Likud Blinding Journalists

[WHITT]

From Middle-East Expert Juan Cole:

"Making the Enemy Blind": Did Israeli AF destroy Highrise housing AP and Al-Jazeera to Hide War Crimes?

The Associated Press is flatly denying the Israeli military's cover story for why it bombarded the al-Jala tower in Gaza, which housed media offices of AP and al-Jazeera, and where dozens of journalists were based. Israel maintains that there was a Hamas intelligence unit in the building that was targeting Israel. This Israeli allegation is, of course, ridiculous.

Plus, AP are reporters and I trust them that they would have investigated and known if Hamas was operating in their building, since they wouldn't want their staff to be in the cross-hairs.

So the Israeli military is lying. It actually destroyed al-Jala because it was a highrise that gave AP and al-Jazeera journalists good sightlines for the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip. The Israeli generals don't want those images going out to the world, because they are evidence of War Crimes. The AP CEO admitted that the world will know less about what is going on in Gaza because that building was demolished.

The International Criminal Court in the Hague is already beginning an investigation of Israeli War Crimes in Gaza.

[link:https://www.juancole.com/2021/05/israeli-highrise-housing.html|

[2naSalit]

1. Huh.

About time...

The International Criminal Court in the Hague is already beginning an investigation of Israeli War Crimes in Gaza.

[Me.]

2. ...

[ForgoTheConsequence]

3. Uh oh.

This will trigger the "support Dems in America and fascists in Israel crowd". It's sad to watch people willingly be on the wrong side of history.

[Celerity]

4. +1

[pecosbob]

5. Controlling information is a part of war

Doesn't mean I don't condemn their war, or in fact most Israeli government policy, but the action makes sense.