Creative Interviewing

'Everyone empathizes with what the Israelis are facing,' Ms. Rice said in an interview. But she added, 'It cannot be Gaza only.'

Astonishing it seems, the NYT simply invented this quote!. Bizarre. The actual sentance in which those words appeared:

The other thing is, just to close off this question, the question has been put repeatedly to the Israelis and to us that it cannot be Gaza only and everybody says no, it cannot be Gaza only.

I share the NYT enthusiasm for dismantling settlements in the West Bank, but I'm not sure thats an adequate basis for manufacturing statements to further the agenda. Actually the transcript of the Q&A session is worth reading.