The New York Times resigns its editor

The New York Times news reported that Jazmine Hughes, a writer for the New York Times Magazine’s Sunday edition, “resigned after violating editorial policies by signing a statement supporting the Palestinians and protesting against the Israeli siege”. in Gaza.”

Arguing that Hughes signing a public statement violated editorial policy, the magazine’s editor, Jake Silverstein, said: “We spoke to him about how his desire to take sides and participate in public protests was incompatible with being a journalist in the New York Times. and we both agreed that he should resign.” “We came to the conclusion.” The statement was included.

It was reported in the news that Hughes had signed a statement from the group called “Writers Against the War in Gaza,” “condemning Israel’s extermination attacks against Palestinians and the deaths of journalists in the region.” Hughes commented on the topic. It was recorded that he refused to do so.

Jamie Lauren Keiles, one of the signatories of the statement in question and a contributing writer for the magazine, announced that she was leaving the magazine for “personal reasons” in her post on social media platform X on November 3. (AA)