Israel’s foreign ministry has dismissed all claims of mistreatment of members of the flotilla as “brazen lies”, posting on X: “All the detainees’ legal rights are fully upheld.”
would instead have been
Israel’s foreign ministry claimed that all allegations of mistreatment of members of the flotilla were “brazen lies”, posting on X: “All the detainees’ legal rights are fully upheld.”
Instead the word “dismissed” was used, which is less negative than “claimed” or “alleged”, being instead at the same level as “said” which is neutral.
In the English language claiming and alleging carry an implied judgement of “possibly false, requires proof”, unlike saying or even dismissing which are purelly neutral and carry no implied judgement whatsoever on the truthfulness of the words.
In The Guardian the flottila members make “allegations” and “claims” - implying that they need to prove it - whilst the Israeli minister who called them “terrorists” a few days ago (a pretty good indication he’s a shameless liar) merely says things thus not implying that proof required to back what he says.
Had they been trying to be impeccably neutral they would’ve used “said” or equivalent for both sides as those are 100% neutral, avoiding for both sides words that imply that something requires proof .
If they were treated equally:
would instead have been
Instead the word “dismissed” was used, which is less negative than “claimed” or “alleged”, being instead at the same level as “said” which is neutral.
In the English language claiming and alleging carry an implied judgement of “possibly false, requires proof”, unlike saying or even dismissing which are purelly neutral and carry no implied judgement whatsoever on the truthfulness of the words.
In The Guardian the flottila members make “allegations” and “claims” - implying that they need to prove it - whilst the Israeli minister who called them “terrorists” a few days ago (a pretty good indication he’s a shameless liar) merely says things thus not implying that proof required to back what he says.
Had they been trying to be impeccably neutral they would’ve used “said” or equivalent for both sides as those are 100% neutral, avoiding for both sides words that imply that something requires proof .