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Al Jazeera reporter Ismail al-Ghoul and his camera operator Ramy al-Rify were wearing press vests when Israel targeted their car and killed them. (slrpnk.net)

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Al Jazeera reporter Ismail al-Ghoul and his camera operator Ramy al-Rify were wearing press vests when Israel targeted their car and killed them.

If any white correspondent delivered these words into a camera, the whole world would stop

Al Jazeera says reporter, cameraman killed in Israel strike on Gaza

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[–] Five 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Politics worth discussing are never 'pleasant' - but the political discussion about it can still be civil.

This community was never intended to be 'feel-good news' - the intention was to encourage lively political discussion while filtering out bad-faith actors.

[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 months ago

Ah, understood, thank you