Qatari news network Al Jazeera is stridently denying any link to Gaza-based journalist Abdallah Aljamal, amid unverified rumors that hostage Noa Argamani had been held at his home in central Gaza’s Nuseirat.

According to various rumors, some of which have been picked up by Hebrew-language media with varying levels of credulity, Argamani was held at the home of Dr. Ahmed Aljamal and his son Abdallah. They also claim that Abdallah is an employee of Al-Jazeera.

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    Don’t let terrorists live in your home. Leave if you have to.

    I’m sure that would have been very easy for the well over 10,000 children who have been killed. Especially the babies.

    I have said this multiple times and I will continue to say it- if you have to kill thousands of children in the name of protecting your nation, maybe your nation isn’t worth protecting.

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      if you have to kill thousands of children in the name of protecting your nation, maybe your nation isn’t worth protecting.

      Ironically, nearly every major nation in existence has done this at some point in their history. The world is a fucked up place.

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          On one hand I can sympathize with that sentiment, on the other hand, I can’t imagine the horrors that would have occurred if the Axis powers had been allowed to conquer the world.

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              I mean, the Allied powers also firebombed civilian population centers, which was absolutely horrific.

              Edit to add sources:

              Hamburg -37,000 civilians

              Dresden ~25,000 civilians

              Tokyo ~100,000 civilians

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                  Ah, mostly that the Allied forces were fighting to protect their own nations, not just against the Axis powers. In doing so, they also caused death and destruction to innocents.

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                    Again, doesn’t change what I said- if you have to kill thousands of children based on the claim that you’re protecting your nation- something the Axis powers themselves did- then maybe your nation isn’t worth protecting.