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I’m surprised no one has mentioned that there was no safe course of action for the journalist because there was money on both sides of this outcome.

No matter what he reported, he would have the other side threatening him.



Defer to an actual authority. Where is the official report on whether or not it was an interception? Even with a large explosion the fact that it landed in a wooded area implies it was intercepted. Those are targeted missiles, an acceptable result of an interception is to bring it down in an undeveloped area.

So I would think there should be some sort of authority with official capacity to state what happened, not just a random journalist that doesn't give concrete sources.


Iranians primarily use rockets, not missiles. It's perfectly possible, even likely, that said rocket just missed. If you read the article, the journalist did actually say he had a military source...


> No matter what he reported, he would have the other side threatening him.

That is why modern reportings best practice is to always support both sides. /s


Perhaps because he is a journalist whose job is to report reality, not avoid threats?


Until they start trying the carrot instead of the stick. Then it becomes a bidding war to determine the "reality"


They can also just do that bidding war in the resolution contract


Always is. 'Reality' is a subjective accounting.



The reason no one responds to this list is because it's just one big gish gallop

It's enough to see that you brought a link to the Israeli Military Censor to hint at a conspiracy, to understand who you're dealing with.

But even if you go into the list, you'll see at the top that those who were shot were in the middle of the battle, where Israeli forces were surprised, to the point of massacre alongside civilians. And there, it turns out, they didn't shoot to save themselves by the skin of their teeth, but simply wanted to kill journalists.

Also, a quick search shows that "Mohammad Jarghoun" ("מוחמד ג'רגון") was not a journalist at all, but a media worker, that according to the CPJ [1], during wartime he receives journalistic status. (Also not mentioned in AJ [2]. what a surprise...)

Another comment to the pantheon of "the most logical failures, in the fewest words". And then no one understands why the ICC will never consider such reports..

[1]: https://www.the7eye.org.il/501320

[2]: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/10/at-least-six-pales...


How does one say that a media worker is fair game, but a journalist is not? Both are classified as civilians under international law [1]. There are several airstrikes as the method of execution of these journalists as well. Good job cherry-picking the "favourable" examples. Also, I don't know what you're on about, but ICC is clearyly investigating Israeli war crimes of targeted journalist executions [3]. [1]: https://cpj.org/2023/10/journalist-casualties-in-the-israel-... [2]: https://cpj.org/data-methodology/ [3]: https://ifex.org/iccs-israel-palestine-investigation-will-in...


> Both are classified as civilians

Then say civilians. Don't claim what you can't provide. And DO provide context (like, was it still while the massacre was ongoing [1]). But all I can do is to suggest.

> Good job cherry-picking

Me cherry-picking: Taking the literally first entries, Array[0] and Array[1].

Also, you can't claim cherry-picking as invalid against gish-gallop. Since you can't enjoy the size argument only to retract items on the list after the smallest pushback.

Otherwise I can prove God. How? Every sentence in the Bible... Oh, you found some that are wrong? "Good job cherry-picking"!

And not to mention dozens of more problems with the list (no mentioning any IDF comments, no source for titles, etc.). This is just a bad list. Simple as.

> ICC is clearly investigating

Investigating != Judgment. But good, send them more. But please send them a list starting with items that might hold the smallest of scrutinies. And don't prove it by hinting at conspiracies just because Israel has a security censor. But all I can do is to suggest.

[1]: https://13tv.co.il/item/news/abroad/dynw9-903794689/


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Another "banger" comment that shows you did not read your sources links, here is one from the the wiki (Israeli Military Censor):

https://www.academia.edu/10481823/The_Israeli_paradox_The_mi...

Maybe your third comment will finally succeed...


Both researchers in that paper are Israeli residents. Do you have an independent report that corroborates their findings?


The wiki sources FROM YOUR LINKS, are suddenly not enough once they are against you?

Now now... one may mistakenly think you have some inconsistencies in your theory... and you out to revisit them first before demanding more..


The link corroborates my claim; the State of Israel does not protect press freedom.

I am asking you to cite a better counterarguement, if you want to disprove it. Or concede that Israeli journalists are regularly threatened by their government.


I feel like being a journalist in a warzone is already exposure to a sufficient number of threats for the benefit of human society that we shouldn't simply accept them being exposed to any entirely different set of completely unnecessary threats from a pile of sociopaths running their own sick gambling dead pools.




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