• make -j8@lemmy.world
    812·
    2 years ago

    "Cobb-Smith has joined with the most politicized anti-Israel NGOs in pushing false or unsubstantiated accusations of Israeli violations of the laws of war […] In particular, he circulated false claims (“there was no tactical reason; there was no reasonable use of that weapon system”) as well as claims (later discredited) that the IDF used white phosphorous “in an illegal manner.” Similarly, he has been involved with the campaigns of the anti-Israel NGO known as Forensic Architecture.

    Oh okey, I understand better what you mean by “not much to back those claims”

    • June@lemm.ee
      112·
      2 years ago

      I did some quick searches on him and saw he was with amnesty international. This didn’t come up for me. I’ll remove him as a reference. Appreciate the insight to him.

      • Maggoty@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 years ago

        They pulled that from a site called NGO-Monitor. It’s a right wing Israeli outlet that exists specifically to dismiss claims from international NGOs. It’s about as credible as the government itself denying it committed crimes.

        • June@lemm.ee
          2·
          2 years ago

          Eh, either way, discrediting him doesn’t discredit my argument.

    • Maggoty@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 years ago

      Except there’s very credible evidence Israel uses WP illegally. There’s literally photos of it available online. Is that the IDF calling him biased or what?