Foreign secretary’s call comes after group releases video of British-Israeli hostage it says died after being wounded in Israeli airstrike

Foreign secretary’s call comes after group releases video of British-Israeli hostage it says died after being wounded in Israeli airstrike

David Cameron has urged the BBC to describe Hamas as a terrorist organisation, reviving an accusation that the corporation shies away from a valid description of the Islamist group that is holding Israeli hostages.

The UK foreign secretary told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg that the organisation should reconsider its guidelines in light of a video released by Hamas showing the British-Israeli hostage Nadav Popplewell, who the group said had died in Gaza.

Hamas released a statement on Saturday saying the 51-year-old had died after being wounded in an Israeli airstrike a month ago. The video showed him with a black eye.

  • fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I don’t want to defend Israel but it feels a bit like you intentionally used a loose definition of terrorism to make your point.

    Israel & Netanyahu (?) are all sorts of wrong but IDK if “terrorist” is the best adjective.

    Edit: my apologies all, I seem to have made a comment which is not completely 100% derisive of Israel and it’s behavior. I promise I’ll do better.

    • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Ben Gvir has been convicted eight times of incitement and terrorism charges. He also got exempted from the draft by the IDF for being too much of a right-wing radical.

      Now, in his role as minister for national security, he’s overseeing settler violence in the west bank, pretty much doing a Maurice Papon. Yes, the man is a terrorist.

      Netanyahu though he’s right-wing but not to that degree, he’s simply corrupt and wants to keep in office to keep out of prison. If that had been more possible with a centre-left coalition than the current far-right one he would’ve moved left.