From the Committee to Protect Journalists: “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 26, 2024, CPJ’s preliminary investigations showed at least 137 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.”

No foreign journalists critical of Israel’s government or military are permitted access to Israel, arguably currently the most actively propagandised population on earth. No journalists from any nation are permitted access by Israel’s government to the lands seized, possessed or fully controlled by Israel.

Journalists as well as humanitarian aid workers have been killed in unprecedented numbers by the Israeli Defence Forces. The oldest newspaper in the country, Haaretz, is threatened with closure by the Israeli Government. From Haaretz, 25 November 2025:

“Like Putin, Erdoğan, and Orbán, Netanyahu is trying to silence a critical, independent newspaper. Haaretz will not balk and will not morph into a pamphlet that publishes messages approved by the government and its leader.”

There is hugely consistent, courageous protest among Jewish Israeli humanitarians at what their nation has come to, is doing on an hourly basis with the essential military and........

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