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What is exactly wrong with shutting down someone who not just lies (nothing unique there lol) but systematically supports information war against your country?

DiogenesKynikos 2y ago
Al Jazeera is not engaged in an "information war" against Israel. Al Jazeera is the major independent media organization operating in Gaza, and one of the main sources of accurate information about the conflict. That's what angers the Israeli government.
- aristofun 2y ago
  Can you show me at least 1 al jazeera article in arabic exposing and condemning oct 7? And at least 2 posts in arabic exposing some of hamas lies or expressing empathy and support to Israel? Even a single post calling hamas terrorists (or at least some of their actions a terrorist attack) would suffice to convince me.
  - DiogenesKynikos 2y ago
    1. I don't read Arabic. 2. I don't much care about what opinion pieces get published in Al Jazeera, or whether they meet your political demands. I care about the news reporting that Al Jazeera does from Gaza. On that score, Al Jazeera is the best source out there.
    - aristofun 2y ago
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    - aristofun 2y ago
      English articles would do
      - DiogenesKynikos 2y ago
        > Even a single post calling hamas terrorists (or at least some of their actions a terrorist attack) would suffice to convince me. I'll take you up on that. From [0], "At the time of writing, one month has passed since the barbaric terrorist attack by Hamas on October 7. A total of 1,400 Israelis were murdered. Over 230 people were taken hostage." 0. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/11/7/one-day-the-war-between-israel-and-hamas-will-be-over https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/11/7/one-day-the-war...
- aristofun 2y ago
  > the major independent media Sorry, but you're either completely out of touch with what's going on there. Or you have bad intents. Regardless of your attitudes and ideological preferences - calling Al Jazeera "independent" is the winner of international nonsense contest. Independent in general, or their Gaza branch in particular - it is a nonsense. Last independent people in Gaza were thrown off the roof about 15 years ago. Unfortunately. Don't you know how dictatorships work? Even if for the arguably right cause...
  - DiogenesKynikos 2y ago
    Independent in that they're not beholden to either side: the Israelis or the Palestinians (any faction). They're a major international news organization that has people on the ground. The major threat to Al Jazeera journalists over the last several years has come from the IDF, not from Palestinians. There are plenty of examples of the IDF killing Al Jazeera journalists, but I'm not aware of any cases of them being killed by Hamas.

DiogenesKynikos 2y ago

Al Jazeera is not engaged in an "information war" against Israel. Al Jazeera is the major independent media organization operating in Gaza, and one of the main sources of accurate information about the conflict. That's what angers the Israeli government.

aristofun 2y ago
Can you show me at least 1 al jazeera article in arabic exposing and condemning oct 7? And at least 2 posts in arabic exposing some of hamas lies or expressing empathy and support to Israel? Even a single post calling hamas terrorists (or at least some of their actions a terrorist attack) would suffice to convince me.
- DiogenesKynikos 2y ago
  1. I don't read Arabic. 2. I don't much care about what opinion pieces get published in Al Jazeera, or whether they meet your political demands. I care about the news reporting that Al Jazeera does from Gaza. On that score, Al Jazeera is the best source out there.
  - aristofun 2y ago
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  - aristofun 2y ago
    English articles would do
    - DiogenesKynikos 2y ago
      > Even a single post calling hamas terrorists (or at least some of their actions a terrorist attack) would suffice to convince me. I'll take you up on that. From [0], "At the time of writing, one month has passed since the barbaric terrorist attack by Hamas on October 7. A total of 1,400 Israelis were murdered. Over 230 people were taken hostage." 0. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/11/7/one-day-the-war-between-israel-and-hamas-will-be-over https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/11/7/one-day-the-war...
aristofun 2y ago
> the major independent media Sorry, but you're either completely out of touch with what's going on there. Or you have bad intents. Regardless of your attitudes and ideological preferences - calling Al Jazeera "independent" is the winner of international nonsense contest. Independent in general, or their Gaza branch in particular - it is a nonsense. Last independent people in Gaza were thrown off the roof about 15 years ago. Unfortunately. Don't you know how dictatorships work? Even if for the arguably right cause...
- DiogenesKynikos 2y ago
  Independent in that they're not beholden to either side: the Israelis or the Palestinians (any faction). They're a major international news organization that has people on the ground. The major threat to Al Jazeera journalists over the last several years has come from the IDF, not from Palestinians. There are plenty of examples of the IDF killing Al Jazeera journalists, but I'm not aware of any cases of them being killed by Hamas.