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‘Ha’aretz’ article accusing Israeli soldiers of firing on aid seekers a ‘blood libel,’ Netanyahu says (Jewish News Syndicate, 2025-06-27) (hcommons.social)

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‘Ha’aretz’ article accusing Israeli soldiers of firing on aid seekers a ‘blood libel,’ Netanyahu says (Jewish News Syndicate, 2025-06-27)

https://www.jns.org/haaretz-article-accusing-israeli-soldiers-of-firing-on-aid-seekers-a-blood-libel-netanyahu-says/
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>> The article “‘It’s a killing field’: IDF soldiers ordered to shoot deliberately at unarmed Gazans waiting for humanitarian aid” in the left-wing Israeli paper Ha’aretz contains “contemptible blood libels,” stated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz on Friday.

>> The Ha’aretz article cites anonymous Israeli soldiers and officers, who it says accused the IDF of firing on Gazans who posed no danger to them.

>> The Israeli military has said that it fires warning shots in certain instances and that it has identified suspicious people among the aid seekers.

>> While Israel’s Military Advocate General ordered an investigation into the allegations on Friday, the IDF has denied the claims made in the article …

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[–] scintilla@beehaw.org 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Israel really is just trying to give Neo-Nazis ammunition at this point. I hate how often I have to remind people that the problem is the state of Israel not Jewish people like some people seem to fall into thinking.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 1 points 47 minutes ago

Netanyahu and the Israeli right are determined to keep that conflation of Israeli and Jewish going, through their accusations of antisemitism against anyone who criticizes them. It's harmful for Jews everywhere, but they don't care.