The devastating article published by journalist Nicholas Kristof in The New York Times, which includes claims of systematic sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners – a report that any decent Israeli prays is not true – led to an angry response from the Prime Minister's Office and the Foreign Ministry. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar even threatened to file a lawsuit for defamation against Kristof and the newspaper. If this means a lawsuit in the United States, I'm afraid it's an empty threat.