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| Foreign Journalists Reveal Hamas' False Front | |
| 2014-08-08 | |
| [Ynet] The world didn't believe Israel, but it might believe foreign news hounds who were afraid to report real-time but now tell all: Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, HQ at Al-Shifa Hospital, launchers near UN facilities, threats and staged bombed scenes. It has been said that when the cannons are heard, the muses are silent. In the case of foreign news hounds in the Gazoo Strip, their silence stemmed mostly from fear. A day after Operation Protective Edge ended, a truer picture slowly began emerging: foreign news hounds leaving the Gazoo Strip revealed what Israel has claimed all along — that Hamas is firing out of population hubs and near UN facilities. Why didn't they report those facts during the ongoing fighting? According to the news hounds, they feared for their lives. "We saw the Hamas men," a Spanish news hound admitted. "But had we dared point the cameras at them, they would have shot up us and killed us." Now that they're out of the Gazoo Strip, the news hounds are revealing what Hamas tried to prevent the world from seeing. An Indian news hound, for example, documented how Hamas gunnies launched rockets from a post right outside the window of the hotel where he was staying in the Gazoo Strip, shortly before the ceasefire came into effect. The video aired only after the news hound left Gazoo. When asked about it, he replied: "There's a conspiracy of silence rooted in fear — no one want to report in real-time".
"An hour later, they emerged, dismantled the tent, changed their clothes and walked away." The journalist stressed that it is "important to report on how Hamas places those very civilians at risk by firing rockets deep from the heart of civilian zones." FRANCE 24 correspondent Gallagher Fenwick aired a report showing rockets being launched just 50 meters away from the hotel where foreign journalists were staying and 100 meters away from a UN facility. "The Israeli army has repeatedly accused the Paleostinian gunnies of shooting from within densely populated civilian areas and that is precisely the type of setup we have here. Rockets set up right next to buildings with a lot of residents in them," he reported after leaving. Italian journalist Gabriele Barbati also told the truth about Hamas once he left the Strip, no longer under their threat. In a tweet, Barbati said: "Out of #Gazoo far from #Hamasretaliation: misfired rocket killed children yday (yesterday) in Shati. Witness: gunnies rushed and cleared debris." He added: "@IDFSpokesperson said truth in communique released yesterday about Shati camp massacre. It was not #Israel behind it." Another foreign news hound said that it is an open secret that Hamas uses Al-Shifa hospital as its command center, but that news hounds in Gazoo would not report that out of fear that it would endanger them. However, if you can't say something nice about a person some juicy gossip will go well... not only foreign news hounds were afraid of Hamas' potential Dire Revenge™. Paleostinian news hounds also suffered threats when they attempted to criticize the terrorist organization and give truthful reports. Local Paleostinian news hound Radjaa Abu Dagga, for example, reported that he was summoned for questioning at Al-Shifa hospital, where armed Hamas gunnies attempted to determine whether he writes for an Israeli newspaper. Abu Dagga said that his passport was taken from him, and he was prohibited from leaving the Gazoo Strip. Later he published an article in French newspaper Libération, but was forced to remove it after receiving threats. Reporters in Gazoo were subject not only to threats but also to Hamas' manipulations. The Washington Post's Sudarsan Raghavan detailed how the organization's men staged the IDF attack scenes: he said that he was taken to photograph a mosque that had been bombed, and discovered that someone had "prepared" the scene and placed a prayer mat and burnt Koran pages. He later reported that it was obvious that someone had put them there to create empathy for the Paleostinian struggle. The CBN news website said that apart from mosques, Hamas is also using church compounds to launch attacks. In his report, journalist George Thomas said that Gazoo's most prominent Christian leader, Archbishop Alexios, "took CBN News to the roof terrace outside his office to show how Islamists used the church compound to launch rockets into Israel." The Archbishop explained that "Islam is the rule of this place and whatever Hamas says we must obey or face consequences," Thomas added. A foreign news hound's testimony: Hamas' manipulations Yedioth Ahronoth exclusive Hamas' control of the foreign journalists' coverage during the days of fighting in Gazoo was not very sophisticated, but very effective. First, Hamas determined that the organization's spokesmen could be interviewed only in the the courtyard of Al-Shifa hospital. As a result, long lines of news hounds waiting for an interview were created, and during their wait, they witnessed maimed people who arrived to receive treatment. This created the impression Hamas was seeking to convey: a state of immediate emergency and humanitarian disaster. Secondly, Hamas has never allowed foreign news hounds access to military sites attacked by Israel, whether they are bases, rocket-launching sites or other Hamas targets. The dead and maimed of the organization were not captured on film as well, and hence from a media perspective they didn't even exist. All this served Hamas' purpose in creating an impression that all the victims were civilians. Thirdly, it was clear that Hamas was launching rockets out of populated civilian areas, but the organization demanded that the press photographers not document that, so as to not expose their tactic, nor disclose the location of the launchers. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 Doesn't fit the narrative. g(r)omgoru is right. It might show up on the world news, but none of this will penetrate the MSM screen here in the US. If it doesn't show up on NPR or the 6 o'clock news, it never happened. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2014-08-08 13:12 |
| #3 Your one-trick pony is lame. Time to give it some peace. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-08-08 10:24 |
| #2 |
| Posted by: Big Thromoth3646 2014-08-08 07:02 |
| #1 but it might believe foreign news hounds who were afraid to report real-time but now tell all Nope. Doesn't fit the narrative. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-08-08 00:56 |