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The Israeli army on Wednesday accused six Al Jazeera journalists covering the war in Gaza of also being current or former paid fighters for Palestinian militant groups. Al Jazeera rejected the claims.

Israel cited documents it purportedly found in Gaza, and other intelligence it gathered, in making the accusations against the journalists, all of whom are Palestinian men. It said four are or have been affiliated with Hamas, and two with Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

Al Jazeera said the accusations were “fabricated” and “part of a wider pattern of hostility” toward the pan-Arab network. It said the claims were “a blatant attempt to silence the few remaining journalists in the region, thereby obscuring the harsh realities of the war from audiences worldwide.”

The Associated Press has been unable to independently verify the authenticity of the documents Israel posted online to support its claims.

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 3 weeks ago

The Associated Press has been unable to independently verify the authenticity of the documents Israel posted online to support its claims.

No one ever will.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

And I bet at least one of them had a Hamas command center hidden in his back pocket too!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

Hamas Swiss Army Knife of Mass Destruction

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

I can confirm.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 weeks ago

If the IDF said it, it is inherently false

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Even if, and I say even if, these accusations are true: Gaza is supposedly not Israeli territory, so whether anyone is a former militant (meaning currently a noncombat) is none of their fucking business. Otherwise all but a small number of Israeli civilians would be valid military targets.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

All the IDF reservists must be valid military targets then. And since almost everyone in Israel is required to serve in the IDF, including women, one could argue that there are barely any civilians in Israel nowadays. Imagine all the combatants working in hospitals, schools, universities, and so on. in Israel. Guess one can start bombing those facilities now without fearing they'll ever harm civilians, right?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago

Like the other 170 journalists they've killed so far for casting light on the war crimes they've been committing. Being labelled a terrorist by Israel must be one of the highest titles one could earn in journalism nowadays.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago

What's genuinely terrifying is that this is not an accusation that they can fight in court, it's an administrative declaration of a death sentence. Israel has become Judge Dredd.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Zionists threaten to murder six more journalists after killing hundreds already

The non-propaganda version of this headline.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hey, there could be Hamas tunnels under those journalists!

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago

Think of all the red barrel rooms.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

This been going on for a year, if you are in a country that support Israel defend itself, please take two minutes of your weekend to write a litter to your government representative and request a change of policy because, if these government are happy to not allow truth comes out for what they don't like next time it will be your local community or country.