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.
And I bet at least one of them had a Hamas command center hidden in his back pocket too!
I can confirm.
Hamas Swiss Army Knife of Mass Destruction
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.
Zionists threaten to murder six more journalists after killing hundreds already
The non-propaganda version of this headline.
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.
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.
