Al Jazeera is owned by the Qatari government.
Al Jazeera has been given many awards for fair and (relatively) unbiased journalism. Notably, many of the journalists at Al Jazeera are not Qatari.
Qatar is openly hostile to Israel.
Notably, Qatar does not consider the Hamas a terrorist organization. Hamas leaders are based in Qatar.
I am well aware that Al Jazeera is generally considered unbiased, but the conflict of interest is very obvious when it comes to coverage of Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Qatar is openly hostile to Israel.
So is anyone with a fully-functional brain. What is your point?
Qatar is openly hostile to Israel.
Of course it is. Israel is a terrorist state.
Qatar literally provides shelter to the leaders of the Hamas, a globally recognized terrorist organization.
Qatar literally provides shelter to the leaders of the Hamas, a globally recognized terrorist organization.
Have these same people who classify Hamas as a "globally recognized terrorist organization" classified Israel as a terrorist state?
No?
Then their "classifications" isn't worth shit, is it now?
You know what, I kinda agree with you, these “classifications” really aren't worth shit most of the time.
But I don't need anybody else to tell me that the Hamas is a terrorist organization - just read their fucking charter.
Hmmm... do you think Israel regrets funding Hamas, then?
I hate to break it to you, Clyde... but Hamas is the lesser evil here. And Israel only has itself to blame for that.
Anyone with a heart and half a brain should be openly hostile to Israel as it currently operates.
I get what you’re saying and I think we should be mindful where we get our news from, but then being against Israel isn’t enough to discredit their coverage, especially since they’re on the right side on history of this one - meaning they don’t need to make anything up to make Israel look bad. They would be downright stupid to lie, even if they were nothing but Qatari state propagandists.
Then why does the Israeli government still allow interviews with Al Jazeera reporters? And Qatar is not openly hostile to Israel; it condemns Israel’s human rights abuses but still offers full diplomatic and economic ties with them in exchange for a two state solution (what the U.S. also claims to back) but the rightwing Netanyahu government refused the deal.
Should I link US controlled media then? To further spread the liberal narrative?
I don’t feel like arguing politics.
But don’t put words in my mouth - I’m not American and in my country media isn’t controlled by the state.
Judging by the pro-fash bootlickers infesting this post it sure looks like Israel's shill farms have wasted no time slithering onto Lemmy.
Somehow Israel is a genocidal imperialist government driven by blood and soil nationalism, and it's supposed to get a pass for...handwavy reasons...
Honestly you'd think they'd have better arguments.
As if it's been anything but that, ever in it's existence? The PA is Gaza, Fatah is Gaza, Hamas is Fatah, there is no discernible difference between any Palestinian group whatsoever, as an identifiable discernable difference would mean one is more willing to work towards a lasting responsible peace with Israel than the other, and no Palestinian group, faction, camp, or town has ever honestly worked towards one, ever.
Play silly shell games for another 70 years, it's cool, the Jews can wait. And defend themselves.
Huh I wonder what would discourage them from working together with Israel. Must just be one of those things I guess.
You mean Palestine doesn't work together with Israel because they keep getting invaded and having their rights violated?
Are you a tankie? /s
It’s impressive the level of ignorance in this post. Palestinians have put forth multiple peace proposals and the Israeli government has turned them down without any counter offer. Abbas offered to permanently give up Jerusalem and Right of Return in exchange for just a meeting with Netanyahu on peace talks and was turned down. Netanyahu does not WANT a credible peace partner, which is why he jails Palestinian politicians and undermines the moderates, so he can create a fait accompli.
Terrorism is the only possible way to deal with a violent oppressor. If you were on their side you’d be calling them guerrilla warriors. Remember in what kind of glowing coverage the US media used to talk about mujahideen?
I'll let you in on a tiny secret: if the plastinians weren't violent they would've already have a county (shhh)
Riiiiiight... and if Jewish people would just have stopped being Jewish the nazis would have given them a cozy homeland in Bavaria, right?
Is this sarcasm? You're saying if they stopped fighting back against invaders who want to take their land they...would have land? If only they'd give up their land, they'd have land? Do I have that right? I hope I'm just misreading this.
no innocents have been killed, only wounded
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