The Jerusalem Post says the flydubai crew screener also consulted for flydubai; Haaretz says his second job is security for Israeli airlines
Two Israeli papers published nine minutes apart on 5 October about the Transportation Ministry official who screens foreign airline crews. They describe two different paid second jobs. Neither report carries a response from him or from the ministry.
The disagreement. Two reports describe the same official and give different second jobs.
| The Jerusalem Post | Haaretz | |
|---|---|---|
| The second job | consulted for flydubai | "aviation security officer for Israeli airlines abroad" |
| Names him | no | yes: Avraham Cohen |
| Source for the job | headline credits an unnamed "report" | none given |
| How he is employed | outsourced contractor, "not a state employee", citing N12 | "senior Transportation Ministry official" |
Why the difference matters. In The Jerusalem Post's version, he screened the crews of an airline that also paid him. In Haaretz's version, Israeli airlines paid him and flydubai did not. Neither report says whether either job breaks a rule.
What each relies on. The Jerusalem Post credits both of its claims to other outlets. Haaretz gives its account without naming a source.
What is not settled - Which job is real. It could be one, the other or both. The accounts do not rule each other out, and neither confirms the other. - Whether he was a state employee. Only one report deals with this, and it relays N12. - His side and the ministry's. Neither report includes a response. - The original reporting. We do not hold the N12 report, or the report that The Jerusalem Post's headline cites.
What this is about. The question is whether the Israeli official who screens the crews of foreign airlines flying into Israel had a paid second job that compromised that role.
How it got here. Israel runs its own security checks on airlines flying into the country, foreign carriers included. The Transportation Ministry oversees part of that work. flydubai is a low-cost airline owned by the government of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. It started flying to Israel after Israel and the UAE normalised relations under the Abraham Accords, signed in September 2020. Many foreign airlines have suspended flights to Israel at various points since the war in Gaza that followed the Hamas-led attacks of 7 October 2023. That has made the airlines still flying, and the way they are vetted, more visible. The scrutiny of this official follows an incident on flydubai flight FZ1073. Neither report we hold describes that incident, so we do not set out here what happened.
Who is involved. - The official. Haaretz names him as Avraham Cohen. The Jerusalem Post does not name him. - The Transportation Ministry. Miri Regev, a Likud minister in Benjamin Netanyahu's government, has led it since December 2022. - flydubai. The foreign airline whose crews he vetted. - Israeli airlines. They post their own security officers at airports abroad.
What is at stake. If an airline he screened was paying him, that is a direct conflict of interest. If Israeli airlines were paying him, the question changes: is it a conflict to work for Israeli carriers while vetting the foreign airlines that compete with them? If he was a contractor and not a civil servant, there is a further question about how the ministry fills a security post.
Where it stands. Two reports, published on the morning of 5 October, describe two different second jobs. Neither carries a response from him or from the ministry.
What is being argued about
- Whether the official's second job was with flydubai or with Israeli airlines
- Whether he was a state employee or an outsourced contractor
- Whether either job is a conflict of interest for the official who screens foreign crews
- The missing responses from the official and the ministry
One official, two second jobsSide by side
| Outlet | The second job | Names him? | Source given? | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Jerusalem Post | Consulted for flydubai | No | Yes: an unnamed report, and N12 on his employment | Outsourced contractor, not a state employee |
| Haaretz | Aviation security officer for Israeli airlines abroad | Yes: Avraham Cohen | No | Not addressed; calls him a senior ministry official |
Neither report carries a response from the official or from the Transportation Ministry.
Sources
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What we have measured
A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1
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Haaretz
Haaretz
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Senior official responsible for overseeing aviation security holds second job abroad
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What we have measured
A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1
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The Jerusalem Post
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The Jerusalem Post
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Transportation Ministry official overseeing foreign airlines also consulted for flydubai - report
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What we have measured
A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1
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Haaretz
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Haaretz
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Senior official responsible for overseeing aviation security holds second job abroad
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What we have measured
A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1
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How the accounts appearedTimeline
- 2026-10-04— no time published N12, as relayed by The Jerusalem Post Reports that the official supplied services to the ministry through an outsourcing arrangement and was not a state employeeWe do not hold the N12 report itself
- 2026-10-0508:49 published time of the Haaretz report Haaretz Names Avraham Cohen and says his second job is aviation security officer for Israeli airlines abroadNo source given
- 2026-10-0508:58 published time of The Jerusalem Post report The Jerusalem Post Headline says the official overseeing foreign airlines also consulted for flydubaiCredited to another report
Times are as published, in UTC.
Sources
The Jerusalem Post
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What we have measured
A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1
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Haaretz
Haaretz
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Senior official responsible for overseeing aviation security holds second job abroad
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What we have measured
A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1
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The Jerusalem Post
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The Jerusalem Post
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Transportation Ministry official overseeing foreign airlines also consulted for flydubai - report
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What we have measured
A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1
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Haaretz
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Haaretz
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What we have measured
A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1
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The bias in this coverageBias
Two reports, two different second jobs
One report says the official consulted for flydubai, the airline he screens. The other says he works security for Israeli airlines abroad. Neither carries a response from him or from the ministry.
1 reports naming the official
1 reports citing a source for the second job
0 reports carrying his response
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources
The Jerusalem Post
The Jerusalem Post
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Transportation Ministry official overseeing foreign airlines also consulted for flydubai - report
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What we have measured
A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1
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Haaretz
Haaretz
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Senior official responsible for overseeing aviation security holds second job abroad
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What we have measured
A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1
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The Jerusalem Post
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The Jerusalem Post
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Transportation Ministry official overseeing foreign airlines also consulted for flydubai - report
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What we have measured
A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1
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Haaretz
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Haaretz
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Senior official responsible for overseeing aviation security holds second job abroad
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What we have measured
A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1
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Claims and verdicts
No claims registered.
Who wrote it
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Shir Perets
The Jerusalem Post
The Jerusalem Post
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Asserted vs attributed
The headline calls him 'hijacking pilot' as fact and puts his nationality forward; only the flight halt is sourced.×1
Counter voice
the army and the security service are quoted against the minister's warning×1
Dissent carried
The army and the security service are quoted disputing the premise.×1
Employment status
says he is an outsourced contractor, not a state employee×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed3 unverified1 true
From 85 reports we hold under this byline, at
The Jerusalem Post. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating.
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Michael Hauser Tov
Haaretz
Haaretz
What the bias passes found in their reporting
How a person is labelled
the one Jewish MK barred is labelled by religion; the two Palestinian figures are not labelled at all×1
Naming
the same party is called the United Arab List here and Ra'am elsewhere, with no report giving both names×1
Stated or attributed
a different second job is stated flat, with no source given×1
The frame chosen
the barred party appears as coalition arithmetic and a polling problem, not as a party removed from a ballot×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 unverified2 true
From 35 reports we hold under this byline, at
Haaretz. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating.
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The bylines on the reports this story is built from. Hover one for what our passes have measured on their reporting.
Coverage, outlet by outlet
The Jerusalem Post
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The Jerusalem Post
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Transportation Ministry official overseeing foreign airlines also consulted for flydubai - report
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What we have measured
A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1
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— independentThe only report that links the official to flydubai. It credits the claim to another report and, citing N12, says he was an outsourced contractor, not a state employee.
Dvir Rubinstein, the Transportation Ministry official responsible for overseeing security arrangements involving foreign airlines flying to Israel, received payments from flydubai for private training services he provided to the carrier, N12 reported on Monday.Rubinstein is described as the director of the Transportation Ministry's Aviation Security Operations Center and is responsible for supervising foreign airlines, according to the report.At the same time, N12 reported that Rubinstein provided private consulting and training services to foreign airlines that fell under his professional ove
Who is named: leaves the official unnamed — “the official provided services to the Transportation Ministry through an outsourcing arrangement and was not a state employee”
Stated or attributed: the second job is attributed to another outlet's reporting — “Transportation Ministry official overseeing foreign airlines also consulted for flydubai - report”
Whether the person is named: leaves the official unnamed — “the official provided services to the Transportation Ministry”
What is attributed: the flydubai link is credited to another outlet's report — “also consulted for flydubai - report”
Employment status: says he is an outsourced contractor, not a state employee — “was not a state employee”
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https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-910607
Haaretz
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Haaretz
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Senior official responsible for overseeing aviation security holds second job abroad
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What we have measured
A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1
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— independentThe only report that names him, as Avraham Cohen. It says his paid second job is security officer for Israeli airlines abroad and gives no source.
oNavigationAccount Details Haaretz - back to home page SearchAccessibility Elections HQ Poll Tracker Netanyahu's Abu Dhabi Plan Who's Eisenkot? Learn From Abu Shehadeh Current section Avraham Cohen, the senior Transportation Ministry official responsible for screening foreign airline crews, also holds a separate paid job as an aviation security officer for Israeli airlines abroad Ad-free and in a comfortable reading format As the attempted hijacking of a flydubai flight to Israel last week raises fresh questions about aviation security, Haaretz has learned that the senior Transportation Minist
Who is named: names the official — “Avraham Cohen, the senior Transportation Ministry official responsible for screening foreign airline crews”
Stated or attributed: a different second job is stated flat, with no source given — “also holds a separate paid job as an aviation security officer for Israeli airlines abroad”
Whether the person is named: names the official — “Avraham Cohen, the senior Transportation Ministry official”
What the second job is: says it is security work for Israeli airlines, not for flydubai — “also holds a separate paid job as an aviation security officer for Israeli airlines abroad”
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https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-security/2026-10-05/ty-artic…
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Palestine TV · Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation
State / loyalist
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Palestine TV · Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation
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TV/radio · state-controlled
What we have measured
Asserted versus attributed recognition itself stated as fact ×1Attribution 'historic' attributed to the Palestinian ambassador ×1Dead counted, not named two dead are counted as 'citizens' and none are named; the wounded are not counted ×1Dead named Gives the dead man's full name and age. ×1
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Ynet
Centre
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Ynet
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digital · independent
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A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1
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North Press Agency
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North Press Agency
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wire · independent
What we have measured
Attribution the damage list is carried in full, attributed to the side claiming it ×1Single official source Uses the Saudi Press Agency's account: 'bilateral relations', with no mention of reconstruction or money. ×1What is at stake presents the stakes as trade and energy security; no ship, crew or price is counted ×1Which line is led with led by the legal instrument, naming the Security Council resolution by number ×1
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Shargh
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A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1
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Al-Monitor
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Al-Monitor
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Actor from anonymous officials Puts the IRGC at the trigger in a sentence sourc ×1Actor named Names the Director-General as the one who requested the dismissal ×1Actor named names Trump as the one who began the war, with Israel ×1Actor named names Israel as the actor in its military actions against the Palestinians ×1
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Tehran Times
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Tehran Times
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newspaper · state-controlled
What we have measured
Asserted vs attributed headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the claimant ×1Attribution the toll is attributed to a body that is described but not named ×1Headline against body headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the IRGC ×1How the objectors are framed opposition is described as protesters speaking for civilians ×1
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Al Jazeera English
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Al Jazeera English
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TV/radio · state-funded international
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Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1
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An-Nahar
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Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1
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Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1
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Silence is recorded, not inferred — each of these was read when we built this story
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Kan · Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation
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Kan · Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation
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The Times of Israel
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The Times of Israel
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digital · independent
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Actorless in own voice The killing is passive with no shooter in the se ×1Headline carries the purpose The livestock and the army's reason are in the h ×1Headline frame The headline carries the military's word for the ×1Military words carried whole Both the label for the dead and the phrase for t ×1
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Al-Sabaah
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Al-Sabaah
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Ma'an News Agency
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Al Rai
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Al Rai
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SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency)
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Al-Manar
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Al-Manar
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Middle East Eye
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Middle East Eye
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How hard the claim is stated Its own body says the investigators did not attribute the network to the Emirati state — the qualification its headline drops. ×1How hard the claim is stated The body withdraws in one line the attribution its own headline makes ×1How deeply it is sourced Cites its own past reporting as the evidence for the claim in its own headline, and calls the evidence widespread in its own voice ×1How deeply it is sourced Offers its own past reporting as the evidence supporting the claim in its headline, inside the same sentence that carries the denial. ×1
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