Breitbart has the latest on an allegation that’s been picking up steam over the past day or two.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration is demanding answers from several prominent news agencies after criticism emerged of their photographers appearing to have been embedded with Hamas terrorists during the October 7 attack.
As Breitbart News reported Wednesday, the Associated Press said that it had no foreknowledge of the attack, even though its photographers appeared alongside Hamas terrorists from the first moments that they broke through the Gaza border fence.
The pro-Israel media watchdog organization brought up ethical concerns Wednesday, noting that media photographers seemed to have known about the attack and were quite at ease among the terrorists, who were shooting every other civilian they found.
Later, photographs emerged of one of the photographers posing for selfies with the local Hamas leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar.
What were they doing there so early on what would ordinarily have been a quiet Saturday morning? Was it coordinated with Hamas? Did the respectable wire services, which published their photos, approve of their presence inside enemy territory, together with the terrorist infiltrators? Did the photojournalists who freelance for other media, like CNN and The New York Times, notify these outlets? Judging from the pictures of lynching, kidnapping and storming of an Israeli kibbutz, it seems like the border has been breached not only physically, but also journalistically. […]
HonestReporting has obtained screenshots of Eslaiah’s now-removed tweets on X in which he documented himself standing in front of the Israeli tank. He did not wear a press vest or a helmet, and the Arabic caption of his tweet read: “Live from inside the Gaza Strip settlements.”
More: Impartial CNN Gaza Reporter Joined Hamas Terrorists During Mass Slaughter of 1,400 Jews on Oct. 7. – Was Filmed Carrying Grenade to the Kibbutz Massacre
Megan McArdle (the self-described right leaning Libertarian) was defending the “journalists”. When someone pointed out to her that one such “journalist” was holding a hand grenade and smiling like a lunatic, she rationalized the behavior as acting on behalf of his own safety in the situation.
Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit needs to vet those “contributors” he allows to post on his site.
You can’t rule out that the attack was staged by the Israelis. It is their 9/11 after all; an inside job.
Sure. Thats some feat of convolution in thought to come up with that gem. Try again…
Velcro…I recommend velcro. It will save you the embarrassment of asking complete strangers to tie your shoes for you.
No, it’s not “staged”, it’s real. The question is how could intelligence agencies not have known about it? When even “embedded journalists” were along for the ride? The obvious answer is that they did know.
These photographers are “stringers”, local muslims, most likely Hamas. One pundit recently pointed out that AP is Hamas.
That someone from the media would voluntarily act on behalf of Hamas as an inhouse and redundant useful idiot is not surprising. Redundant, because the Islamists proudly post their own footage. Moral equivalence has sunk to a new low. If the opportunity could have arisen, can anyone imagine Allied reporters covering the daily events at Auschwitz for Newsreels at Theaters.
“Impartial” journalism, is like “Impartial UN employee”
I wouldn’t doubt that when the raping started….someone from the Associated Press probably took a turn too.
And when the UN reports their Employees were killed by Israel…GOOD. Most of them are supporters of Hamas too.
“Breaking from the gas chambers in Poland. We have the latest news, photos, and video”.
Well don’t that beat all.
Where are these photographers now? They must be known throughout the media?
Have they gone to ground with their Hamas brothers?
If this is at all true the photographers will be hunted down just like the Olympic killers.
The funny, superficial site strictly follows a funny, superficial agenda. And his zombie readers eagerly follow the set direction. How boring…
L – If the media hires jihadis to provide “news” coverage of jihadi massacres of infidels
in Israel. Clearly, they’ve taken a side in the war of civilization versus barbarism. That also,
explains their news coverage of issues in Western nations… full points for consistency
in their malevolence.
I’m surprised that CNN did not report these as “mostly peaceful massacres”…
And Twatter tried to claim that the grenade video was faked. New owner, same bullshit.
In the not-so-distant past this wold have caused some to utter the words “participating in the commission of crimes against humanity” and would have earned these “urinolists” a long fall with a short rope (with that sudden stop at the end of the fall)! They are the same kind of FILTH as the troglodytes they so gleefully cover! SPIT
I think the journalists made the list.
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/did-they-know-in-advance-israeli-opposition-leader-demands-answers-from-media-after-report-on-journalists-embedding-with-hamas/
To be fair, the journalists and news organizations probably couldn’t warn anyone about the attacks with all the furious self-pleasuring going on thinking about the possibility of hundreds of dead Jews….
Wish we had footage of all the newsrooms as the Hamas attacks were developing. I’m picturing chocolates, sweets, maybe even champagne.
What’s the meme say? “You don’t hate journalists enough. You think you do, but you don’t”
When the American journalists where shown pictures and camera films of the massacre. They have been saying that several of them passed out and fell on the floor.
I wonder if it was from laughter or actual distress?
Swines
I say this as someone who holds the press of the Nations in contempt as an enemy of Israel:
Hogwash.
Hamas boasted of how well they kept the operation secret. I don’t doubt a few friendly correspondents whom they knew hated Jews as much as they did were invited to tag along that morning. (“Peace be with you, brother Mohammed! Looking for a story? Get in the car! We’re going Zionist hunting!”) But those correspondents couldn’t have known much before the rest of the world did.
It makes as much sense as the fairy tale anti-Semites tell about how Mossad supposedly told Israelis to stay home from jobs at the World Trade Center on 9/11. Wouldn’t at least one of them have said something to the Gentiles, afterwards if not then? Three men can only keep a secret if two are dead, no matter whether they’re Jewish or Gentile.
I expect better from the prime minister of the State of Israel to insult the intelligence of Israelis like this.
Israelis are asking, correctly, when they can expect the hostages to be released and Hamas to be driven from Gaza. Netanyahu is making excuses for himself because it took Israel six days to conquer Gaza and Judea and Samaria in the first place, and he’s taken a month just to get the IDF to the gates of Gaza City, and the hostages are still missing.
Why? Because he thinks the New York Times will say mean things about Israel? That’s what they do! Ignore them! Don’t waste time picking fights with Hellenists half a world away! Defeat the Arabs!
The Gentile and Hellenist media will come around when the job is done and there’s nothing to be gained from making excuses for the Jew-killers any more. They always do.
Yup. How do you say “Squirrel, Squirrel!” In Hebrew?
Just get in there Benji and do the job that should never have been necessary in the first place.
kahane
The same lefty Jews who are working at wrecking the USA, are working to destroy Netanyahu, and were behind the faults accusations of corruption that he faced. So before you rant like an IDIOT, get the facts. Netanyahu also has stated that some in the military were aware that this attack was coming. C Glick has written extensively about the military being hijacked by lefty Lawyers who advise the military how to operate in accordance with UN protocols.
Most Commanders get legal advice so that they respect the rules of warfare, etc. Lawyers are part of the staff that commanders rely on for advice.
That much I know. The same people organized the mutinies in the IDF to discredit Netanyahu.
Now Netanyahu is discrediting himself, by talking nonsense about how the New York Times were tipped off to the attack and somehow kept it quiet till the deed was done. The ones with family in Israel or friends on the Jewish Israeli extreme left would at least have told them. As it was, the unrepentant old kibbutzniks were as surprised as anyone else, and were murdered or kidnapped like everyone else.
We’re, finally, hearing the truth from Jewish journalists working in the Gentile media who have learnt how sickeningly anti-Semitic their colleagues really are. No one at all has confirmed anything like what Netanyahu would have us believe, Jewish or Gentile. I’m not holding my breath.
AP pulled the same shit in Lebanon years ago. The tootless wailing woman actor, green helmet guy, etc. They were helping actors playing corpses to get into position. So yes, local AP stringers are helping Palestinians make propaganda and AP distributes it. Not the only ones, if you watch CTV or Global, you know what I mean. Did they have advanced knowledge? Duh…
The Mossad just needs to kill all of them
Impossible.
Those were not “Journalists”..
They actually were “On scene” recording the butchery..
No self respecting “Journalist” would ever actually film in real time..
Why would they?
When they have been faking it and lying to us for decades.
So the Palistinian Videobloggers cannot be “imbedded” with Hamas,they are just members..
But the Western Media that is buying their product?
Well that is one way of funding terrorists while pretending you don’t.
Self-respecting journalist? … are you joking … hahahahaha …..
There are very few of those in world anymore. They are now propagandists … selling out is more lucrative.
I’ll name a few good ones … Tucker Carlson , Megyn Kelly, Glenn Greenwald, Ezra Levant, Jesse Waters … there are many others, but they are not on MSM.
This is nothing new. For decades AP and Reuters have been hiring local “stringers” to report from Gaza who are usually supporters, if not active members of Hamas. Many of the images and videos they submit are completely fabricated. AP and Reuters ignore any criticism when they are called out on this practice, which should make it clear where their sympathies lie. Naturally, both are among the most prominent “trusted sources” in government and Big Tech programs to curb “misinformation”.