Israeli Officials Raid Associated Press, Seize Equipment (UPDATE: Giving equipment back)

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if the ap complains too much israel will bomb them again
Israel was heavily criticized for bombing the Al-Jalaa Tower, which housed prominent international media outlets such as Al Jazeera, AP, and AFP. The army claimed that the building was a Hamas military target; sources have told +972 and Local Call that it was in fact a power target.

“Power targets” [include] high-rises and residential towers in the heart of cities, and public buildings such as universities, banks, and government offices. The idea behind hitting such targets, say three intelligence sources who were involved in planning or conducting strikes on power targets in the past, is that a deliberate attack on Palestinian society will exert “civil pressure” on Hamas.

[An] intelligence source who carried out previous strikes against power targets [said,] “For the most part, when it comes to power targets, it is clear that the target doesn’t have military value that justifies an attack that would bring down the entire empty building in the middle of a city, with the help of six planes and bombs weighing several tons.”

“The perception is that it really hurts Hamas when high-rise buildings are taken down, because it creates a public reaction in the Gaza Strip and scares the population,” said one of the sources. “They wanted to give the citizens of Gaza the feeling that Hamas is not in control of the situation. Sometimes they toppled buildings and sometimes postal service and government buildings.”
 
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Why is the AP in Gaza and not in Israel?

In the same building as Al Jazeera?

Those questions won't get asked though....
 

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MATT LEE is with the Associated Press and is HANDS DOWN THE TOUGHEST journalist in grilling The State Department. I can't wait to see what he's like when he's defending his colleagues :banderas:
i posted a classic of his in the main thread the other day, he's been on their necks since the clinton administration
 
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