Who were the other tenants in the building and how many journalists or other news employees were hurt or killed? You know, news type information.I just read the restrictions on this forum, and found some excessive in limiting being able to tell the truth, so right now I am planning not to participate in the Middle East forum with commentary (even if most were good rules). But this is a good article on Israel's attack on the news.
Israeli Bombs Destroy Gaza Media Center; AP, Al-Jazeera, Others Taken Out
Israel destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press, Al-Jazeera and other media outlets on Saturday, the latest step by Israel to silence reporting.www.commondreams.org
It’s not a “good article,” it’s an anti-Israeli op-ed.I just read the restrictions on this forum, and found some excessive in limiting being able to tell the truth, so right now I am planning not to participate in the Middle East forum with commentary (even if most were good rules). But this is a good article on Israel's attack on the news.
Israeli Bombs Destroy Gaza Media Center; AP, Al-Jazeera, Others Taken Out
Israel destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press, Al-Jazeera and other media outlets on Saturday, the latest step by Israel to silence reporting.www.commondreams.org
So you are claiming that Netanyahu has no interest in suppressing the media in Gaza and believe that ridiculous claim that the building was destroyed because Hamas was using it? If that claim had any truth to it, you must also think the press knew about it and were complicit. Why do you hate the free press?It’s not a “good article,” it’s an anti-Israeli op-ed.
There is absolutely no mention of the Israeli claim that Hamas was using that building. That claim may be true or it may be false, but to not mention that claim and assert opinion as fact — as this “article” does when it states the attack’s purpose was to silence media coverage — is an exercise in propaganda.
Well done, Craig’. You’re doing a fine job toting the water for Terror Inc.
For those who prefer the truth...I just read the restrictions on this forum, and found some excessive in limiting being able to tell the truth, so right now I am planning not to participate in the Middle East forum with commentary (even if most were good rules). But this is a good article on Israel's attack on the news.
Israeli Bombs Destroy Gaza Media Center; AP, Al-Jazeera, Others Taken Out
Israel destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press, Al-Jazeera and other media outlets on Saturday, the latest step by Israel to silence reporting.www.commondreams.org
“Despite [Israel] giving forewarning, AP reacted with righteous indignation, expressing ‘shock’ and ‘horror’ that ‘the Israeli military would target and destroy the building housing AP’s bureau and other news organizations in Gaza,’” posted David Lange, operator of the popular Israellycool site.
“I believe they are lying and absolutely knew Hamas was in the building,” added Lange, citing comments from the building’s owner immediately before the attack and remarks from former AP reporter Matti Friedman who blew the whistle on the agency’s refusal to tell the truth about Hamas in 2014.
In support, Lange quoted Friedman’s 2014 comments: “The AP staff in Gaza City would witness a rocket launch right beside their office, endangering reporters and other civilians nearby—and the AP wouldn’t report it, not even in AP articles about Israeli claims that Hamas was launching rockets from residential areas.”
Friedman continued, “Hamas fighters would burst into the AP’s Gaza bureau and threaten the staff—and the AP wouldn’t report it. . . Cameramen waiting outside Shifa Hospital in Gaza City would film the arrival of civilian casualties and then, at a signal from an official, turn off their cameras when wounded and dead fighters came in, helping Hamas maintain the illusion that only civilians were dying. (This too happened; the information comes from multiple sources with firsthand knowledge of these incidents.)”
Do you actually believe that those news organizations would cover up or not know if Hamas was using that building?Who were the other tenants in the building and how many journalists or other news employees were hurt or killed? You know, news type information.
There was not one shred of "truth" in your post. It was entirely biased innuendo with ZERO evidence to back up their claims. Netanyahu is controlling this entire war from start to finish. It is Israel's very own Reichstag fire and was set off by his ultra right wing goons in Jerusalem and Israeli cities that are obviously under his control. Netty has been unable to form a Govt. after 5 elections in the last year and was about to ousted as President if you want to know why he picked this time for his coup.For those who prefer the truth...
Media Knew Hamas Shared Their Building, Says Israeli Site | United with Israel
According to a popular Israeli site, the media in Gaza knew it shared a building with the Hamas terror group, which the IDF blew up on Saturday.unitedwithisrael.org
For those who prefer the truth...
Media Knew Hamas Shared Their Building, Says Israeli Site | United with Israel
According to a popular Israeli site, the media in Gaza knew it shared a building with the Hamas terror group, which the IDF blew up on Saturday.unitedwithisrael.org
With Hamas, an authoritarian terrorist organization, being literally democratically elected in Gaza it's almost assured that the news is run by them.It’s not a “good article,” it’s an anti-Israeli op-ed.
There is absolutely no mention of the Israeli claim that Hamas was using that building. That claim may be true or it may be false, but to not mention that claim and assert opinion as fact — as this “article” does when it states the attack’s purpose was to silence media coverage — is an exercise in propaganda.
Well done, Craig’. You’re doing a fine job toting the water for Terror Inc.
I'm sure you have some hard evidence of this claim since we know the Right wing in the country never makes false statements without evidence and all Americans support a free press.With Hamas, an authoritarian terrorist organization, being literally democratically elected in Gaza it's almost assured that the news is run by them.
Try using your brain here. This “article” is a one-sided hit piece regardless of whether Israel’s claim is true or false.So you are claiming that Netanyahu has no interest in suppressing the media in Gaza and believe that ridiculous claim that the building was destroyed because Hamas was using it? If that claim had any truth to it, you must also think the press knew about it and were complicit. Why do you hate the free press?
So the press building was not really destroyed then? All the evidence says it was.Try using your brain here. This “article” is a one-sided hit piece regardless of whether Israel’s claim is true or false.
What claim do you need support for?I'm sure you have some hard evidence of this claim since we know the Right wing in the country never makes false statements without evidence and all Americans support a free press.
Try reading my first post in this thread again. Slowly this time.So the press building was not really destroyed then? All the evidence says it was.
No one is going to provide you with documents and files during times of war.I'm sure you have some hard evidence of this claim since we know the Right wing in the country never makes false statements without evidence and all Americans support a free press.
Was the press building destroyed? Do right wing wannabe dictators have a problem with the free press? Both are true. Try and be objective.Try reading my first post in this thread again. Slowly this time.
How did destroying that building hurt Hamas? No one was killed. It destroyed all the equipment that the press uses to send out their news though.No one is going to provide you with documents and files during times of war.
The US has had this information shared with.
Israel showed US ‘smoking gun’ on Hamas in AP office tower, officials say
“We showed them the smoking gun proving Hamas worked out of that building,” a senior diplomatic source said. “I understand they found the explanation satisfactory."www.jpost.com
No one was killed because Israel allowed everyone to evacuate whether they're Hamas or uninvolved civilians, as it always does in such cases.How did destroying that building hurt Hamas? No one was killed. It destroyed all the equipment that the press uses to send out their news though.
What was inside that building that Hamas could not remove when they evacuated? Why didn't they send a strike force into the building instead? Then they could have caught the terrorists and seized all their files/weapons. Is "whack a mole" really a strategic tactic?No one was killed because Israel allowed everyone to evacuate whether they're Hamas or uninvolved civilians, as it always does in such cases.
Hamas militants were not the target, what's inside the building was.
What Israel gained from that? The IDF, Hamas and the US know.
I'm sure you prefer "I Hate Israel"...much more credible, right?Conservatives: screech about “exercises in propaganda”.
Also conservatives: post a site literally named “United With Israel”, expect anyone to take them seriously.
Hamas IS, for all practical purposes, THE government in Gaza, correct?
You, you and you...go set up a news agency office in "Country X" which is at war with Country Y, and let me know the instant you find a building to house your news agency that the local "X" government is absolutely not going to interfere with.
Sorry, but news agencies have been located in war torn countries ever since there were news agencies. One of the problems WITH setting up an office in a war torn country is that you have to make accommodations that satisfy that country's government, and those accommodations may very well mean the difference between your presence there, or NOT.
As of this writing, AP and AJ have no more presence in Gaza.
I guarantee you Israel will be obligated to make good with both networks re the equipment lost in the blasts, and I also guarantee you that both will renew their efforts to get office space in Gaza again.
And guess what?
They're going to both have to negotiate with HAMAS in order to do so, unless one of you can share a secret way to avoid that.
Anyone out there in DP land know of a way to set up a news network office in Gaza WITHOUT dealing with HAMAS?
Sorry, but this still amounts to Israel censoring Western news coverage of the war, but I assure you, it will not last very long, because both AP and AJ will replace their lost equipment and reintegrate themselves and their presence in Gaza whether Israel approves or not. Their insurance costs will be significantly higher however, as I am certain their insurance was already ridiculously high as it was.
You can't send forces into Gaza City as if it's a trip to your backyard. Only when troops are with boots on the ground.What was inside that building that Hamas could not remove when they evacuated? Why didn't they send a strike force into the building instead? Then they could have caught the terrorists and seized all their files/weapons. Is "whack a mole" really a strategic tactic?
Hamas was using the building for some of part their terrorist operations and the rocket attacks against Israel.
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