How Palestinian reporters defied Israel’s genocide to redefine journalism

Israel has killed about 250 journalists since launching its genocidal war on Gaza on October 7, 2023. That is more than the number of journalists killed in all wars in the past 150 years combined.The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says Israel has engaged in “the deadliest and most deliberate effort to kill and silence journalists” that the media watchdog has ever documented.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Gaza filmmakers slam BBC after shelved documentary wins Baftalist 2 of 4How the media manufactured consent for genocidelist 3 of 4Echoicide: Who decides which truths survive in Gaza?list 4 of 4The pro-Israel censors are starting to loseend of listJonathan Dagher, the head of Reporters Without Borders’ Middle East desk, called the targeting of journalists “a tragedy for journalism”, while the United Nations human rights chief, Volker Turk, called Gaza “a ‘death trap’ for journalists”.Yet, beyond the statements and condolences, Israel has never been held accountable for its killing of Palestinian journalists – a practice that long predates the genocidal war on Gaza, but that took on an industrial scale over the past three years.Instead, the silence of the inter...