Al-Quds Today staff were targeted outside a hospital, as number of media workers killed by Israeli forces exceeds 200

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/24068509

Jadi had gone to al-Awda Hospital with his wife, who was giving birth to their first child.

According to the Wafa news agency, while waiting for his wife, he decided to check in on his colleagues who were outside the hospital in the vehicle.

His brother, photographer Omar al-Jadi, documented the moments after the Israeli strike hit the vehicle.

“Guys, Ayman is inside. Ayman, my brother, is martyred,” he shouted in the video as he helplessly filmed the burning van.

By Rayhan Uddin
Published date: 26 December 2024 10:50 GMT

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    41·
    2 days ago

    I don’t really give a shit whether or not there is a unique word, but since there is a unique word, why let Israel get to define it and why let bigots get to agree with them?

    If you don’t like the word, the solution is to stop using it and get others to also stop using it, not to use it sarcastically or ironically.

    • naught101@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 days ago

      Pretty sure most people I know would see an obvious sarcastic like this as actively de-legitimising Israel’s attempt to broaden the term. Maybe that’s because I generally hang out with people who are fairly well educated, but I think most people are smart enough to understand the intention here. Do you have any evidence/logic to back your claim that it legitimises?

      Of course, sarcasm is difficult to convey with text, so there’s a risk that people will read it as intended unironically… But I don’t think that’s happened here.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        13·
        2 days ago

        Do I have evidence other than my seeing it here on Lemmy and having it said to my face? No. And I’m not really going to take the time to search through god knows how many Lemmy comments to prove it to you if you don’t want to believe me.

        • naught101@lemmy.world
          1·
          15 hours ago

          Like 99% of Lemmy is opposed to Israel’s genocide. The OP has 78 upvotes (100%). I don’t think anyone is misunderstanding the sarcasm. Unless there’s one really dumb zionist among those 78.

            • naught101@lemmy.world
              1·
              14 hours ago

              I absolutely agree with what you said over there. That person is a fuckwit.

              If your point is that some of the people opposed to Israel’s genocide are using it as a reason (intentional or not) to be antisemitic, I also agree, but I think those people are a fairly small fraction of the total opposition (and that they are playing into Israel’s hands).

              But that seems like the opposite of what the original comment in this thread is saying. It’s parodying that opinion.

              • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
                1·
                14 hours ago

                My point is that even saying it sarcastically legitimizes the concept as a line of thinking which can influence others. As I said to someone else, it’s an “any publicity is bad publicity” situation. And it’s really not hard to misunderstand sarcasm on the internet.

                I also do not think you should ever give Israel an inch with their attempts at redefining terms.