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Israeli unit tasked with smearing Gaza journalists as Hamas fighters – report
- asdefghyk 1y agoThere is no independent media to speak of in Gaza, and journalists operate at either the direct command or the mercy of Hamas and other terrorist groups
- bigyabai 1y agoThis is misinformation. There are independent journalists in Gaza, many of them have died reporting on the war: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_journalists_killed_in_the_Gaza_war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_journalists_killed_in_...
- asdefghyk 1y agoWhat is definition of independent. How many published media critical of HAMAS? How would we ever know they not working with Hamas. We do not. Did any ever report on HAMAS killing some of the protestors. I guess Hamas would have allowed it to shut Gaza's people up ?
- duxup 1y agoNot much would surprise me these days. I find it's impossible to talk about this topic online, even in unrelated forms where I haven't seen the topic come up I've seen moderators suddenly decide to announce that they won't tolerate "antisemitism" and inexplicably the topic comes up where it never did before and their definition of antisemitism seems to be anything other than pro Israeli news and messages and pithy "those people" type comments. HN is not much different, any story is flagged almost immediately. No discussion allowed. Meanwhile Israel seems to bet actively trying to drive every last Gazan to have a reason to join some extremist group. I don't understand where they think this is going ...
- jiggawatts 1y agoIt’s pretty clear that October 7th was the excuse the Israeli leadership was waiting for. They finally have causus belli to pacify Gaza one way or another. They might not raze it to the ground, that would have bad optics, but they’re certainly going to try to make life there unpleasant enough that the locals won’t protest too much if they’re forcefully relocated elsewhere. A lot of western commentators are up in arms about the mistreatment and suffering but they’re missing the bigger picture: that’s the point. The suffering is the goal, not a side effect. The quiet part has been said out load enough (thanks Trump!) that we can’t act surprised. What actually happens in the next couple of years hinges on how much political capital Bibi has left and how hard the general populace of Israel protests the atrocities committed in their name.
- propagandist 1y agoThe "western commentators" were instrumental in enabling this crime by yielding to "authority" and not questioning the claims of the occupying entity. Decades of propaganda got us here, and the nature of the operation was clear from day 1. The leadership in almost all of our states are accomplices to this crime.
- stemlord 1y ago>They might not raze it to the ground, that would have bad optics, but they’re certainly going to try to make life there unpleasant enough Did you hit send on this message on Oct 8 and it just went through?
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- hobo_in_library 1y agoOne minute after you made that statement, the Israeli propaganda brigade seems to have discovered this post and seems fully dedicated to proving your claims
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- ciconia 1y agoOriginal report here: https://www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-journalists-hamas-hasbara/ https://www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-journalists-hamas-hasbara... How unsurprising...
- asdefghyk 1y agoT his articale includes ..... Al-Sharif wrote in his final message, posthumously published on his social media accounts. “I have lived through pain in all its details, tasted suffering and loss many times, yet I never once hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or falsification.”...... Did he ever post criticism of Hamas?
- DiogenesKynikos 1y agoEven when a journalist is murdered by the Israel Defense Forces (as the IDF itself admits), people still try, "But what about Hamas?"
- asdefghyk 1y agoYes - Hamas killing Gaza people who criticised them - was that reported? Hamas also kills and / or bashes Palestine reporters who report about them if story is not favourable to Hamas
- NomDePlum 1y agoCan you cite the journalists Hamas has killed? Israel has targeted and killed 180 - 240 Palestinian journalists and media workers. Citations are easily found. This is the deadliest conflict for journalists and all of the ones referred to above where murdered by one side, Israel. This does not take into account the family members, children and others they killed in their often indiscriminate and deadly targeting of those that might report on what is happening in Gaza.
- slantedview 1y agoThis is timely, coming the same week that Israel assassinated a prominent group of Al Jazeera journalists because they claimed one of them was Hamas.
- tguvot 1y agoclaims predate death of hamas and pij members by almost 1 year https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hjiotyul1x https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hjiotyul1x
- ByteMe95 1y agoWhat’s this doing in hackerrank?
- flyinglizard 1y agoThe article doesn't even claim al-Sharif wasn't a Hamas operative. Such evidence of journalists being part of Hamas has surfaced before: https://x.com/EFischberger/status/1955682343337005467 https://x.com/EFischberger/status/1955682343337005467 Some are embedded media, for example journalists which raided Israel together with Hamas on October 7th.
- viraptor 1y agoPhotos of someone holding weapons in an effective war zone is not evidence of any group membership. There's so many reasons why a journalist would be talking to soldiers and talking about their weapons/training. Not even limited to journalists and war - obviously these are terrorists, right? https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-congressman-posts-family-christmas-picture-with-guns-days-after-school-2021-12-05/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-congressman-posts-family...
- afroboy 1y agoThey didn't raid Israel on 7 Oct, they raided own stolen homes.
- nodra 1y agoWhy is this flagged?
- duxup 1y agoEvery non favorable article about Israel is flagged on HN eventually.
- asdefghyk 1y agoIt is said, "The first casualty of war is truth". How would anyone know what is propaganda and what is not, from either side. Both sides would be releasing propaganda. plus lots misleading statements from both sides , I would say.