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Hi Reddit, I’m Maya Gebeily, the Reuters Bureau Chief for Lebanon, Syria and Jordan, based in Beirut. I’ve been covering the fallout from the...
  • mathemachristian [he/him]
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    10 months ago

    Q: do you ever feel like you could be seen as an actual target?

    A: Thank you for this question, which of course brings to mind the horrifying killing of our colleague Issam Abdallah by an Israeli tank shell

    immediate comment: Almost every single response references Israel even when they aren't mentioned in the initial comment. Biased as all heck.

    How fucking heartless. There is tone-deaf and then there's this.

    • mathemachristian [he/him]
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      10 months ago

      Also a lot of countries pulled their UNRWA funding over it too. That is a lot of credible people in agreement that the accusations do stand up.

      I should just stop reading reddit. Not good for me.

      • VILenin [he/him]M
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        10 months ago

        • “There is no evidence Israel did that thing they bragged about doing”

        • “How dare you ask for proof. You must believe state propagandists at face value.”

    • SSJ2Marx
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      10 months ago

      Also, like... Israel is mentioned in that question, albiet not directly. Who but Israel might suddenly see this reporter as a target?