'

Former New York Times opinion editor Adam Rubenstein scolded his ex-employer for not adequately covering controversial remarks by Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., who said last year that claims Hamas raped women during the terror attacks of October 7 were "propaganda."

Bowman, a member of the far-left "Squad" who is facing a tough primary challenge in New York's 16th Congressional District, apologized this week for previously dismissing Hamas’ sexual violence against Israeli women. Rubenstein, a supporter of Israel who has been critical of the Gray Lady since his exit, took to X with a thread condemning Bowman and his "local paper."

"Yikes. Jamaal Bowman now admits he was a rape denier and apologizes," Rubenstein wrote.

'SQUAD' MEMBER SAID CLAIMS OF HAMAS RAPES WERE 'PROPAGANDA' DAYS AFTER LAWMAKERS SAW VIDEOS OF 10/7 ATROCITIES

"He's the Democrats' Todd Akin -- and I have to think, if he were a Republican who went around publicly and loudly denying rape, there would be unequivocal denunciations in the mainstream press," Rubenstein added.

Akin sparked an outcry in 2012 when he said the female body has ways to shut down pregnancies that occur during "legitimate rape." He was running for U.S. Senate in Missouri at the time, and the firestorm over his remarks contributed to his defeat by Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill.

"In fact, on a single day, look how many pieces the Times published on Akin's rape-denial comments," Rubenstein wrote to accompany an image of Times search results showing Akin’s comments were covered in seven different stories on Aug. 20, 2012.

Rubenstein then attempted a similar search of Bowman’s comments.

"I haven't found a single mention of Bowman's rape-denial comments in his local paper, the Times. His