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The Israeli Defense Forces on Sunday accused a prominent journalist– who in recent months has reported regularly for Al Jazeera from Gaza – of moonlighting as a senior Hamas commander.

The Israeli Defense Forces have published photos they say were discovered on a laptop in Gaza that show Al Jazeera journalist Mohamed Washah engaged in Hamas terrorist activities.

Neither Al Jazeera nor the Qatari government have responded to the Sun’s request for comment.

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    8 months ago

    Everyone is a Hamas operative. Journalists, babies… hell, I live in Indiana and I’m probably a Hamas operative.

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      Everyone is a Hamas operative.

      We’re also Russian operatives when we criticize the Democrats.

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        8 months ago

        Because everything is about American politics, especially what happens when Israel accuses an Al Jazeera journalist of being a Hamas operative. That’s 100% about America.

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          8 months ago

          Nope.

          It’s about Hamas using journalists, an impartial personnel, as war militants.

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      Hamas war strategy is to disguise themselves as civilians, impartial personnel, doctors, etc. and blend in these civilian areas.

      So statistically, yes, you can probably be a Hamas operative. In your case, I hope, is a low chance.

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        Do you think it may possibly be true that some people are Hamas operatives, but not every single person that Israel claims is a Hamas operative is actually a Hamas operative?

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            Really? Every single attack? So Israel hasn’t attacked any Hamas fighters? Wow, they really suck at this. No wonder they’ve killed over 10,000 children.

            • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.world
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              What? You misunderstood. No, Israel has killed thousands of Hamas members. According to Hamas though, the number of its dead soldiers is like three. I think they admitted one early airstrike, I think also on Rafah, killed a commander. So I assume there are probably a couple of others times they’ve admitted to their casualties. Every other time they say it was only civilians, no fighters killed. They are lying, and for that reason I find Israel has more credibility than the terrorists.

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    Are they accusing a journalist of being in HAMAS before killing them? That’s new.

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      I assume the fact that he was a Hamas militant was a secret intelligent peace of information.

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    Israel uses the same techniques as Russia. Behind every attack killing loads of civilians was a valuable target. Behind every person critical of them is some super top secret agent.

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    Same shit, different day in the States:

    In November 2023, the Anti-Defamation League classified protest events led by groups including Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow as “anti-Israel”, adding the protests to a database documenting rising antisemitism in the US. ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt labelled the organizations “hate groups”.

    source

    So the Anti-Defamation League defames U.S.-based Jewish peace organizations. Let that sink in for a moment.

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      That’s because the ADL has not been a group against antisemitism for a very long time now. They are now a group against anti-Israeli sentiment.

      Sort of like how the NRA was originally a gun safety and advocacy organization and it is now a branch of the Republican Party.

      The ADL was a very good organization once. But not in quite some time.

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    The articles produced by the IDF do not withstand scrutiny as they are. That is before they tick the bingo box checklist stock phrases including allegations about Arab forces, jihad, enemy fighters hiding behind civilians, etc.

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    Killing journalists is only self defense if you’ve got war crimes to hide, and Israel’s main purpose is to obfuscate war crimes.

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    Israel accuses yet another All Jazeera Journalist of being Hamas Operative

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    Looks like the Israeli government tries to diversify from calling each and every (valid) critic “antisemite”. Now they call people they don’t like “Hamas operatives”.

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      It’s not an accusation, it’s a fact based on concrete evidences.

      IDF goal is to take down Hamas, hence kill or capture its militants.

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        IDF goal is to ensure white supremacy using a faulty religious account of a kingdom that fell over 2500 years ago. Absolutely ludicrous.

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    I mean, they released the evidence. It’s pretty impossible to deny he’s a terrorist unless you’re sticking your head in the sand.