A US intelligence assessment of Israel’s claims that UN aid agency staff members participated in the Hamas attack on 7 October said some of the accusations were credible but that the claims of wider links to militant groups could not be independently verified… According to the Wall Street Journal, the intelligence report, released last week, declared it had “low confidence” in the basic claim that a handful of staff had participated in the attack, indicating that it considered the accusations to be credible though it could not independently confirm their veracity.

It cast doubt, however, on accusations that the UN agency was collaborating with Hamas in a wider way. The Journal said the report mentioned that although the UNRWA does coordinate with Hamas in order to deliver aid and operate in the region, there was a lack of evidence to suggest it partnered with the group.

It added that Israel has not “shared the raw intelligence behind its assessments with the US”.

Confidence in Assessments, pp 5, per the US’s own National Intelligence Council:

  • Low confidence generally means questionable or implausible information was used, the information is too fragmented or poorly corroborated to make solid analytic inferences, or significant concerns or problems with sources existed.
    • @[email protected]OP
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      It’s worth broadcasting, if nothing else to point out that:

      • States lie, including your own state
      • States lie copiously during wartime
      • Israel very likely lied, or at least made a claim without merit
      • The US (and official documents) are calling it out, in the diplomatic phrasing allowed when criticizing a ‘strategic ally’ - this could have been buried or classified easily
      • Flying Squid
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        I didn’t mean to criticize you for posting it. It was worth posting. I just wish it didn’t have to be worth it.

  • @[email protected]
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    It added that Israel has not “shared the raw intelligence behind its assessments with the US”.

    i.e., Throw everything at the wall and see what sticks.

  • @givesomefucks
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    Too bad Biden won’t give a shit.

    Gotta give AIPAC their return on investment for half a literal century of donations.

    He’s taken too much of their money to care at this point, even if he didn’t legitimately support their genocide.

    • @AngWay
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      Biden is the worst president we have ever had I think

      • @givesomefucks
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        Only if you’re saying it’s because no one important cares when he fucks up.

        trump does far more damage, but when he does shit, everyone talks about it and how we shouldn’t do that.

        When a Dem does the same shit, we can’t say it’s bad because someone’s gonna say that as long as they’re better than trump, that’s all we could ever ask for.

        That’s literally how Republicans got trump, a complete refusal to admit their “team” has any flaws.

      • Deceptichum
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        Nowhere near close.

        Compared to Reagan or Trump hes not the worst.

        • NoneOfUrBusiness
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          I see what you mean about Reagan but he was ironically more of a leftist than Biden is on Palestine/Israel.