{
  "id": 11517989,
  "title": "No, the New Yorker did not claim punctuation is responsible for Palestinian suffering",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/no-the-new-yorker-did-not-claim-punctuation-is-responsible-for",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-02T19:43:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Haaretz",
    "slug": "haaretz",
    "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2026-10-02/ty-article/.premium/no-the-new-yorker-did-not-blame-punctuation-for-palestinian-suffering/000001a0-fdff-d8c5-aff7-fdff69110000"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Louis Menand mocked a book's attempt to link Hebrew punctuation to Palestinian suffering. Online critics turned his skepticism into an endorsement, then used it to indict the New Yorker",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}