The organization "Reporters Without Borders" demanded today, Tuesday, to open the Gaza Strip to journalists who have been denied independent access to the area since October 2023 due to the devastating war waged by Israel over the past two years.
"Reporters Without Borders" stated that it has joined the legal petition submitted by the Foreign Press Association, calling for the borders to be opened to independent journalists, and submitted its legal memorandum on October 15 of this month to support the association's position before the Supreme Court in order to confront this ban.
It also pointed out that preventing international journalists from entering Gaza increasingly isolates Palestinian journalists, leaving them to face Israeli smear campaigns alone, in addition to the enormous field risks while covering events in the area.
In mid this month, "Reporters Without Borders" submitted a memorandum containing facts and legal arguments supporting the Foreign Press Association's position that Israel is violating press freedom and the right to access information about Gaza.
The organization's advocacy and assistance director, Antoine Bernard, stated that the Israeli government has imposed a "complete blockade on the entry of independent journalists, whether Israeli or foreign, into Gaza for two years."
He added that more than 210 Palestinian journalists have been killed in Gaza, at least 56 of whom were killed while performing their journalistic duties or because of them, and they are subjected to systematic smear campaigns, emphasizing that the result of this situation is "an unprecedented violation of press freedom and the public's right to independent, reliable, and diverse information."
The result of this situation is an unprecedented violation of press freedom and the public's right to independent media.
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"Reporters Without Borders" demands that Israel open the Gaza Strip to the media.