James Stout

more voices, I think, picking up on the fact that journalists are a threat.

And it is a case where it seems like yesterday it was Palestinians, and today it's Lebanese, and tomorrow, who could be next?

And maybe this is starting to ruminate a bit with journalists and the international community.

But these are the things that we've seen happen with Lebanese journalists, that they are directly attacked.

There's been huge indifference.

There is always kind of this...

You might call it not an indifference, but maybe kind of a hedging of sorts of like, yeah, of course, we don't condone the attack of media workers, you know, but the affiliation with Hezbollah, right?

Because this thing exists on a sliding scale of sorts.

International humanitarian law is not a super cut and dry thing all the time.

There are nuances and exceptions and whatever have you.

Under international humanitarian laws, I understand it.

I mean, media workers absolutely are off the table.

They're not somebody you can attack unless they're actually caring and taking part in battles.

Even combatants who are not actively on the field of battle are not legitimate targets.

However, Israel does not play by those rules.

Israel will target people who are ostensibly in Hamas or Hezbollah or other such groups, even if they're at home with their families.

Till now, nobody has held them accountable for this, right?

This is why they've been able to attack Beirut at will, to attack the Beirut suburbs at will.

This is why they can bring down buildings in the capital or in the south and say that, you know, there were Hezbollah figures in the building, even if they were not carrying weapons, even if they were not active combatants.

And the burden of proof has not been on them, though it should be.