While reporting the death of his colleague Mohammad Abu Hattab who was killed along with 11 of his family members in a Nov. 3 Israeli airstrike Palestinian journalist Salman Al-Bashir tore of
By Aja Arnold, Victoria Bouloubasis, Rebecca Chowdhury, Rae Garringer, Charmaine Lang, Nour Saudi, Tina Vasquez and Lewis Raven Wallace This op-ed was co-published by In These Times, Mainline, Mondoweiss, Prism, The Real News Network, Reckon, Scalawag and Truthout. As journalists and media workers, we know that silencing a free press…
As journalists, we know that silencing a free press is a key tactic of authoritarian governments. Israel’s repression of Palestinian journalism shows us what is possible under the guise of “democracy.” Attacks on journalism are dangerous to us all.