The law ( the Leahy Law) requires that the US vet any foreign military receiving US arms. However, that doesn’t happen with Israel

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    Video testimony of an eyewitness

    Police have privately shown journalists a single horrific testimony

    this isn’t proof

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      Fog of war. All information about the war is provisional at this point. The full truth will come out eventually. In the meantime, I can at least believe that the BBC saw what they say they saw. If the footage itself was faked, we will find out at some point.

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        BBC saw what they say they saw

        the bbc saw someone claiming to see something. it’s hearsay.

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          Yes, that’s true, did you read my comment?

          Also, I hate to break it to you, but the vast majority of news is hearsay. Only relatively few things are ever subjected to the level of scrutiny required by western courts of law.