• scarabic@lemmy.world
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    He speculated that the hospital blast could have been an Israeli strike. While Israel was attacking the city.

    Gosh, what an anti-Semite.

    /s

    • Womble@lemmy.world
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      one of the sad things about this is that it devalues actual antisemitism too. Its got to the point now where if soneone is accused of being anti semitic now i assume they just were critical of Isreali policy. Actual “Hitler did nothing wrong” anti semities beneift from this by being camoflaged among those who just disagree with cutting off food water and electricity to millions of civilians.

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    So if talking about events is blood libel, is killing journalists trying to represent the truth blood silence? Israel wants people to support them but doesn’t support media showing what’s happening. Why not show what’s happening? Why not care for journalists who will expose such one sided force?

  • gcheliotis@lemmy.world
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    Whoever is managing that account is really reaching here.

    “On Thursday, the Israeli government’s official account on X, formerly known as Twitter, likened this to the antisemitic lie that Jews murdered Christian boys to use their blood for religious rituals.”

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldB
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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    The Israeli government has accused the BBC of perpetuating a “modern blood libel” in its reporting of the catastrophic explosion at al-Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza.

    On Thursday, the Israeli government’s official account on X, formerly known as Twitter, likened this to the antisemitic lie that Jews murdered Christian boys to use their blood for religious rituals.

    “This doesn’t represent the entirety of the BBC’s output and anyone watching, listening to or reading our coverage can see we have set out both sides’ competing claims about the explosion, clearly showing who is saying them, and what we do or don’t know”.

    There has also been criticism in the UK of the BBC report aired in the immediate aftermath of the explosion, in which the correspondent Jon Donnison suggested it was likely the blast was the result of an Israeli rocket.

    The Israeli government claims the initial take by the BBC and other media organisations has further destabilised the region and led to the cancellation of a summit in Amman between the US president, Joe Biden, and the Egyptian and Palestinian leaders, which had been due to take place on Wednesday.

    Speaking on Radio 4’s Today programme on Thursday morning, the UK’s security minister, Tom Tugendhat, criticised “irresponsible speculation” and said it had not been “the BBC’s finest hour”.


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