Gaza – Saba:
The Palestinian Journalists Forum on Saturday welcomed the joint call by over 130 media outlets and international organizations demanding that the Zionist entity immediately and without restrictions open the Gaza Strip to foreign journalists.
In a press release, the Forum hailed this as an ethical and professional stance that champions press freedom and the public's right to information.
The demand originated from a letter prepared by Reporters Without Borders in collaboration with the Committee to Protect Journalists, which highlighted that the Zionist authorities' denial of access to Gaza by independent foreign media outlets for more than twenty months sets a dangerous precedent in the history of contemporary armed conflicts.
The Palestinian Journalists Forum fully supports this international initiative, seeing it as a crucial step towards breaking the media blockade on Gaza.
The Forum emphasized the world's need to directly hear victims' voices and witness the humanitarian tragedy unfolding in Gaza, free from misleading narratives.
The Forum pointed to the martyrdom of 226 Palestinian journalists since the aggression began as clear evidence of the Zionist enemy's attempts to obscure facts and intimidate eyewitnesses, a flagrant violation of international laws and conventions" that demands serious international accountability.
The Forum called for intensified international pressure to lift the ban on foreign journalists entering Gaza and to provide international protection for Palestinian journalists who continue to cover the massacres under dangerous conditions.
The Forum reiterated that with American and European support, the Israeli enemy army has been committing genocidal crimes in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, resulting in 54,772 Palestinian deaths, predominantly children and women, and 125,834 injuries, with thousands more victims still under rubble and on streets.
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