Schwartz liked a tweet by Walla journalist David Mizrahy Verthaim on October 7, which, according to the newspaper, constitutes a violation of company policy.

Israeli advocacy groups expressed their concern that the outlet’s move will aid deniers of Hamas’ attack to claim the New York Times’ report on sexual crimes on October 7 was not credible.

Journalists and activists of the pro-Palestinian network approached the New York Times and called for her to be suspended. They also publicly wondered: "What would happen if The Times suddenly hired a Palestinian filmmaker with no journalistic background, who recently publicly ‘liked’ posts that called for ‘throwing Israeli Jews into the sea,’ to participate in writing some of its’ most sensitive and controversial reports?’