{"id":2185158,"date":"2024-02-23T16:24:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T21:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/associated-press-sued-by-victims-of-hamas-attacks-in-israel\/"},"modified":"2024-02-23T16:26:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T21:26:27","slug":"associated-press-sued-by-victims-of-hamas-attacks-in-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/associated-press-sued-by-victims-of-hamas-attacks-in-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"AP sued by victims of Hamas attacks in Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fassociated-press-sued-by-victims-of-hamas-attacks-in-israel%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2185158&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A \u2062baby swing is hanging near a house\u200b that was destroyed on Saturday\u2019s Hamas attack on the kibbutz on October 14, 2023 in Be\u2019eri,\u200d Israel. (Photo by Amir\u2064 Levy\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/sophia-flores\">Sophia Flores<\/a><br \/>1:15 PM \u2013\u2064 Friday, February 23, 2024<\/h2>\n<p>American and Israeli citizens who were \u2063attacked and victimized by the terrorist group Hamas in the October 7<sup>th<\/sup> \u200battack \u2062on Israel have filed a lawsuit against the Associated Press (AP), citing its involvement in \u2064the tragedy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday evening, Americans \u200cand Israeli-Americans filed a complaint\u2062 to the Southern District \u2062of\u2064 Florida. The lawsuit cites damage under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/qp\/21-01496qp.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anti-Terrorism Act.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In their complaint, they claim that AP knowingly employed four \u200dHamas affiliated photojournalists who \u2063supported and assisted the terrorist group during the gruesome attacks.\u200d In turn, the plaintiffs\u2063 believe that this means\u2064 that AP\u2062 was indirectly funding\u200c and supporting the terrorist group.\u2064    <\/p>\n<p>It was also reported that AP photojournalists\u2063 were allegedly biased and would take an excessive number of pictures of injured Palestinians while avoiding capturing pictures of Israeli victims, or \u2064at least\u2064 the bare minimum. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThere is no \u200cdoubt that AP\u2019s photographers participated in the October 7<sup>th<\/sup> massacre, \u2063and that AP knew,\u200c or at the very least should have known, through simple\u200d due diligence, \u200cthat the people they were paying were\u2064 longstanding Hamas affiliates and full participants in \u200bthe terrorist attack that they were also documenting,\u201d the complaint filed by the\u2062 survivors, represented by\u2062 the nonprofit \u2063National Jewish Advocacy\u2063 Center, read.    <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The\u200b lawsuit cited a freelance journalist\u2064 named Hassan Eslaiah in the \u2063complaint.\u200b Eslaiah entered the crime\u200d scene on the back\u200b of a motorcycle with Hamas members on \u200dOctober \u200d7<sup>th<\/sup>. He\u2062 captured \u2063images of rooms filled with\u2062 blood and bodies. Additionally,\u200b he\u200b took many \u2064pictures of different items \u2064on fire.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200bjournalist \u2062claims\u200c that \u2064he\u200b had no prior knowledge of the attack. However, \u2062on his Telegram channel the day of the attack on 5:59 a.m., a full half hour before the attack began, he made a post indicating he knew \u200babout something big\u2062 that \u2063was about to\u2063 happen.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe\u200b wake up\u2062 to the great gifts of\u2064 God. The spirit has returned, and our\u2063 blessings have increased,\u201d Eslaiah wrote, indicating\u2062 his allegiance\u200d to Allah as a Muslim.  <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>AP had worked \u2064with \u200cEslaiah prior\u2062 to\u2062 the attack. However, he \u200bwas fired in 2020 by the outlet after an online picture of him\u200c with Hamas commander Yahya Sinwar had resurfaced online. \u200dPlaintiffs claim that AP continued\u2062 to pay \u200dhim despite \u2063knowing about his ties with \u200dthe \u200dgroup.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cAP willfully \u2064chose to turn\u200b a blind eye to these\u200b facts, and \u2064instead profited from its terrorist photographer\u2019s \u2063participation in \u2064the massacre\u2064 through its publication of the \u2018exclusive\u2019\u200c images, for which\u200b it certainly\u200c paid a \u2062premium, effectively funding\u2062 a terrorist organization,\u201d the \u200bcomplaint continued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, <em>The Associated \u200bPress <\/em>has denied all \u2064wrongdoing and stated \u200bthat the\u200b lawsuit filed against\u200b them is \u201cbaseless.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cAP had no advance knowledge of the Oct. 7 attacks, nor have we\u2062 seen any evidence \u2013 including in the lawsuit \u2013 that the\u2062 freelance journalists who contributed to our coverage did.\u2064 Allegations like \u2062this are reckless and \u200ccreate \u200deven more potential danger \u200dfor journalists in the region,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cDocumenting breaking news events\u2063 around the world \u2013 no matter how horrific \u2013 is\u2063 our job. Without AP and other news organizations, the\u2063 world would not have known what\u2064 was \u200bhappening on Oct.\u2063 7,\u201d it continued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news\u200d blasts directly to your\u2063 inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Day one of CPAC \u2063concludes as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-lay-out-strategy-at-cpac-to-win-in-november\/\" title=\"Conservatives unveil winning strategy at CPAC for November\">multiple speakers laid<\/a> out how to deliver a red wave\u2062 this November. One America\u2019s Nathaniel Mannor has\u2064 our\u2064 report.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Day one of CPAC has wrapped\u2062 up, with multiple \u2064speakers lighting up the stage in Washington D.C. One America\u2019s Nathaniel Mannor \u200bhas our report.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Joe \u200dKent<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Lt. Col. Darin Gaub<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Nvidia galloped to $2 trillion market\u2063 value \u2063after the\u2062 bellwether \u2064for AI chip demand\u200b once again\u00a0exceeded\u00a0Wall Street\u2019s \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/simone-biles-withdraws-from-individual-all-around-event-to-focus-on-mental-health\/\" title=\"Simone Biles Withdraws From Individual All-Around Event To Focus On Mental Health\">sky-high expectations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Apple is\u200b rolling \u200bout an upgrade to its \u2062iMessage texting platform to\u200c defend \u200cagainst <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leavitt-nikki-haley-actively-aiding-joe-biden-by-refusing-to-drop-from-race\/\" title=\"Leavitt: Haley Supports Biden by Staying in the Race\">future \u200dencryption-breaking technologies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/neuralinks-first-human-patient-able-to-control-mouse-through-thinking-musk-says\/\" title=\"Musk: Neuralink enables human to control mouse with thoughts\">human \u200cpatient implanted<\/a> with a brain-chip \u200bfrom Neuralink appears to have fully \u200crecovered.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A \u2064group of 20 tech\u200b companies announced they will\u2064 work together to prevent \u200bdeceptive AI content from\u2062 interfering with elections.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What are the \u200ballegations made against the Associated Press in the lawsuit \u2064filed \u2063by\u2064 Americans and Israeli-Americans?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Americans and Israeli-Americans have filed a lawsuit\u200d against the Associated Press (AP)\u2064 for its alleged involvement in the terrorist attack carried out by Hamas on October 7th in Israel. The lawsuit was filed\u200d in the Southern \u2062District of Florida under the Anti-Terrorism Act, claiming\u200d that AP knowingly employed \u2064four Hamas-affiliated photojournalists who \u2062supported and assisted the terrorist group during the attacks.<\/p>\n<p>According \u200dto the complaint, \u200bthe plaintiffs argue that \u200dAP&#8217;s employment\u2063 of these\u200d photojournalists \u2064indirectly funded and supported Hamas. It is \u2064also alleged that the AP \u2063photographers were biased, taking an \u200bexcessive number of \u200bpictures of injured Palestinians while neglecting to capture images\u200c of Israeli victims.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit specifically mentions a \u2063freelance journalist named Hassan Eslaiah, who entered the crime scene on the back of a motorcycle with Hamas members on October \u200c7th. He captured images \u2064of bloodshed, bodies, and \u2062various items on fire. It is worth noting that Eslaiah had\u2062 previously been fired\u200b by AP in 2020\u2062 after a photo of him with Hamas commander Yahya Sinwar \u2064surfaced online. Despite\u2062 this, AP \u200dcontinued \u200bto \u200bpay him, \u200baccording \u2064to the plaintiffs.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint \u200dargues that AP willingly turned \u2064a blind\u2064 eye \u2062to these facts and profited from Eslaiah&#8217;s participation in the attack by publishing his &#8220;exclusive&#8221; images. The plaintiffs assert \u200bthat \u2063by doing\u2063 so, AP\u200d effectively \u2063funded a\u2063 terrorist organization.<\/p>\n<p>In response to \u200dthe lawsuit, the Associated Press has denied any wrongdoing, stating that they had no advance knowledge of\u200c the October \u200b7th attacks. \u200bThey further claim\u2062 that there is no evidence, \u200bincluding in the \u2063lawsuit, to support the \u200ballegations made\u200d against their freelance journalists. The AP warns that such baseless \u2063accusations could jeopardize the safety of journalists in the \u200dregion.<\/p>\n<p>The outcome of this lawsuit will shed light on the responsibilities and accountability\u2062 of \u2063media organizations in \u2062covering conflicts and their potential\u2063 impact on the lives of \u200dthose affected by acts\u200d of terrorism. It will be interesting to see how the court analyzes the evidence presented \u2062and\u200b makes a\u200b determination regarding AP&#8217;s alleged involvement in supporting\u200d Hamas through\u200b its employment and \u200ccollaboration with\u2062 affiliated photojournalists. \u2064The lawsuit serves as a \u2062reminder of the \u2062ethical and legal\u2062 challenges \u200cfaced by reporters and \u2064news outlets in covering conflicts and their duty \u200dto provide\u200d unbiased \u2064and comprehensive coverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A baby swing hangs near a destroyed house in Be&#8217;eri, Israel, after the Hamas attack on October 14, 2023. 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