[drc500free]

Al Jazeera is state propaganda run by the Qataris, who also fund Hamas. The one topic that they absolutely cannot provide unbiased commentary on is Israel-Palestine. Picking an AJ article as the jumping off point is akin to picking a Pravda or RT article as the jumping off point to discuss Ukraine-Russia.

I think this community is better than most at keeping things analytical, and you're better than any other moderator I've encountered in decades on online communities. But it's not exactly a neutral framing to kick off the discussion. An article about the numerous rapes and tortures committed by Palestinians during October 7th and on the hostages afterwards would likewise not be the most neutral.

[r00fus]

This is conjecture, not facts. Please provide some actual reason why one should see Al Jazeera as a non-serious source.

btw, the same was said about the Al Jazeera's reporting on the Iraq occupation, and it was equally false.

[h3rsko]

They still claim the al-Ahli hospital explosion was an Israeli strike where "hundreds were killed."

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/20/what-have-open-sou...

[megous]

Said article is not a commentary. It's pure reporting.