Israel has a military censor. Journalists in Israel who write about anything vaguely connected with the war, the IDF, etc etc have to have their articles processed by the censor. The censor also issues guidelines about what can and cannot be published.
However like most things in the IDF the military censor works very poorly and since October 7 has issued various guidelines (e.g. on reporting about the Hannibal Directive) that has been ignored by Israeli outlets.
In this case the military censor would absolutely not want for journalists to write about where Iran's missiles hit. There are two main reasons -- 1, if Iran learns where its missiles hit it can fine tune its launches next time to hit targets and 2. Israel wants to give the impression that missiles don't harm it and everything gets shot down by the Iron Dome and it's invincible. Basic psychological warfare.
However, arresting Jeremy in this case is ridiculous, because Israeli and foreign outlets all reported the same information that he did. The reason he was arrested and continues to be detained, in my view, is because the outlet he writes for is openly anti-Israeli and it is likely that someone in Israel has decided or believes that he is therefore "working for Iran."
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u/Correct_Brilliant435 Oct 11 '24
Israel has a military censor. Journalists in Israel who write about anything vaguely connected with the war, the IDF, etc etc have to have their articles processed by the censor. The censor also issues guidelines about what can and cannot be published.
However like most things in the IDF the military censor works very poorly and since October 7 has issued various guidelines (e.g. on reporting about the Hannibal Directive) that has been ignored by Israeli outlets.
In this case the military censor would absolutely not want for journalists to write about where Iran's missiles hit. There are two main reasons -- 1, if Iran learns where its missiles hit it can fine tune its launches next time to hit targets and 2. Israel wants to give the impression that missiles don't harm it and everything gets shot down by the Iron Dome and it's invincible. Basic psychological warfare.
However, arresting Jeremy in this case is ridiculous, because Israeli and foreign outlets all reported the same information that he did. The reason he was arrested and continues to be detained, in my view, is because the outlet he writes for is openly anti-Israeli and it is likely that someone in Israel has decided or believes that he is therefore "working for Iran."