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Israel is not allowing foreign / independent journalists in Gaza. From the foreign press: https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/category/middle-east-ara
by hbt 3y ago
Israel is not allowing foreign / independent journalists in Gaza.
From the foreign press: https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/category/middle-east-arab-world/article/ifjblog-gazas-journalists-prepare-for-an-onslaught https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/category/middle...
If you are wondering why, here are the absurd reasons used:
- lack of electricity / internet. No one heard of generators and starlink satellites?
- Israel wants to prevent fake news and propaganda. This backfires as when a hospital gets bombed, we can't know who did it since there are no independent journalists on the ground.
It sure doesn't help when your high officials brag about it on twitter.
"Initial posts on X sent by Hananya Naftali, a digital aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, aroused suspicion. “Israeli Air Force struck a Hamas terrorist base inside a hospital in Gaza,” he wrote, but the post was almost immediately deleted."
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/18/what-is-israels-narrative-on-the-gaza-hospital-explosion https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/18/what-is-israels-na...
- Israel cannot guarantee the safety of journalists. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-journalists-safety-israel-military-1.7011083 https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-journalists-safety-israel...
Looks pretty bad when an IDF soldier shoots a journalist https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/11/shireen-abu-akleh-israeli-forces-kill-al-jazeera-journalist https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/11/shireen-abu-akleh-i...
Of course, guaranteeing journalists safety doesn't seem to be an issue in conflicts like Ukraine.
Israel is afraid of the international scrutiny and condemnation that would follow if the world saw the true extent of the suffering and devastation in Gaza
So, better hide it.