https://theweek.com/world-news/israel-legitimisation-cell-ju...
> How Israel's 'Legitimisation Cell' is justifying journalist killings in Gaza
> How Israel's 'Legitimisation Cell' is justifying journalist killings in Gaza
You think Israel shows every bit of intel they have???? The last thing they showed being 2017 doesn't say he was only Hamas for four years.
The basic problem here is that all the terrorist groups over there call their propaganda people "reporters". In a sense they are, they are reporting on events. That does not make them not considered combatants, though. Israel has found terrorist affiliation for about half of the dead "reporters", but that doesn't make the others civilians. Hit a combatant, the person next to him is probably also a combatant.
Absolutely, they could even be future combatants even if they are not now. That's why killing schoolgirls in Iran, reporters in Lebanon, etc. is justified, they are all potential terrorists. It definitely can not be proven otherwise that they are not. Why take a chance? /s
Lookup the Jewish terrorist groups Irgu, Lehi, and Haganah. Lookup the assassination of Lord Moyne by Lehi and the 1946 Irgun bombing of the King David Hotel. The leaders of these terrorist groups eventually became Prime Ministers of Israel.
While you're at it, lookup the attack by the Israeli military on the USS Liberty that killed 34 Americans.
King David Hotel? You mean British military HQ? Who received and ignored the warning about the bomb?
USS Liberty--ever consider how hard it is to identify ships from the air in a combat situation? Israel knew the ship claimed to be American, but they thought that was a ruse.
Respectfully, it is relevant, as explained. Historical context matters.
> And by far the primary cause of Palestinians leaving was Arab countries telling them to get out of the way of the coming invasion.
Excepting, as in this case, where someone makes up a historical narrative with a handwave.
Everybody outside of the IDF PR department has accepted that Israel deliberately targeted USS Liberty.
The “misidentification” story was utterly unbelievable at the time, and remains so now. There are endless statements from top US national security officials directly calling the Israelis liars.
It's got to the point where it's like someone outrageously punching you in the face, then pretending they didn't or were the victims, when there is a response.
Needless to say, it's not exactly making you look too good.