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When one hurts or kills a women
one hurts or kills hummanity and is an antrocitie.
Gino d'Artali
and: My mother (1931-1997) always said to me <Mi
figlio, non esistono notizie <vecchie> perche puoi imparare qualcosa da
qualsiasi notizia.> Translated: <My son, there is no such thing as so
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Gianna d'Artali.
VLe Monde - November 2, 2024
<<UNESCO reports surge in journalist killings
Between 2022 and 2023, 162 journalists were killed, nearly half of them
working in countries experiencing armed conflict.
Worldwide killings of journalists jumped in 2022-23 compared with the
previous two years, UN cultural body UNESCO said in a report Saturday,
November 2, with almost all cases going unpunished. At 162 deaths, the
number of journalists killed while working leaped 38%, the report found,
calling the the increase "alarming." "In 2022 and 2023, a journalist was
killed every four days simply for doing their vital job to pursue
truth," UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay said in a statement. She
urged countries to "do more to ensure that these crimes never go
unpunished."
The largest number of killings were in Latin America and the Caribbean,
at 61 over the two years, while the least deadly global region for
journalists was North America and Western Europe with six killings. The
report also found that a majority of slain journalists were killed in
conflict zones in 2023 for the first time since 2017, at 44 deaths or
59% of that year's total, reversing a years-long trend of falling
conflict deaths. Among the journalists killed in 2022-23, 14 were women
- 9% of the total - while at least five were in the 15-24 age range.
Almost all killings of journalists go unsolved, with 85% of cases
identified by UNESCO since 2006 still unsolved or abandoned, according
to responses individual countries sent the body. That marked some
improvement on the 89% non-resolution rate in 2018 and 95% in 2012. But
of 75 countries UNESCO contacted for updates on open cases, 17 did not
respond at all and nine did no more than acknowledge the request. Even
in the 210 cases where journalists' killings were resolved, the median
time this took stood at four years. "Justice delayed is justice denied,"
the report authors wrote. UNESCO holds an annual publicity campaign
against impunity for journalists' killings. This year, it will hold a
conference on journalists' safety while reporting on crises in Ethiopian
capital Addis Ababa on November 6.
Le Monde with AFP>>
Source:
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/11/02/unesco-reports-surge-in-journalist-killings_6731322_4.html
Al Jazeera - November 2, 2024 -
<<Over 100 staff accuse BBC of bias in coverage of Israel's war in Gaza
Employees say 'Israel must be held to account for its actions' and that
failing to do so dehumanises Palestinians.
The BBC has been accused by more than 100 of its staff of giving Israel
favourable coverage in its reporting of the war on Gaza and criticised
its lack of "accurate evidence-based journalism". A letter sent to the
broadcaster's director general, Tim Davie, and CEO Deborah Turness on
Friday said: "Basic journalistic tenets have been lacking when it comes
to holding Israel to account for its actions." First reported by The
Independent newspaper on Friday, the signatories included more than 100
anonymous BBC staff and more than 200 from the media industry, as well
as historians, actors, academics and politicians. The consequences of
inadequate coverage are significant. Every television report, article
and radio interview that has failed to robustly challenge Israeli claims
has systematically dehumanised Palestinians," the letter said. Israel's
war on Gaza has killed at least 43,259 Palestinians and wounded 101,827
since October 7, 2023. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel
during the Hamas-led attacks that day and more than 200 were taken
captive. The signatories called on the BBC to implement editorial
commitments including "reiterating that Israel does not give external
journalists access to Gaza; making it clear when there is insufficient
evidence to back up Israeli claims; making clear where Israel is the
perpetrator in article headlines; including regular historical context
predating October 2023; and robustly challenging Israeli government and
military representatives in all interviews". The letter said British
media organisations such as the BBC, ITV and Sky "enjoy high levels of
public trust" and have a "duty to fearlessly follow the evidence". It
also noted that the BBC "is licence fee funded, and the erosion of its
own editorial standards has put its impartiality and independence at
serious risk". Last November, more than a month after Israel began its
war in Gaza, eight United Kingdom-based journalists employed by the BBC
wrote a letter to Al Jazeera and said the BBC is guilty of a "double
standard in how civilians are seen", given that it is "unflinching" in
its reporting of alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine. "This
organisation doesn't represent us," one of the co-writers told Al
Jazeera. "For me, and definitely for other people of colour, we can see
blatantly that certain civilian lives are considered more worthy than
others - that there is some sort of hierarchy at play."
Israel's war has now expanded to Lebanon, where at least 2,897 people
have been killed and 13,150 wounded in Israeli attacks since the war on
Gaza began.
The BBC has defended its coverage of the war in Gaza.
According to UK media reports on Friday, a BBC spokesperson said: "When
we make mistakes or have made changes to the way we report, we are
transparent. We are also very clear with our audiences on the
limitations put on our reporting - including the lack of access into
Gaza and restricted access to parts of Lebanon, and our continued
efforts to get reporters into those areas," the spokesperson added.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES>>
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/2/over-100-staff-accuse-bbc-of-bias-in-its-coverage-of-israels-war-in-gaza
CPJ - October 31, 2024
<<Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war
The Israel-Gaza war has taken an unprecedented toll on Gazan journalists
since Israel declared war on Hamas following its attack against Israel
on October 7, 2023. As of November 1, 2024, CPJ’s preliminary
investigations showed at least 134 journalists and media workers were
among the more than tens of thousands killed in Gaza, the West Bank,
Israel, and Lebanon since the war began, making it the deadliest period
for journalists since CPJ began gathering data in 1992.
See CPJ's database of the full list of journalists and media workers
killed in the Israel-Gaza war
Journalists in Gaza face particularly high risks as they try to cover
the conflict, including devastating Israeli airstrikes, famine, the
displacement of 90% of Gaza's population, and the destruction of 80% of
its buildings. CPJ is investigating more than 130 additional cases of
potential killings, arrests and injuries, but many are difficult to
document amid these harsh conditions. "Since the war in Gaza started,
journalists have been paying the highest price - their lives - for their
reporting. Without protection, equipment, international presence,
communications, or food and water, they are still doing their crucial
jobs to tell the world the truth," said CPJ Program Director Carlos
Martinez de la Serna in New York. "Every time a journalist is killed,
injured, arrested, or forced to go to exile, we lose fragments of the
truth. Those responsible for these casualties face dual trials: one
under international law and another before history's unforgiving gaze."
Journalists are civilians and are protected by International Law.
Deliberately targeting civilians constitutes a war crime. In May, the
International Criminal Court announced it was seeking arrest warrant
applications for Hamas and Israeli leaders for war crimes and crimes
against humanity. To date, CPJ has determined that at least five
journalists were directly targeted by Israeli forces in killings which
CPJ classifies as murders: Issam Abdallah, Hamza Al Dahdouh, Mustafa
Thuraya, Ismail Al Ghoul, and Rami Al Refee. CPJ is still researching
the details for confirmation in at least 22 other cases that indicate
possible targeting. Two more journalists were killed and three were
injured in Gaza around the time of the war's one-year anniversary on
October 7, prompting CPJ to renew its call for an end to impunity in
Israel’s attacks on journalists.
As of November 1:
134 journalists and media workers were confirmed killed: 126
Palestinian, two Israeli, and six Lebanese.
41 journalists were reported injured
2 journalists were reported missing
71 journalists were reported arrested.
Multiple assaults, threats, cyberattacks, censorship, and killings of
family members.
CPJ is also investigating numerous unconfirmed reports of other
journalists being killed, missing, detained, hurt, or threatened, and of
damage to media offices and journalists' homes.
The list of killed journalists documented in our database includes names
based on information obtained from CPJ’s sources in the region and media
reports. It includes all journalists* involved in news-gathering
activity. It is not always immediately clear whether all of these
journalists were covering the conflict at the time of their deaths, but
CPJ has included them in its count as it investigates their
circumstances. The list is being updated on a regular basis, with names
being removed if CPJ confirms that those members of the media were not
working journalists at the time they were killed, injured, or went
missing. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) officials have repeatedly told
media outlets that the army does not deliberately target journalists. It
also told agencies shortly after the war started that it could not
guarantee the safety of journalists. CPJ has called for an end to the
longstanding pattern of impunity in cases of journalists killed by the
IDF. United Nations experts have raised concerns over the killings of
journalists, saying in a February statement that they were "alarmed at
the extraordinarily high numbers of journalists and media workers who
have been killed, attacked, injured and detained in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory, particularly in Gaza, in recent months blatantly
disregarding international law."
The lists below detail those injured and missing in the Israel-Gaza war:
https://cpj.org/2024/10/journalist-casualties-in-the-israel-gaza-conflict/
Al Jazeera - October 29, 2024
<<The Take: Israel's campaign against Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza
Al Jazeera rejects Israel's claim that six of its Gaza-based journalists
are members of Hamas or the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Israel has
accused six of Al Jazeera's reporters in Gaza of being operatives for
Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad – allegations the network
condemned as fabricated. We look at Al Jazeera's fight to report from
Gaza, the dangers its journalists face, and the broader implications of
Israel's efforts to keep international media out of the Gaza Strip.>>
Source incl. video:
https://www.aljazeera.com/podcasts/2024/10/29/the-take-israels-campaign-against-al-jazeera-journalists-in-gaza
Al Jazeera - October 25, 2024 - By Alice Speri
<<How impunity fuels Israel’s attacks on journalists in Gaza and Lebanon
Israel continues to target journalists because of the global failure to
hold it accountable for abuses, advocates say. The apparent targeted
killing of three media workers in an Israeli air strike in southern
Lebanon on Friday has renewed calls for ending impunity for Israel's
abuses. Advocates say the mounting death toll of journalists killed by
the Israeli military in the expanding conflict is a result of the
failure of the international community – particularly the United States,
Israel's top backer - to hold the country accountable. The killing of
media workers in Lebanon came days after Israel baselessly accused
several Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza of being members of Palestinian
armed groups, raising concerns about their safety. "The events of recent
days are alarming, and should serve as a wake-up call for the US
government and other states that have the power to hold the Israeli
government to account and put a stop to this violence," said Rebecca
Vincent, campaign director at Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
Friday's deadly attack in Lebanon targeted a compound where several
journalists and media workers were staying - in an area removed from
fighting. There was no warning before the strike, which destroyed
several buildings and left cars marked "press" covered in rubble. "This
is an assassination, after monitoring and tracking, with premeditation
and planning, as there were 18 journalists present at the location
representing seven media institutions," Lebanon’s Information Minister
Ziad Makary wrote on social media.>>
Source:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/25/how-impunity-fuels-israels-attacks-on-journalists-in-gaza-and-lebanon
Al Jazeera - October 29, 2024
<<The killings add to one of the deadliest records for journalists
covering a conflict in years.
At least 128 journalists and media workers are among the tens of
thousands of people Israel has killed in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon
over the past year - the deadliest time for journalists since the
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) began to track the killings more
than four decades ago. According to Palestinian officials, the death
toll is even higher with 176 journalists killed in Gaza alone. "CPJ is
deeply outraged by yet another deadly Israeli airstrike on journalists,
this time hitting a compound hosting 18 members of the press in south
Lebanon," CPJ Programme Director Carlos Martinez de la Serna said in a
statement to Al Jazeera. "Deliberately targeting journalists is a war
crime under international law. This attack must be independently
investigated and the perpetrators must be held to account."
Labeling journalists 'terrorists'
Israeli officials have regularly smeared the journalists slain in Gaza,
accusing them without evidence of being members of Hamas and other
groups.
This week, Israel accused six Al Jazeera journalists of being Hamas and
Palestinian Islamic Jihad <operatives> - sparking fear that it may be
pre-emptively justifying their targeting. Al Jazeera categorically
rejected the Israeli allegations. Israel has killed several Al Jazeera
journalists and their family members in Gaza since the war began,
including the network's correspondent. Critics accuse Israel - which
banned foreign reporters from entering Gaza - targets journalists in the
Palestinian territory to obscure the truth about its war crimes there.
CPJ has repeatedly documented Israel's "pattern of smearing of
Palestinian journalists with unsubstantiated <terrorist> labels
following their killings". The latest threat against Al Jazeera
journalists comes as calls have mounted for Israel to allow foreign
journalists into Gaza. Earlier this year, more than 70 media and civil
society organisations signed an open letter calling on Israel to grant
journalists access, a demand recently echoed by dozens of US lawmakers.
Diana Buttu, a Palestinian lawyer and analyst, said Israel does not want
the world to see what is happening in Gaza. "On the one hand, they're
not allowing international journalists, and on the other hand, they’re
assassinating those journalists who are there," Buttu told Al Jazeera.
"And then, they're smearing those journalists who are there and somehow
labelling them as targets." Buttu stressed that, under international
law, people can only be considered legitimate targets in war if they are
combatants who engage in fighting - accusing someone of being affiliated
with an armed group, whether true or not, does not make them a
legitimate target. She added that Israel is "turning international law
on its head" by labelling people as members of Hezbollah and Hamas to
justify their killing. Raed Jarrar, advocacy director at the US-based
rights group DAWN said Israel's accusations against Al Jazeera's
journalists is a "deliberate tactic to intimidate and silence those
exposing its ongoing ethnic cleansing and forced displacement in
northern Gaza. This campaign against journalists reporting on the
atrocities only further proves Israel's desperation to cover up its war
crimes and systematic genocide against Palestinians," Jarrar added.
Impunity breeding impunity
While Israel has targeted journalists at an unprecedented rate during
the ongoing war, it killed dozens more in the years preceding it. But
there was no consequence for those killings and this impunity has paved
the way for the current escalation, analysts say. Zaha Hassan, a fellow
at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, told Al Jazeera that
"the deadliest place to work these days for journalists is where Israel
is waging war." The think tank published a video earlier this year,
documenting the lives of Palestinian journalists in Gaza. Just before
its release, one of the journalists it features, Sami Shehadeh, lost a
leg in an Israeli attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp, where he was
filming. Hassan said the lack of
Shireen Abu Akleh
accountability for the killing of Al Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu
Akleh - who was a US citizen - by Israeli forces in the occupied West
Bank in 2022 was a "harbinger of things to come". For months after Abu
Akleh's killing, US legislators and advocates called for an independent
US investigation into the incident. While US and Israeli media outlets
have reported that the US Department of Justice opened a probe into the
shooting, American officials never publicly confirmed it, and any
findings have not been released. No one has been punished for killing
Abu Akleh.
"If justice could be denied to Shireen by her own government, how can we
expect justice for Palestinian journalists in Gaza or any other
journalists working in the killing fields of Palestine and Lebanon?"
said Hassan. "The US State Department and the White House recognise the
critically important role journalists play in truth-telling.
Unfortunately, they don't put the same emphasis or value on truth or
civil life when the truth is exposing Israeli war crimes or the civilian
target is a Palestinian or Arab journalist." The US often stresses the
so-called "rules-based order" when criticising policies by Russia and
China, but has maintained its unconditional support for Israel despite
well-documented abuses, including the killing of journalists. Washington
provides at least $3.8bn in military aid to Israel annually, and
President Joe Biden has approved an additional $14bn in assistance to
the US ally to help fund the current war.
No media outrage
While the US and other countries have failed to curb Israel's attacks on
journalists, advocates have also criticised the world’s mainstream media
for inadequate attention and anger over Israeli attacks against the
press. "There are a lot of people who are complicit in this. It's not
just the governments, which are definitely complicit, but it’s also the
fact that we haven't heard international outrage from other
journalists," said Buttu, a close friend of Abu Akleh. "These
Palestinian journalists, these Lebanese journalists, their lives are no
less worthy than those of international journalists, and the fact that
we haven't seen any sort of outrage is incredible." But some alternative
media outlets have been outspoken in condemning the attacks against
journalists by Israel. This week, the US-based progressive publication
Jewish Currents issued a statement in support of the six Al Jazeera
journalists targeted by Israel. "As a journalistic institution, we
generally refrain from putting out statements or calling on others to
take action, but our position as media workers compels us to stand in
solidarity with our colleagues in Gaza," it said. "The normalization of
Israel's flagrant targeting of journalists has implications for
reporters around the world." The publication added that the targeting of
Palestinian journalists "should be treated as a crisis for the
international media".>>
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/25/how-impunity-fuels-israels-attacks-on-journalists-in-gaza-and-lebanon
Al Jazeera - October 24, 2024
<<Why is Israel targeting Al Jazeera correspondents in Gaza?
Israel accuses six Al Jazeera journalists of being members of
Palestinian armed groups.>>
Read more
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2024/10/24/why-is-israel-targeting-al-jazeera-correspondents-in-gaza
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