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Israel kills Al-Jazeera correspondent’s family days after Blinken demands the channel’s coverage be ‘toned down’ (mondoweiss.net)

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[-] Therealgoodjanet@lemmy.world 140 points 9 months ago

They have the right to defend themselves against the families of journalists… I guess? Super dangerous people, especially the little kids of course.

/s just to be sure

[-] SlikPikker@lemmy.ca 26 points 9 months ago

It IS dangerous to them!

Genocide thrives best in silence

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

Remember, as their own spokesperson constantly repeats, the IDF only hits "military targets"...

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 97 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The news came hours after Axios reported that Secretary Antony Blinken told U.S. Jewish leaders he asked Qatar to “turn down the volume on Al Jazeera’s coverage” of the Israeli genocidal campaign in the Gaza Strip, accusing the network of being “anti-Israel.”

Well this will certainly make them more enamored of Israel. Some smart psychology there.

[-] TheTimeKnife@lemmy.world 39 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Extremely disappointing statement from Blinken, we shouldn't be interfering with foreign news networks accurately reporting on atrocities.

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[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago

reverse psychology only works on toddlers, when it comes to second guessing things. "you don't actually like those carrots, do you?! and those PEAS. BLECK!"

even on toddlers... you're lucky if it's 50/50 that it works. You really should just learn to not over cook the vedgies

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 52 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Here’s another source for this story.

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.world 30 points 9 months ago

This tells us all about the Israeli definition of "military target" used by the Israeli Spokesperson in their press conferences when he says they only bombed "military targets".

The sleazespeak of the Russians when it comes to Ukraine was disgusting, and the Israelis manage to be even worse, by a significant margin.

[-] isles@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago

"Military target" must mean things that might harm their military, which includes the truth.

[-] Otkaz@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Serious question: What are the chances that the family is being targeted versus just being in a building they happened to bomb along with so many others? The article doesn't address that, and it's hard for me to believe that Israel would even know where this guy's family was. I would think if their intelligence was that good, then they should be able to locate some of the hostages, right? Just for context, I think both sides suck and don't care to hear any vitriol from either side. I'm really only interested in discussing if there is any evidence this was a targeted attack vs happenstance.

[-] jadalovelace@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

i think the implication is not that the reporter's family was targeted, but that israel is not taking civilian casualties serious.

The embarassing part here is Blinken telling a news agency to tone down their coverage, even though the families of employees are being murdered.

yes, Blinken made his comment before the family died. That shouldn't really change how fucked up this is.

[-] Otkaz@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

The article very clearly accused Israel of targeting his family.

[-] BreakDecks@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

Yeah, but there's a difference between an article saying something, and something being true. This isn't exactly an unbiased source.

[-] Otkaz@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

Yes of course and I'm posting on that article to question the claims it's making. OP stated that the implication was not that the family was targeted but if you read the article it very clearly is. I want to know if there are any supporting facts because it seems unlikely to me.

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[-] thelastknowngod@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago

Ignoring the war, bombing, murder, politics, etc.. Who the fuck is Blinken to tell the news how to report the news?

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