Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war

Post by gryzzly » Thu, Mar 07, 2024, 3:53 PM UTC

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Sometimes I wished HN had an "ignore user" button. Basically everytjing in your wall of text is either wrong or so turned on its head and misunderstood it could as well be wrong. The key word you don't seem to understand is this: proportinality.

> Sometimes I wished HN had an "ignore user" button FWIW, there is a "mute" button, but it still allows Hasbara drones to harass you, claim you're a terrorist supporter, antisemite etc - you know, the usual slander they resort to once facts are in the way. The level of denial and falsehoods coming from pro-Israeli accounts is awful, especially here, a place renowned for inspiring curiosity and research. Today is the…

Post by Aerbil313 » Thu, Mar 07, 2024, 3:58 PM UTC

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10% would be considered an extremely high death rate for soldiers involved in the fighting. Even 2.5% for healthcare workers is ridiculously high. Would be interesting to see what the death rates for journalists, medics, soldiers, etc was in afghan war, iraq war, vietnam war, etc. I highly doubt any reaches 10%.

> 10% would be considered an extremely high death rate for soldiers involved in the fighting. Even 2.5% for healthcare workers is ridiculously high. Hamas based their operations where conventional rules of war prohibit fire. That makes comparing casualty rates incredibly difficult. (To my knowledge, nobody else has done this so comprehensively. Though given its success, I expect it to be emulated. Which unfortunately…

Post by pierat » Thu, Mar 07, 2024, 4:08 PM UTC

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Being in the USA, I look at what I can do, and it's effectively nothing. There's the whole movement to 'not support any Democrat candidate's during the primaries, which is wavering the non-committed around 8-15%. Aside sending a vote message to Biden, I'm powerless to do more. Honestly, the US govt needs to quit selling/giving/loaning weaponry to Israel. Won't solve the problem, but at least we wouldn't be supporting…

While the US violently cleansed the land of various indigenous peoples, there was no Internet through which stern condemnation could arrive. The Israelis have to do the same but broadcasted to every single person's palm. It's quite unfortunate for them, really. Sometimes you gotta help your little bro out.

Post by mlrtime » Thu, Mar 07, 2024, 4:18 PM UTC

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FWIW, it's also easy to claim HN is biased, because people are biased differently, and HN is close to global. As a northern european, I for instance would say that I often find HN trend conservative, compared to the discourses in my country. But someone from a different part of the world could claim HN to lean progressive, based on their political environment. So I don't think there is an easy way here. If one were t…

Well, there are things that cannot be bozt-sided: Everything that violates human right for example. Or direct threats to democracy.

Post by incognos » Thu, Mar 07, 2024, 4:28 PM UTC

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Hardly, a Palestinian has no governing authority allowing it to issue a passport or proof of citizenship. This again is controlled by Israel. So your argument does not hold water. I found the use of the term "Former Palestinian" offensive. It implies that you are no longer such. Regardless of your citizenship, your ancestry defines your ethnic group. Palestinians are an ethnic group. Those born by parents of said eth…

You aren't always defined by your ancestry. My parents had to emigrate to more human respecting lands, and they still feel they're more part of that land than the one they were born in.