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“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
Aug 18, 2025
On August 10, the Israeli military conducted a deliberate airstrike on a tent near a hospital in Gaza City, killing five Al Jazeera journalists and another freelance reporter. The Israeli military openly admitted it had targeted one of the journalists, Anas al-Sharif, claiming he was “the head of a terrorist cell.”
They had previously made the same claim as far back as July 24, when an Israeli army spokesperson accused al-Sharif of being a member of Hamas’ military wing, according to the Associated Press. Al Jazeera had denied Israel’s claims and the Committee to Protect Journalists, based in New York, had warned at that time that al-Sharif was “being targeted by an Israeli military smear campaign” and al-Sharif believed already at that time that he would be assassinated.
The Israeli military claims it took precautions to “mitigate civilian harm” but it made no claims that the other five journalists killed in the assassination of al-Sharif had any involvement with Hamas. So, the Israeli state not only believes it has the right to be judge, jury and executioner of one man, but to take five other people out with him!
Al Jazeera says 26 to 30 of its journalists have been killed in Israel’s attempt to silence them. The Israeli military has killed more than 200 journalists during the current war in Gaza, according to Democracy Now, more than all the journalists killed in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and Afghanistan combined.
The Israeli military, and its imperialist sponsors in the U.S., apparently believe that if they kill enough journalists, they can prevent the truth about their campaign of mass murder and ethnic cleansing in Gaza from getting out.
It won’t work!