The head of an Israeli media watchdog, HonestReporting, says it was simply ‘raising questions’ by wondering whether Palestinian photojournalists who documented the Oct. 7 attack on Israel had been tipped off in advance that it had happened

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    In short, HonestReporting lied. They have no evidence that the reporters had anything to do with Hamas other than being there when the event happened.

    Of course, the group admits to this only after the Israeli government has stated that it’s adding those reporters to the “to be killed” list as being the same as Hamas terrorists.

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        It’s literally the only image y’all have and you keep parading it around. What is it evidence of exactly? And what does it have to do with any reporter other than this single guy?

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          And what does it have to do with any reporter other than this single guy?

          Nothing - and I never claimed otherwise.

          So do you claim this photo is a fake? If no, you can’t claim broadly that this Israeli organization actually lied, because that photo proves otherwise in at least this case.

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            I’m not claiming it’s fake, I’m stating that it isn’t evidence for claiming the freelance journalist depicted participated in what happened on the 7th.

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    Like Tucker Carlson?

    Gil Hoffman, executive director of HonestReporting and a former reporter for The Jerusalem Post, admitted Thursday the group had no evidence to back up that suggestion. He said he was satisfied with subsequent explanations from several of these journalists that they did not know.

    That’s what everyone called conspiracy theory. But i guess it’s okay to question the journalist but it’s not okay to, say, question why Israel didn’t do anything about the early warning they were given. I’m just aSkiNG QuEStiOn.

    Israeli politicians Danny Danon, Israel’s former U.N. ambassador, and former defense minister Benny Gantz condemned any journalists who knew about the attacks ahead of time. Any who stood idle while killings took place that day “are no different from terrorists and should be treated as such.”

    I wonder who he might talking about.

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      I mean it still a democracy and whoever sit up there can be voted out, unlike China Russia North Korea.

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    You know who else was “just asking questions?” Tucker Carlson. Don’t be like Tucker Carlson.

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    They wanted an excuse to eliminate anyone who is exposing what is happening there and this gave it to Israel.

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    The IDF was already targeting journalists lol

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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    The executive director of an Israeli media watchdog organization says it was simply “raising questions” by publicly wondering whether Palestinian photojournalists who documented the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel — and sent some of the first images of its aftermath to a watching world — had been tipped off in advance that it would happen.

    “Is it conceivable to assume that ‘journalists’ just happened to appear early in the morning at the border without prior coordination with the terrorists?” HonestReporting wrote on its website Wednesday.

    It was clear that morning from the first launch of missiles from Gaza into Israel that something serious was happening, said Julie Pace, senior vice president and executive editor of the AP.

    The Times said the accusation that anyone at the newspaper had advance knowledge of the attacks or accompanied Hamas was “untrue and outrageous,” and put journalists in Israel and Gaza at risk.

    Israeli politicians Danny Danon, Israel’s former U.N. ambassador, and former defense minister Benny Gantz condemned any journalists who knew about the attacks ahead of time.

    Journalists have often been embedded with military forces in the past, and keep potential plans secret, said Nina Berman, a professor and expert in photojournalism ethics at Columbia University.


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