The Associated Press reported that an Israeli shell landed among a group of international journalists killing the Reuters journalist and injuring six others.

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    11 months ago

    Geez. The article doesn’t mention until paragraph six of seven:

    “Separately, The Associated Press reported that an Israeli shell landed among a group of international journalists killing the Reuters journalist and injuring six others.”

    It’s crazy that it’s not even news that Israel is launching shells at journalists.

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        For anyone trying to catch up on things, Shireen Abu Akleh was an experienced Palestinian American journalist killed by the Israeli Defense Force in May of last year. It didn’t make it into most mainstream news, but among people who pay attention to these things, it was shocking to see an American journalist murdered by state violence, but unlike Jamaal Khoshogi, the US state department refused to investigate or condemn Israel’s actions even after investigations showed it to be implausible that the soldier who killed her wasn’t aware of what they were doing.

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      11 months ago

      If you’re also referring to Saudi Arabia, I wouldn’t say the US loves them

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        The US doesn’t love them…

        Our politicians do tho. When there’s only two possible options for each election, the wealthy can just “donate” to both.

        And Saudi Arabia is pretty fucking wealthy. What’s a couple tens of millions in PAC donations if it guarantees your guy wins? They’d be stupid to just back one and risk losing.

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    Are they going to deny this one for months too like the last one until and independent investigation can confirm unequivocally that it was an Israeli munition?

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    War zones tend to be dangerous. Very sad for the man who died, hope the injured recover quickly.

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      11 months ago

      But how come only journalists from one side are dying? Seriously, one can think that these are not only unfortunate happenings but more targeted attacks to suppress the criticism of Israel.

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        Maybe because the other side is too busy aiming their rockets at civilian population centers? Ever think there is a simpler explanation?