Leave it to the Times' Jerusalem bureau chief to jump on former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren about his not even yet released book narrating the history of Obama's repeatedly throwing the Jewish State and its elected leader under the bus.

Oren also offended Jodi Rudoren by writing a recent op-ed for the Wall Street Journal providing, in advance of the book's official publication, some of the story of Obama's "abandonment" of Israel.

Who better to recount what was going on than the man who was actually there and actually involved as the American president found myriad ways to disrespect Israel and scorn its prime minister?

Well, maybe Dan Shapiro, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, would also have firsthand knowledge of Obama's dealings with Bibi, but he's still in office and has a strong vested interest in defending his boss if he knows what side his butt is breaded on.  Apparently another Jew who places "progressivism" at home ahead of Israeli interests abroad.

Using the Times' favorite slanting tactic of finding folks to quote who express the view desired by the writer, Rudoren quotes unfavorable remarks by Shapiro, reporting his remark that Oren has written "an imaginary account of what happened."

In addition to Shapiro, she also provides a negative quote from Israeli politician Moshe Kahlon.

Inasmuch as she opened her hatchet job with the observation that she found efforts to explain the deterioration of relations between the two countries to be merely "a favored parlor game."  No surprise, then, when after quoting handpicked opposition sources, she squeals gleefully, "Score: 2 to 1 against Mr. Oren, or for Mr. Obama."

She's not a journalist; she's a propagandist.

To seal the deal and reveal what this cockamamie Times-er is all about, you need to have a peek at what accompanies the listing of her article as a Times website search result: "Israeli apologies were in order after the former envoy, Michael B. Oren, wrote about President Obama’s dealings with Israel and Benjamin Netanyahu."  Tried and convicted right there in the Gray Lady's shady columns.