athos77

joined 2 years ago
[–] athos77@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

Someone gonna get bapped!

[–] athos77@kbin.social 56 points 2 years ago

The Israelis also claimed there was a Hamas base under a cemetery, but their claims about the location were disproven by CNN*: entrances weren't where the Israelis said they were, and tunnels didn't run where the Israelis said they did. Just briefly glancing at this article, I see that the reporters did not or were not given the opportunity to verify several Israeli claims, including

“Twenty meters above us is the UNRWA headquarters,” and "The military said Saturday night that the tunnel began at a UNRWA school"

I'd like to see more evidence before believing Israel here. Especially since they haven't shown the 'UNWRA staff participated in the October attacks' evidence to the UN or several other countries.

* Israel claims a tunnel ran through this Gaza cemetery it destroyed. A visit to the site raised more questions than answers. Or if you prefer video: IDF says they destroyed this Gaza graveyard because of Hamas activity. CNN can't find the evidence.

[–] athos77@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The steam pipes provide electricity and heat. And the high temperature in Iceland today was 22°F, with a nighttime low of 15°F.

[–] athos77@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

And designated safe corridors and then bombed the corridors.

Oh! And cut off electricity and the internet, yet somehow everyone was magically supposed to know where they were going to attack and where was "safe" despite having no way to actually hear that information.

[–] athos77@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wake up, honey, new genocide phase just dropped.

[–] athos77@kbin.social 38 points 2 years ago (2 children)

He also fucked over the entire country, the people, it's businesses and economy, by arranging the vote for Brexit.

[–] athos77@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago

The National Post is literally just repeating what Israeli army spokespeople are saying. Like, almost the entire article is sourced from the Israeli army:

the Israel Defense Forces said ... the IDF statement said ... The IDF said ... the IDF confirmed ... the army said in a statement ...The military’s statement added ...

Also, if you look at the byline, the article was written by

Pesach Benson, Jewish News Syndicate

Media bias / fact check for Jewish News Syndicate:

Overall, We rate the Jewish News Syndicate as Right-Center biased based on its editorial position in support of the Israeli government. We also rate them Mixed for factual reporting due to poor sourcing techniques and the promotion of one-sided propaganda.

Since the article comes from a source with a heavy pro-Israeli bias, and only quotes what the Israeli military is claiming, I would treat it with extreme scepticism.

On the other hand, the CNN article seems much more reliable: they report what the military is claiming; they report the different ways they attempted to independently fact-check what the military is claiming; they note where they were unable to independently fact-check the army and why (usually Israeli army interference); and they note where they were able to successfully fact-check the Israeli army claims, how they proceeded with the fact-check, and what the results of the fact-check were (usually there was no basis for the Israeli claims).

[–] athos77@kbin.social 38 points 2 years ago (4 children)

In the meantime: Israel claims a tunnel ran through this Gaza cemetery it destroyed. A visit to the site raised more questions than answers. Or if you prefer video: IDF says they destroyed this Gaza graveyard because of Hamas activity. CNN can't find the evidence.

Hmm, who to believe, who to believe: the genocidal maniacs determined to destroy every trace or hope of Palestinian life in Gaza, or the non-aligned journalists to whom Israel is repeatedly making claims that they refuse to provide evidence for or which are shown to be outright lies - I just can't decide!

[–] athos77@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

It must be nice to just make up numbers and ages and sexes and occupations like that. Makes it real easy to justify genocide.

[–] athos77@kbin.social 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Super weird to be defending genocide, too, but here we are.

[–] athos77@kbin.social 26 points 2 years ago (11 children)

If Israel isn't differentiating between civilians and soldiers when they shoot and bomb people, I don't see why I should.

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