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.
Not surprising at all. inb4 terrorists spin this as “they were just terrorist journalists”
Amazing how everyone Israel doesn’t like suddenly become terrorists.
The Committee to Protect Journalists released a statement on Wednesday that was critical of Israel, which it said “has repeatedly made similar unproven claims without producing credible evidence.”
In July, after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City killed two Al Jazeera journalists, including Ismail Al Ghoul, Israel “produced a similar document, which contained contradictory information, showing that Al Ghoul, born in 1997, received a Hamas military ranking in 2007 – when he would have been 10 years old,” the committee said in its statement.
Not sure what’s your point. Both Israel’s government and Al Jazeera can be evil. It’s not a zero-sum game.
One is facilitating a genocide, one is providing first-hand reporting of the genocide
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.
If the IDF said it, it is inherently false
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.
Zionists threaten to murder six more journalists after killing hundreds already
The non-propaganda version of this headline.
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.
