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What makes them illegitimate? That they express a viewpoint that is opposed to the American-Israeli one?
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The same could be said for any source. No news agency is truly independent. Every news agency is beholden to the government where it operates, its owners if it is privately owned, its advertisers if it advertises, and its subscribers if it has paid subscriptions. I’m not gonna try and argue that the Qatari government is better than any other entity to be beholden to, but there’s nothing unusually wrong about their perspective or bias either. On Middle East matters, I think it’s especially important to have a Middle East voice expressing their viewpoint.
No one should care what the government of Qatar thinks is hypocrisy.
Europe and US like to accuse others of everything. But they, strangely, don’t like to be accused themselves in anything
- Tankies: “Resisting invasions is now good”
- Russia: “Invasions are bad”
- Republicans: “Sending arms to fight invasions is good”
- China: “A two state solution is now good”
https://mastodon.world/@DarthPutinKGB/111206006465241459
- Qatar: “The West are hypocrites”
The differences in support between Ukraine and Palestine really demonstrates how geopolitical actors act purely in self interest. They may talk about oppressed peoples and freedom and autonomy and all that, but when it comes to choosing sides it’s always about self interest.