News Organizations Urge Israel to Let Reporters and Aid Into Gaza
Source: NYT
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"... The Foreign Press Association in Israel, a nonprofit that represents hundreds of journalists from more than 100 news outlets, has long sought permission for journalists to enter Gaza, but it has been deterred by the government and the Supreme Court.
On Friday, dozens of members of the International News Safety Institute, a nonprofit group, issued a statement calling on Israel to allow journalists in Gaza who are facing starvation to leave the enclave, and for international reporters to be allowed entry. Signatories included The Washington Post, The Financial Times and The Guardian.
“Israel must allow other journalists into Gaza,” the statement said. “Nearly two years into the war, no international media have been permitted to independently enter. As local reporters are killed, face the threat of starvation, or try to flee, the world will be systematically cut off from witnessing what is happening. This cannot be allowed to happen.”
... “We are desperately concerned for our journalists in Gaza, who are increasingly unable to feed themselves and their families,” The Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, BBC News and Reuters said in a joint statement on Thursday. The news organizations noted that their reporters were facing the same grave conditions as the rest of Gaza’s population of roughly two million..."
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