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First, I just did what you asked for. Except you didn't, actually. You were asked to support a specific claim that you made: Any journalist that reports some

First, I just did what you asked for. Except you didn't, actually. You were asked to support a specific claim that you made: Any journalist that reports something they don't like gets a beating, and if they persist, they're killed. You were asked point blank by user @Pfhortune -- but you ducked to the side, and put out some noise about there being lots of people with guns walking around. You were then asked again by @runarberg -- but the article you dug up still didn't support this claim -- referring only to a vague "pressuring" of journalists by Hamas, and threats to collaborators. But nothing about specific cases of journalists being routinely "beaten, and then if they persists, killed" (per your words) for saying stuff Hamas doesn't like. Meanwhile the same article mentions far more worse abuses by the IDF (which has apparently killed some 147 journalists since the start of the current massacre in Gaza -- some specifically targeted, some killed incidentally). In other words -- it looks like you're basically making stuff up here. If you'd care to convince us otherwise, you're going to have to do a lot more than 5 seconds of Googling.

candiodari 2y ago
Here is the link again, perhaps you can read it: https://rsf.org/en/country/palestine https://rsf.org/en/country/palestine From the article: (about PA and Hamas journalism) > Content is subject to political control ... > In the West Bank, where journalists were already the victims of abuses by both the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli occupying forces ... (about PA and Hamas actions against the press) > With arrests, violence, destruction of equipment, legal proceedings and denial of accreditation, practicing journalism was already difficult before 7 October 2023 ... Of course, then the article does what everyone keeps doing and blames Israel for all of it. Despite Israel STILL allowing even Al Jazeera to operate (and before you post the bullshit "they closed it", no they didn't: they closed the Al Jazeera CABLE CHANNEL in Israel. Al Jazeera journalists are still operating freely in Israel, as is plain to see on the frontpage of Al Jazeera, not that I expect you not to make yet another false accusation, but the reality is that you just can't receive Al Jazeera on cable in Israel anymore) In other words, I stand by my claim "there are no independent journalists in Gaza, Hamas won't allow it". And I won't respond further. Plus, frankly, I hope people still remember the incessant claims from leftists how Soviet press was totally free to report whatever they wanted. You're not the first making this totally absurd claim and nobody with minimal intelligence is fooled.
- racional 2y ago
  So you have no support for your claim that journalists "beaten, and then if they persist, killed", then.

candiodari 2y ago

Here is the link again, perhaps you can read it: https://rsf.org/en/country/palestine https://rsf.org/en/country/palestine From the article: (about PA and Hamas journalism) > Content is subject to political control ... > In the West Bank, where journalists were already the victims of abuses by both the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli occupying forces ... (about PA and Hamas actions against the press) > With arrests, violence, destruction of equipment, legal proceedings and denial of accreditation, practicing journalism was already difficult before 7 October 2023 ... Of course, then the article does what everyone keeps doing and blames Israel for all of it. Despite Israel STILL allowing even Al Jazeera to operate (and before you post the bullshit "they closed it", no they didn't: they closed the Al Jazeera CABLE CHANNEL in Israel. Al Jazeera journalists are still operating freely in Israel, as is plain to see on the frontpage of Al Jazeera, not that I expect you not to make yet another false accusation, but the reality is that you just can't receive Al Jazeera on cable in Israel anymore) In other words, I stand by my claim "there are no independent journalists in Gaza, Hamas won't allow it". And I won't respond further. Plus, frankly, I hope people still remember the incessant claims from leftists how Soviet press was totally free to report whatever they wanted. You're not the first making this totally absurd claim and nobody with minimal intelligence is fooled.

racional 2y ago
So you have no support for your claim that journalists "beaten, and then if they persist, killed", then.