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The Israeli Defense Forces on Sunday accused a prominent journalist– who in recent months has reported regularly for Al Jazeera from Gaza – of moonlighting as a senior Hamas commander.

The Israeli Defense Forces have published photos they say were discovered on a laptop in Gaza that show Al Jazeera journalist Mohamed Washah engaged in Hamas terrorist activities.

Neither Al Jazeera nor the Qatari government have responded to the Sun’s request for comment.

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    9 months ago

    No that’s my inference based on the lack of evidence.

    The claim and the evidence is that Hamas hardly ever admits to casualties.

    The evidence is the lack of evidence of Hamas admitting to its members being killed. I can’t prove a lack of something that doesn’t exist.

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      No that’s my inference based on the lack of evidence.

      You made absolutely no indication that it was an inference. It was just a statement, as if it were fact.

      The claim and the evidence is that Hamas hardly ever admits to casualties.

      You have provided no evidence.

      The evidence is the lack of evidence

      What the fuck does this even mean?

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          9 months ago

          Since I’m not very well educated or experienced, please explain how the lack of something can be the same as the presence of something.

          • If your neighbor claimed that teenagers were racing their cars outside of his house, the absence of teenagers, cars, and tire marks, on the street would be negative evidence against his claim.

            This is honestly not that complicated.

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              9 months ago

              Well, I may be uneducated and inexperienced, but it seems to me that those teenagers could have just driven away and not left any tire marks. So stupid me doesn’t understand how that explains how the absence of evidence is the same as the presence of evidence.