[Chill Cosby]

Originally Posted by blankall

"italian reporter says hamas rocket hit school"

First hit is the Pamela Geller site.

As for the previous tweets, a few comments:

1) They show a reporter who previously romanticized the Palestinian cause, and has since changed their mind.

2) Notice how the reporter did not have to wait until he got back home to make a tweet about Israel or the IDF. You can talk all you want about silencing the media, but that says a lot.

Israel does not restrict FOP more than Hamas. Hamas points guns at reporters. Israel, like all armies, controls what the press says in wartime. If they did not, reporters would give away sensitive information like troop movements.

If Israel was restricting FOP more than Hamas, how was the reporter able to call out Israel from Israel, but could not do the same for Hamas?

Again, that's an uber specific phrase that you wouldn't just google, so clearly you were on her site prior. If you did happen to read about it earlier, I suppose you could link the article for us?

1. Where did you come up with that narrative? His intentions have never differed. He has remained critical of Israel and Hamas the entire time. He even has this to say about people cherry picking that specific tweet:

@gabrielebarbati: Noticed that the more tweets I post about #idf #israel responsibilities in war in #gaza, the more a single tweet blaming Hamas is RT. Weird.

And when questioned about situations like the one you're guilty of, he had this to say earlier today:

Question:

@So_valid: @gabrielebarbati You're named a lot in pro-Israel media alleging mass Hamas intimidation/cover ups of human shield use. How true is this?

Answer:

@gabrielebarbati: @So_valid Ever heard of something call manipulation / propaganda? Give a look at my tweets if you have time and see for yourself.

So he accuses of pro-Israel people of manipulation and propaganda. Interesting.

2. I'm confused though, you took his tweet at absolute face value regarding Hamas accidentally bombing a school, but when he says Israel is more restrictive on FOP than Hamas, you deny it? It seems as though you're only willing to take his tweets at face value when they support Israel, any other time they must be dissected and have your own narrative added.

And you still have not addressed his tweets regarding Israel knowingly bombing a UNRWA school that did not have Hamas around it, and then lying about it.

Here are a few more tweets of his from today if you're curious:

@gabrielebarbati: @BackFromIsrael Rockets fired 4 domestic approval in Gaza. B4 war Hamas gov heavily criticized, after 100% people consent. Same 4 Netanyahu

Seems to support the idea that this increased Hamas' reputation.

@gabrielebarbati: Netanyahu to press: "Regret civilian casualties" http://t.co/8SUGSxYTqG Too bad you didn't do enough to avoid them, to say the least

He had this to say about Israel's "pamphlet" system of warning people:

@gabrielebarbati: @israelforever @JonDonnison 1 Can't shelter 1,8ml people trapped by Israel&Egytpt embargo+naval blockade 2 Any escape from 1ton F16 bombs?

I'm certainly not saying this guy is an untouchable trustworthy source on everything at hand, but why the blind trust of one of his tweets, while avoiding the subject matter and direct words of others all together?