Journalists on the ground in Gaza

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Of the 50 journalists on the ground in Gaza (residents) 35 have been killed.

If you haven’t already I highly recommend following them on instagram.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/02/middleeast/palestinian-journalists-gaza-world-press-freedom-day-intl-cmd/index.html

https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/palestinian-journalists-covering-gaza-awarded-2024-unesco/guillermo-cano-world-press-freedom-prize

Al Jazeera has now been banned in Israel.

www.instagram.com/reel/C6lnfhOMusZ/?igsh=ZzR6cjhvdWpwNWs0

I started a thread about the Al Jazeera ban yesterday and posted a Haaretz article about it.
www.mumsnet.com/talk/conflict-in-the-middle-east/5068892-israel-blocks-al-jazeera-from-broadcasting

Thanks @ScrollingLeaves I hadn't seen it yet.

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Video of a journalist from Gaza

“Phone call from Israeli occupation forces threatening us to stop coverage and leave Jabalia, but we are not stopping”

https://twitter.com/HossamShabat/status/1790315560971989237

Motaz was in yesterday’s protest in London

https://x.com/azaizamotaz9/status/1791965362960974181

Here's Motaz's full speech at the protest yesterday.

www.instagram.com/reel/C7ICC5wL0-6/?igsh=MXVzbGJhZnNwMG8yMw==

Not Gaza but Jerusalem.
Palestinian journalist attacked by settlers
https://x.com/AbujomaaGaza/status/1798366219546071081

A Haaretz journalist was arrested yesterday during a tel aviv protest (released an hour after)

https://x.com/CYNNOfficial/status/1802105604921602342

God love them. They are so brave!. Thank you for sharing.

A Palestinian journalist has been awarded with the The International Women's Media Foundation (@IWMF)'s Courage in Journalism Award 2024

unfortunately the organisation has decided to changed their minds following pressure to do so and removed the award

https://x.com/MahaGaza/status/1803733795096408253

Pressure from the US - despicable. The same US that is harassing the ICC behind the scenes to try and pressure it not to issue the arrests warrants. Why Israel and the US think they are above the law is beyond me - Sunak's stance on this has absolutely disgusted me

Of course they have - wouldn't want them documenting war crimes, would they. LBC did an excellent piece that researched how Hamas statistics were verfied by independent NGOs and turned out to be pretty accurate too and pointed out that most of what Israel says is totally unverified. Funny that. Although I have less time for LBC since the mysterious disappearance of Sangita Myska.

https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6371/Israel-escalates-attacks-against-Palestinian-journalists-in-Gaza

The grey zone’: how Hamas-linked journalists are viewed as legitimate targets

“Under the laws of war, a journalist can lose their civilian status if they engage in planning, preparing or carrying out combat operations. Simply working for an organisation such as al-Aqsa does not make someone a legitimate target to be killed.
“Reporting the news is not direct participation in hostilities,” Janina Dill, a professor at the University of Oxford and expert in the laws of war, said. “Even if they reported the news in a biased way, even if they did propaganda for Hamas, even if Israel fundamentally disagrees with how they report the news. That is not enough.”

www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/25/grey-zone-how-hamas-linked-journalists-legitimate-targets

https://www.democracynow.org/2024/6/26/headlines/report_israel_targeted_at_least_18_journalists_in_gaza_with_precision_strikes

The only democracy in the middle East murdering journalists? Surely not.

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Otherwise known as internment without trial

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/cpj.org/2024/07/media-organizations-urge-israel-to-open-access-to-gaza/amp/

Another journalist killed

www.instagram.com/p/C-Fx1S9NNfn/?igsh=MWNmeDdiYmQ1NjU5MA==

why are journalists targeted?

https://en.royanews.tv/news/53202#

More on the killing of Ismail

aje.io/hbhb78