Comments on: Are they still using “flechette” bombs in Gaza?

By: nikkor1

nikkor1 — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:37:06 +0000

Yeah, it’s my fault: I shouldn’t treat a blog like a “real” media. You have a right to be biased to the Palestinian side.

By: Marian Houk

Marian Houk — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:17:11 +0000

Dear Nikkor 1, the photo you linked to does not prove that the victim was a member of al-Quds brigade. If you really knew what a journalist is supposed to verify, you would understand that.

Even if you provided two sources that say this dead young man is a member of al-Quds brigade, that does not constitute proof that he is.

But, even if you had iron-clad proof that positively identified the dead body as a former member of al-Quds brigade — proof that neither of us seems to have — that is not proof that he was JUST ABOUT to launch projectiles from Gaza into Israel,.

It seems that, for you, a journalist is someone who agrees with what you say, and that’s it. Otherwise you berate the person who is the object of your attention in all kinds of ways — including by issuing some kind of fatwa saying that he or she is a “blogger” but not a “journalist”. In this case, the distinction is devoid of sense.

I was beginning to develop a kind of fondness for some of you guys, particularly when you provide useful information — including, of course, links in English.

But it is abuse when you simply begin to call somebody all kinds of names because they do not agree with your claims.

By: Nikkor1

Nikkor1 — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:59:22 +0000

The photo I linked to, only proofs they were a members al-Quds brigade (the militant branch of the terrorist organization Islamic Jihad).
And this specific person was killed in this incident (21.07.10).
That’s it.

If you calling the demand to publish objective information about Israeli-Palestinian conflict “borderline abuse”, let me to argue with you.
You are the journalist, not me (I’m a private person). So, you are obliged to research about what are your posting, and to verify the information from more than one source.
If you are only reposting the articles from other mass media, without to make minimal efforts to verify them- I would call you a “blogger”.

By: Marian Houk

Marian Houk — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:09:38 +0000

To the Nikkor1 who commented at 2:29 – this photo does not constitute proof of anything to me, and it was published, of course AFTER this young man was killed.

He was killed, therefore, BEFORE this photo — which constitutes proof to you — was taken and published.

There have been too many killings.

To the Nikkor1 who commented at 2:40 – this is borderline abuse, something which cannot be tolerated. What you call “minimal research” here does not bring clear evidence that these two victims are terrorists or members of any group.

And making claims just because you would like to believe it, or because you would prefer it, is not journalism.

In any case, whatever else they might have been, they are (or were) two young men.

By: Nikkor1

Nikkor1 — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 07:52:59 +0000

I can ask my colleague, but probably they couldn’t answer your question too (they are just engineers in one of Israeli high-tech company like me)

By: Nikkor1

Nikkor1 — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 07:40:01 +0000

You should make a minimal research before you posting on such sensitive themes.
one minute googling was bring you a clear evidences that those were 2 terrroists from Islamic Jihad branch (al-Quds) group, and not just 2 “young men”

By: Nikkor1

Nikkor1 — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 07:29:11 +0000

I know and you know how were these 2 “young men”:

http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/multimedia/photo/funeral-al-kafarna-gaza

By: Marian Houk

Marian Houk — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 07:00:31 +0000

Whatcha talkin’ about? How do you know they are members of Islamic Jihad? Dehumanization leads to atrocities…
And, just asking (though I note that the ISM report also suggests it is a possiblity) I would also like to ask how your colleague knows for sure — what proof is there — that they were JUST ABOUT to launch Qasam rockets?
Is this the best way to deal with threats?

By: Nikkor1

Nikkor1 — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 06:51:11 +0000

This can’t be by any means called a “journalism” to naming a member of the Islamic Jihad group as “young men”

By: Nikkor1

Nikkor1 — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 06:31:52 +0000

Marian wrote:
“All of them – the two dead young men, and the four injured children – are they all “militants”?
No, they are not: two terrorists were spotted by IDF just moments before lunching Qasam rockets on civilians in Israel, and were hit by helicopters fire. The terrorists used near Palestinian homes like a human shield (it’s their common practice)- in your report mentioned 100 meter distance from the houses to the lunch position.
So, is the Israel only to blame in wounding 4 innocent children?