A media freedom group accuses Israel and Hamas of war crimes and reports deaths of 34 journalists
A media freedom group accuses Israel and Hamas of war crimes and reports deaths of 34 journalists
An international media freedom group says 34 journalists have been killed in the war between Israel and Hamas. Reporters Without Borders accuses both sides of committing possible war crimes and called on International Criminal Court prosecutors to investigate the deaths.
Israel argues the ICC has no jurisdiction in the conflict because Palestine is not an independent sovereign state.
That means Israel is arguing that it is bombing its own citizen civilians, as Palestine is a vassal state of theirs, not a sovereign. That's a hell of an admission.
Israel's government is far right religious extremists, just like Hamas is.
Far right religious extremists will always say whatever makes them look best in the moment, even if it's sandwiched in-between two comments making the opposite stance.
If they had any logical consistency, they wouldn't be far right religious extremists to begin with.
Two men destroy a 7/11. The police throw both in jail. Nobody cares if they were fighting and double daring each other to destroy more 7/11 which will get them in trouble. Both are committing crimes.
We need more of these balanced accusations.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
“The scale, seriousness and recurring nature of international crimes targeting journalists, particularly in Gaza, calls for a priority investigation by the ICC prosecutor,” Christophe Deloire, director-general of the group also known by the French abbreviation RSF, said.
Israel says it makes every effort to avoid killing civilians and accuses Hamas of putting them at risk by operating in residential areas.
The latest complaint also cites “the deliberate, total or partial, destruction of the premises of more than 50 media outlets in Gaza” since Israel declared war against Hamas over the militant group’s bloody Oct. 7 incursion, the organization said.
“CPJ emphasizes that journalists are civilians doing important work during times of crisis and must not be targeted by warring parties,” said Sherif Mansour, the New York-based nonprofit’s Middle East and North Africa program coordinator.
The ICC’s prosecution office is already investigating the actions of Israeli and Palestinian authorities dating back to the Israel-Hamas war in 2014.
The organization published preliminary conclusions from an ongoing investigation, based on video evidence and witness testimonies, into two strikes that killed Reuters videographer Issam Abdallah and wounded six journalists from Reuters, AFP and Al Jazeera as they were covering clashes on the southern Lebanese border on Oct. 13.
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Nope, only Israel is killing journalists, bombing their homes and killing their families, and innocent civilians too.
According to recent Hamas interview to Lebanonian TV station, they're ready to fight Israel till the last Palestinian in Gaza... I guess they don't care much about safety of journalists as well 🤷
You're right that definitely means war crimes are a ok.
Nope, it doesn't mean that.
Wearing civilian clothing as combatants and using civilian infrastructure for military purposes is a deliberate war crime that makes both legitimate targets.
TIL, unlawful perfidy.
Who cares about journalists? They're just scum, glad those Moroccan are doing something about it
The grace of intelligence was truly a farce upon our species, this comment is Exhibit A.
