Israel continues to murder Gaza journalists – at least 196 journalists now, more than any conflict in history

Keir Starmer said he will work to protect journalists globally – yet remains silent on Israel’s intentional slaughter of journalists in Gaza, many with their families

At the time of writing, Israel has murdered at least 196 journalists in Gaza – including, just yesterday, Mohammad Baalousha, pictured below reporting with rods holding his left leg together from an earlier Israeli sniper attack:

Baalousha was murdered in an Israeli bombing that targeted his home on Ahmed Yassin Street in northern Gaza. In January, he was shot by an Israeli sniper while reporting, then denied medical treatment for six hours as tanks blocked his evacuation.

Israel’s killing of journalists is targeted and deliberate to silence their exposure of its endless crimes against humanity. Many have been bombed in their homes, along with their families, while others have been shot while reporting on Israel’s attacks – and the few remaining journalists in northern Gaza have been designated as terrorists to excuse their murder.

Despite promising that he would work to protect journalists worldwide from violence and intimidation, Keir Starmer has yet to mention, let alone condemn, Israel’s mass murder of Palestinian journalists – more in the past fourteen months than in any war or conflict in history. He is also waging a campaign of criminalisation and intimidation against UK journalists who dare to stand in solidarity with the Palestinians against genocide, apartheid and oppression.

Journalism is not a crime. Killing them is a war crime, as is complicity in their murder.

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