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NYT reporter publishes names of Jews in Australia targeted by anti-Israel radicals

A New York Times A reporter in Australia shared the names of Australian Jews in a WhatsApp group. These were then passed on to pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel activists, who “doxxed” the names and then made them targets of harassment and vandalism.

The Wall Street Journal reports:

Earlier this year, the contents of a WhatsApp group for Jewish creative professionals and academics set up in Australia after the October 7 attacks in Israel were leaked and fell into the hands of pro-Palestinian activists.

The activists posted clips of it on social media, along with the names, photos and links to the social media pages of many of the group's roughly 600 members. It wasn't long before members of the chat group began to experience online and in-person harassment – including threats and vandalism – the effects of which, for some, continue months later.

Throughout the crisis, it has remained a mystery how the chat thread was leaked in the first place. The events were set in motion by a New York Times reporter in January, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis and statements from the Times.

The New York Post added:

Natasha Frost, a Times reporter based in Melbourne, Australia, downloaded and shared 900 pages of content from a private WhatsApp chat earlier this year, started by Jewish professionals in response to the October 7 attacks by Hamas terrorists that killed nearly 1,200 Israelis.

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Frost told the Journal that she passed the information on to a person who then distributed the details without her permission.

“The subsequent distribution and misuse occurred entirely without my knowledge or consent,” Frost said. “I was shocked by these events, which placed me and many others in terrible danger.”

Frost apologized and said she would not comment further.

The Just said it had no knowledge of its reporter's actions.

Since the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack, Jews around the world have experienced a rise in anti-Semitism.

Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and host of Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot Sundays from 7:00-10:00 p.m. ET (4:00-7:00 p.m. PT). He is the author of The Agenda: What Trump Should Do in His First 100 Days, which is available for pre-order on Amazon. He is also the author of The Trumpian Virtues: The Lessons and Legacy of Donald Trump's Presidency, which is now available on Audible. He is the winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.

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