James Stout

And so I think there's an acute awareness about that from the Israeli side.

They know kind of how far they can get away with things to a certain extent.

You know, I think a lot of journalists are aware of that as well.

And so they feel that for until now, they can still go into these places.

But like you said, it's a widening effect, right?

It's trying to see how far you can expand and how much you can get away with.

Now, let's say that, you know, for example, this RT journalist, if they had killed him, he's a British citizen.

You know, does that suddenly change the calculus or the fact that he worked for RT?

Does that count against him?

How many politicians, let's say, in Europe will come out and say, you know, this is wrong, the fact that it was an RT journalist?

Hopefully they still would, but it creates this kind of, you know, indecision, if you will.

It seems to me from your answer that, like, they still expect the deterrent effect of their foreignness, essentially.

Yeah, I think so.

They still carry that.

And I think they have an awareness of that.

I wouldn't want to speak on their behalf.

And there's always layers, right?

There's the ones who parachute in who may be a good basis in the region.

There are those who are based here and have been here a long time.

There are those who speak the language and understand the culture.