Comment by gruez
4 days ago
>The NYTimes widely referenced but debunked story “Screams without words” about alleged rapes on October 7 was co-authored by a literal IDF intelligence agent.
Are you talking about Anat Schwartz? Based on her wikipedia article she served in the "Israeli Air Force intelligence division" at some point, but not when she wrote the article. I guess this technically counts as "literal IDF intelligence agent", but is at least somewhat misleading. You wouldn't call American journalist in his 40s "a Marine", just because he did a tour of duty in his 20s.
> Also the Atlantic Editor-in-Chief is IDF.
Same issue as above.
>Polls immediately after Oct 7 showed college students support Hamas more than Israel, and that’s before a year of live-streamed genocide
This isn't the same as "Hamas are the good guys". Specifically, not every conflict must have a "good guy" and a "bad guy". I don't support US's invasion of Iraq, but that doesn't make Saddam Hussein the good guy. Likewise, me thinking Saddam Hussein is a tyrant doesn't make the US the good guy for invading Iraq.
It's also worth noting that every Israeli (with a few exceptions) has military service obligations so every Israeli journalist has served in the IDF at some point.
Every Israeli (with a few exceptions) worked in military intelligence?
No, but what of it?
The "Israeli Air Force intelligence division" is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Intelligence_Group
It's not exactly known as a propaganda center or something.
> with a few exceptions
20% of the population is exempt, unless you are saying Arab Israelis aren't Israeli. More including many orthodox were also exempt up until mid 2024.