Al Jazeera Reporter Cuts off Gaza Hospital Interview After Patient Says Hamas Is Hiding Among Wounded

[edhopper]

https://themessenger.com/news/al-jazeera-reporter-cuts-off-gaza-hospital-interview-after-patient-says-hamas-is-hiding-among-wounded

The Al Jazeera reporter was at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Gaza, interviewing an elderly Palestinian man who said, according to a rough translation: "What's happening is criminal! Why is the resistance hiding among us? Why don't they go to hell and hide there? They are not resistance!"
In the clip, the reporter, whose identity is unclear, then turns away from his interview subject and appears to quickly change the subject. The man continues to talk and tries to follow the journalist, even as he's walking away from him.

[yardwork]

1. Interesting. I wonder why the reporter didn't want to continue the interview?

[Ford_Prefect]

20. IMO the reporter didn't want to be shot by a hidden resistance member who overheard the witness. Qatar is invested

and likely holds the leash on Al Jazeera coverage.

[Warpy]

30. I think it's very likely the reporter was trying to save his/her life

as well as the life of the patient. The fact that this got out is the most important part of the story.

Remember, Qatar has normalized relations with Israel.

If it was bias on the part of the reporter, the reporter will be on the unemployment line soon.

[Bev54]

34. I think that is exactly right and it happened with a mourning woman on BBC where the

rescuers also covered her mouth when she wailed about Hamas being the cause of destruction. They are trying to keep them from being killed by Hamas.

[Warpy]

35. I've seen relatively unbiased stories bout Israel in the past on Al Jazeera English

which shocked the hell out of me, but it was shortly before Qatar and Israel normalized relations.

I've found their reporting, especially their in depth stories, to be stellar. It's a way to get good news about parts of the world largely ignored by US news especially, although BBC does do some reporting there. They're at YouTube.

[Bev54]

40. I watch Al-Jazeera often when things in the middle east are in the news.

I find their reporting is very good and put it up there with BBC. I get Al-Jazeera on my cable, (well streaming, actually) that I now have and I was able to drop CNN and Fox. So now I have MSNBC, CBC, BBC and Al-Jazeera that provides me good coverage.

[LeftInTX]

48. Al Jazeera refuses at say anything negative about Hamas.

Hamas is paying for AJ to be in Gaza. AJ is the only network that is there. They're a propaganda piece for Hamas right now. I watch them too because they have exclusive access to Gaza, but that access comes at a price!
Qatar funds Hamas.

[JohnSJ]

2. Qatar sponsers the Hamas leadership, and hosts Al Jazeera

[RainWalker]

7. Qatar is one of our closest allies

President Biden designated Qatar as a major non-NATO ally, elevating the security partnership even more. Late last year, his administration described Qatar as one of the United States' "closest military partners in the region" and said Qatar's efforts in Gaza had helped to stabilize the territory

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/02/1210110109/qatar-israel-gaza-hamas-war#:~:text=Qatar%2C%20a%20U.S.%20ally%2C%20is%20the%20regional,role%20with%20Israel.%20Here's%20what%20to%20know.]

[JohnSJ]

8. They sponser the Hamas leadership, that is a fact

https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4292349-america-must-change-its-policy-on-qatar/amp/

[RainWalker]

9. So then why are they a close ally?

[JI7]

11. Same reason we have economic ties with China .

They aren't our allies in the way UK, France, Japan etc are .

[nycbos]

12. Same reason Saudi Arabia is

[Arazi]

17. They aren't a "close" ally. They're an ally, period

I doubt any American diplomat or administration official trusts them for one second.

They’re part of our strategic foreign policy - no more no less. Far different than our Five Eyes allies that we’ve decided to trust with our deepest secrets.

[pinkstarburst]

18. They're a "close ally"

in that we have better relations with them than any other Arab country in the region. That doesn't mean we trust them in the same way we trust Canada or the UK or France. They support and are actively hosting Hamas leadership. Not something Canada would do, if that makes sense?

[Geezoh]

31. Good question...

I would ask the same about Turkey with as bad a human rights record as anybody.

[Marcuse]

36. Qatar is playing both sides, like Pakistan with bin Laden.

[yardwork]

14. So is Israel, but you don't believe a word they say.

[ripcord]

15. They are a state sponsor of terrorism

And its citizens are large supporters of terrorism.

[PufPuf23]

44. The largest military base the USA has in the Middle East is located in Qatar.

The USA Middle East CENTCOM headquarters is in Qatar.

Seems that Hamas leadership in Qatar would be subject to some kind of covert action.

[Ace Rothstein]

3. Al Jazeera is a Hamas mouthpiece.

Nothing they say can be trusted when it comes to this conflict.

[DallasNE]

32. With The Current State Of The Media

Who can you trust? Was this fact or another conspiracy theory? It is believable but a 2nd source would help.

[yardwork]

4. Kick because curiously, few seem interested...

[Coventina]

25. An inconvenient truth.......

[mcar]

5. Guess Al-Jazeera isn't into actual journalism

Well, well, well.

[sarisataka]

6. Well he was obviously an Israeli plant,

Or senile. Are we sure the translation is correct? The reporter was probably going to look for Hamas himself to verify this claim. But Israel....

Have I missed any excuses?

[nycbos]

13. The CIA is somehow involved.

[edisdead]

16. Thanks Obama?

[Cha]

42. I saw a DEFLECTION.. That had Nothing to Do with

the OP. And, Didn't work.

[GuppyGal]

10. The United States also has confirmed these scumbags are there.....

[ripcord]

19. This has killed a lot of people's narrative

[yardwork]

21. It's sad to me that so many people are invested in taking a side.

After years of being very frustrated and even angry with the governments of Israel, I find myself having to defend the humanity of Israeli people because for some reason that's been thrown out the window.

For some reason this has been turned into some kind of good vs. evil video game narrative, with the Israelis cast as Sauron and Hamas cast as hobbits.

It would be laughable except that the purpose seems to be the same as 2016-era propaganda.

[ripcord]

24. I find it odd that some people say they support the Palestnians but not Hamas

But they can't understand that others can support Israel but not Netanyahu.

[yardwork]

26. I've noticed that too.

The messages are (1) consistent as to words, phrases, and arguments and (2) logically irrational and appealing to emotion.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

29. Or support G W Bush after 9/11

That was an awful time. Having to feign support while feeling he was partially responsible. Same with Bibi. Right Wingers think they're never wrong. Say they're never wrong despite obvious outcome.

Hatred is dangerous. For all of us.

[RAB910]

38. Not when you learned this story is based ONLY on a Tweet from an organization known for putting out

FALSE pro-Israeli propaganda. I posted more details below

[SunSeeker]

22. Who still thinks Hamas doesn't use Gaza hospitals to hide?

I've got a bridge to sell you...

[Geezoh]

33. Hamas wants...

...dead Palestinians. The October 7 attack on Israel was designed to generate large numbers of civilian casualties. Hamas knows they cant beat the Israelis in a fight. The strategy is to beat Israel in world opinion, with lots of dead civilians living next to their rocket launching installations. Hamas is nothing without accusations of zionazi genocide.

[SunSeeker]

47. And Hamas is nothing with peace. That is why it lauched the Oct. 7 attack.

Hamas sought to stop the peace deal Isreal was about to complete with Saudi Arabia that would officially recognize the state of Israel.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-says-hamas-attacked-israel-part-stop-saudi-agreement-rcna121516

[Geezoh]

50. The Saudi Deal

I agree. The Iranians approached Hamas, provided more rockets, guns and money...money, that is never seen by Gazan Palestinians, and hasn't been seen since they handed over control of Gaza to Hamas in 2007. Rockets, guns and money and the plan to queer the Saudi deal with a massive action on October 7th. Hamas aren't the only ones who want dead Palestinian civilians, Iran want's them as well. Subhuman scum.

And we have liberals in the streets, liberals on college campuses, liberal Jews, and others with their "Free Gaza" signs and banner, pissing and moaning about "Israel Apartheid, zionazis, and genocide of Palestinians", when Gaza has been free of Israeli settlements, completely under their own control, their own STATE...since 2005.

[dalton99a]

23. According to Hamas, all dead Hamas soldiers were civilians, and all dead Israeli civilians were soldiers.

[yardwork]

27. I've read this on DU, too.

Very persistent insistence that there are zero Hamas casualties. I find that curious because there are several possible explanations, but none make Hamas look good:

Does Hamas not exist at all? In that case, who attacked Israel on October 7?

Has Hamas left Palestine? In that case, why don't they say so, since presumably that would stop the Israel bombardments on Palestinians?

Is it impossible to tell the difference between Hamas and Palestinians?

Are the family members of Hamas dead unwilling to identify them as Hamas?

My gut feeling is that these are all mostly false, except maybe the last one, and the truth is that in this fog of war we don't know very much at all.

[ExciteBike66]

28. That guy gets it

Takes balls to say that in his situation.

[RAB910]

37. This story was based ONLY on a Tweet from The Middle East Media Research Institute

The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), officially the Middle East Media and Research Institute,[1] is a Washington-based non-profit press monitoring and analysis organization that was co-founded by Israeli ex-intelligence officer Yigal Carmon and Israeli-American political scientist Meyrav Wurmser in 1997. It publishes and distributes free copies of media reports that have been translated into English—primarily from Arabic and Persian, but also from Urdu, Turkish, Pashto, and Russian.[5]

Critics describe MEMRI as a strongly pro-Israel advocacy group that, in spite of describing itself as being "independent" and "non-partisan" in nature,[6][7][8] aims to portray the Arab world and the Muslim world in a negative light by producing and disseminating incomplete or inaccurate translations of the original versions of the media reports that it re-publishes. It has also been accused of selectively focusing on the views of Islamic extremists while de-emphasizing or ignoring mainstream opinions.[9]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East_Media_Research_Institute

[edhopper]

39. You doubt

the authenticity of the clip from Al Jazeera ?

[RAB910]

41. Why do you believe the translation from an organization that frequent fakes the translations to smear Arabs and Muslims?

[redqueen]

43. Well shit

Guess I'll go back and unrec

[NickB79]

45. You can use numerous free online translation programs

Why not check it yourself if you don't believe it?

You really think no one would do basic translation?

[RAB910]

49. Why are we using Right-wing propaganda techniques to defend Israeli genocide?

We are supposed to be better than that. We should not engage in the tossing of self-serving lies and challenge good people to prove them wrong. That is a toxic way of discussing issues.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

53. Why not demand the hostages be freed

Rather than making false claims of genocide?
Dont answer, I know why.

[Geezoh]

52. Almost anything from Al Jazeera needs to be questioned...

...it is not an objective news source. For instance...

During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Al Jazeera English said of the Ukrainian refugees that "These are not, obviously, refugees trying to get away from areas in the Middle East that are still in a big state of war" and that "They look like any European family that you would live next door to." The network later issued an apology for these remarks, calling them "insensitive and irresponsible" - Wikipedia

During the Second Intifada, Palestinians killed by Israelis were referred to as "martyrs"; Israelis killed by Palestinians were referred to as "casualties" by Al Jazeera.

Can any "news" service be less balanced and objective that FOXNEWS...you betcha.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jazeera_controversies_and_criticism

[LexVegas]

46. Al Jazeera is pro Hamas. nt

[mymomwasright]

51. Clearly the man is delusional!

He thinks his neighbors around him are terrorists that the IDF was targeting.

[IAmReynaldo]

54. That's a scary thought

That’s a scary thought. You can never be too careful among the people who need help because of such dastardly tactics like this.