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IFJ 17 May 2021
FAJ condemns Israel’s attacks against journalists, calls for Israel to be held accountable for its crimes against journalists
The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), the Pan-African organization that represents journalists in Africa, condemns in the strongest terms the actions of the Israeli Defence Forces against journalists and news media organisations, whom it has turned into targets during the ongoing aggression in Palestine. Photo: Journalists sit on to the rubble of Jala Tower, which was housing international press offices, following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip on May 15, 2021. An Israeli air strike demolished the 13-floor building housing Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television and American news agency The Associated Press in the Gaza Strip. MOHAMMED ABED / AFP
Warnings of terrible massacre planned by Israel against journalists May 17, 2021 at 10:44 am | Published in: Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine
Israel decimates building housing foreign media in Gaza [Mohammed Asad/Middle East Monitor] May 17, 2021 at 10:44 am
The occupation forces continue to deliberately target Palestinian media institutions after destroying Al-Jalaa Tower, which houses international media offices including
Al-Jazeera and the Associated Press. Thus, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) warned of a terrible massacre that Israel plans against journalists.
The PJS called on the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to urgently intervene and provide protection for journalists who could be the victims of war crimes and direct targeting.