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Susan Linehan's avatar

I know they are on the left in Israel. Is there any reason to think they are lying about what N. said? Zack Beauchamp on Vox says this about the quote:

"These exact comments have not yet been confirmed by other sources. But the Times of Israel’s Tal Schneider wrote on Sunday that Netanyahu’s reported words “are in line with the policy that he implemented,” which did little to challenge and in some ways bolstered Hamas’s control over the Gaza Strip. Moreover, Schneider notes, “the same messaging was repeated by right-wing commentators, who may have received briefings on the matter or talked to Likud higher-ups and understood the message.” Some Netanyahu confidants have said the same thing, as have outside experts."

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howard's avatar

My limited understanding is that Haaretz is the equivalent of the guardian, and there is no reason to doubt their general reliability although of course any individual story might have errors.

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J. Andres Hannah-Suarez's avatar

It's just a pity that the Israeli diaspora can't ever accept that Israel could do any wrong.

Fortunately there is a lot of healthy debate within Israel itself about the destructiveness of the political right in the country.

For example, the movie Waltz with Bashir (documents the Sabra and Shatila massacre of 1982) could NEVER be made outside of Israel.

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