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| access-date = February 10, 2014
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On November 30, 2013, Scahill refused to participate in a Stop the War Conference in London unless Syrian nun [[Agnes Mariam de la Croix|Mother Agnes]] was dropped from the symposium. Mother Agnes eventually pulled out.<ref>{{Cite web
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| last = Scahill | first = Jeremy
| newspaper = Los Angeles Times
| url = httphttps://articleswww.latimes.com/2008archives/la-xpm-2008-jun/-16/opinion/-oe-scahill16-story.html
| date = June 16, 2008 | access-date = January 3, 2013
}}</ref> ''[[Z Magazine]]'',<ref>{{Cite web
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| url = http://www.worldcantwait.net/index.php/home-mainmenu-289/6238-made-in-america-the-gardez-massacre
| access-date = August 6, 2013
| archive-date = March 4, 2016
}}</ref> where U.S. special forces killed two males, including the pro-U.S. local police commander, as well as three females, two of whom were pregnant. An Afghan investigation found signs of evidence tampering, such as bullets being removed from the wall where the women were shot.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nation.com.pk/05-Apr-2010/us-special-forces-tried-to-coverup-botched-khataba-raid-in-afghanistan-report|title=After denials, US admits Feb. killing of Afghan women|date=April 5, 2010 |access-date=October 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726073644/http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/international/05-Apr-2010/US-special-forces-tried-to-coverup-botched-Khataba-raid-in-Afghanistan-report|archive-date=July 26, 2013|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Several family members of the victims alleged that the special forces subsequently used their knives to dig the bullets out of the bodies and cleaned the resultant wounds to purge any evidence of the U.S. raid.<ref name='NYT 2010-04-05'>{{Cite news
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304203618/http://www.worldcantwait.net/index.php/home-mainmenu-289/6238-made-in-america-the-gardez-massacre
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}}</ref> where U.S. special forces killed two males, including the pro-U.S. local police commander, as well as three females, two of whom were pregnant. An Afghan investigation found signs of evidence tampering, such as bullets being removed from the wall where the women were shot.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nation.com.pk/05-Apr-2010/us-special-forces-tried-to-coverup-botched-khataba-raid-in-afghanistan-report|title=After denials, US admits Feb. killing of Afghan women|date=April 5, 2010 |access-date=October 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726073644/http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/international/05-Apr-2010/US-special-forces-tried-to-coverup-botched-Khataba-raid-in-Afghanistan-report|archive-date=July 26, 2013|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Several family members of the victims alleged that the special forces subsequently used their knives to dig the bullets out of the bodies and cleaned the resultant wounds to purge any evidence of the U.S. raid.<ref name='NYT 2010-04-05'>{{Cite news
| title = Afghan Investigators Say U.S. Troops Tried to Cover Up Evidence in Botched Raid
| last = Oppel | first = Richard A.
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}}</ref> Subsequent English-language reports on the issue have relied on Scahill's journalism.<ref name=world6april12>{{Cite news
| title = Prominent Yemeni Journalist Lands in Jail; US Wants him to Stay There
| last1 = Scahill
| first1 = Jeremey
| author2 = Marco Werman
| author3 = Joyce Hackel
| newspaper = The World
| url = http://www.theworld.org/2012/04/prominent-yemeni-journalist-lands-in-jail-us-wants-him-to-stay-there/
| date = April 6, 2012
| access-date = July 19, 2012
| archive-date = June 7, 2023
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230607221939/https://theworld.org/2012/04/prominent-yemeni-journalist-lands-in-jail-us-wants-him-to-stay-there
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| title = Jeremy Scahill: Why is President Obama Keeping Yemeni Journalist Abdulelah Haider Shaye in Prison?
| publisher = democracynow.org
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| access-date = March 16, 2012
}}</ref><ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/white-house-stands-by-obama-push-for-yemeni-journalist-to-remain-behind-bars/ White House Stands By Obama Push for Yemeni Journalist to Remain Behind Bars], ABC News, Retrieved 2012-05-04.</ref>
 
===Israel's invasion of Gaza===
Scahill has been a critic of Israel's military response in Gaza since the [[7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel|October 7 Hamas attacks]]. Writing for ''[[The Intercept]]'', Scahill argues that the October 7 attacks were a result of a 75-year campaign by Israel, of ethnic cleansing and apartheid in Gaza.<ref name="scahill">{{cite web |author1=Jeremy Scahill |title=Netanyahu's War On Truth |url=https://theintercept.com/2024/02/07/gaza-israel-netanyahu-propaganda-lies-palestinians/ |website=The Intercept |access-date=October 22, 2024 |date=February 7, 2024 |quote=It is also true that if Israel had not engaged in a 75-year campaign of ethnic cleansing and apartheid, there would not have been an October 7}}</ref> According to him, the primary agenda of [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] has long been "the absolute destruction of Palestine and its people".<ref name="scahill"/>
 
On October 19, 2024, in a guest appearance on [[MSNBC]] with anchor [[Ayman Mohyeldin]], Scahill accused that MSNBC had people on their network who promoted Israeli propaganda.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Jon Queally |title=Voices Against 'Extermination Campaign' in Gaza Call Out to the World: 'This Has to Stop!' |url=https://www.commondreams.org/news/voices-against-genocide-in-gaza |website=[[Common Dreams]] |access-date=October 22, 2024 |date=October 20, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |user=AymanMSNBC |number=1847765570998906945 |title=In the days following the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the war in Gaza has not come close to slowing down. @AymanM talks to @jeremyscahill about what the assassination means for the conflict and its influence on ceasefire talks.}}</ref>
 
== Awards and recognition ==
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