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The motivation should be obvious to everyone here: to stop the public from directly seeing the Israeli war crimes. That way the propaganda machine coming from t
by DSingularity 5y ago
The motivation should be obvious to everyone here: to stop the public from directly seeing the Israeli war crimes. That way the propaganda machine coming from the American authorities can continue to be swallowed hook, line, and sinker.
- azernik 5y agoThis is the result of historical blurring of all of Israel and all of the Territories, by US law. The goal was preventing intelligence gathering against Israel in general, not anything specific to Israeli action in Gaza and the West Bank.
- alisonkisk 5y agoThis makes no sense whatsoever, regardless of what side you are allowed with. Satellite imagery is inferior to simple cameras at documenting what's happening in Gaza, war crimes or not. You are not improving the reputation of Palestinian concerns with your post, so you if you want to help them, rethink your approach.
- heavyset_go 5y agoSatellite imagery can be damning when it comes to documenting genocide. See this article for a modern example[1] or this article for another example from WWII[2]. [1] https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/muslims-camps-china/ https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/muslims-... [2] https://blog.historicenvironment.scot/2020/01/holocaust-evidence-air/ https://blog.historicenvironment.scot/2020/01/holocaust-evid...