In awe of the skill and collaborative effort between NPR's Anas Baba in Gaza and NPR's Aya Batrawy Aya Batrawy in this moving piece from Rafah this morning. A masterclass in covering war with so many obstacles in the way:
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The number was revised closer to 300 bodies. If Israel and Egypt let the int’l press in you’d have throngs of TV reporters tonight doing live shots on the edge of this mass grave. cnn.com/middleeast/liv…

no American university president has deplored the Israeli destruction of all the universities in Gaza

On its homepage, the The New York Times website currently has four (4) prominently-displayed pieces about American college protests and zero (0) pieces about the nearly 300 bodies (some with their hands and feet bound) found in a mass grave at a hospital in southern Gaza.

#BREAKING An independent review of the UN agency for Palestinians found 'neutrality-related issues' - but noted Israel has not provided evidence for claims against some of its staff.

UNRWA remains 'irreplaceable and indispensable,' added the report.

How the Israeli military spoofing of the US-run GPS system is throwing off location and airline safety systems and making flying more dangerous for pilots and passengers: npr.org/2024/04/22/124…

No foreign journalists have been allowed unfettered access to #Gaza since Oct 7 - whilst many of those inside (the Committee for the Protection of Journalists say) have been targeted by the Israeli military CPJ MENA Jodie Ginsberg

8 children killed in Israeli strike while playing foozeball, CNN reports, showing, w/permission, faces and bodies of the dead & the cries of grieving parents. Every 10 min a child is killed or injured in Gaza, per reporter Jeremy Diamond.

Reuters photojournalist Mohammed Salem has now been named the winner of the prestigious World Press Photo of the Year Award for this heartbreaking image he took of a woman embracing the body of a Palestinian child killed in an Israeli airstrike.

$500-a-month guaranteed income programme led people to find more jobs & increase wages, report finds Alex Yoon-Hendricks @SeattleTimes seattletimes.com/seattle-news/h…

How a single Israeli strike kills 5,000 Palestinian lives/embryos in one go. The impact of this story is significant. Meaningful reporting by Reuters.

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The World Press Photo of the Year is ‘A Palestinian Woman Embraces the Body of Her Niece’ by mohammed jad salem, Reuters.

The jury was deeply moved by how this image evokes an emotional reflection in every viewer and offers a glimpse into unimaginable loss.
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Is killing 'slaughter'? Depends who you're talking about: Leaked NYT Gaza Memo Tells Journalists to Avoid Words “Genocide,” “Ethnic Cleansing,” and “Occupied Territory” by jeremy scahill, Ryan Grim theintercept.com/2024/04/15/nyt…

It's out! Written with Anya Schiffrin and Dylan Groves, our UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 report on the the role of journalism in promoting democracy and political accountability and sustainable development unesco.org/en/world-media…

'The evidence shows armed settlers, with the active participation of army units, raided Palestinian communities, detained, assaulted, and tortured residents, chased them off their lands at gunpoint or coerced them with death threats, blocked them from taking their belongings.'

Israeli drone strike kills seven children playing foosball in Gaza's Al-Maghazi refugee camp, CNN reports. At least 13 dead in total: cnn.com/2024/04/16/mid…

A Post investigation has found that Israeli vehicles were present in the area and that Israeli weapons likely caused the visible damage in the killing of 6-year-old Hind Rajab and eight others in Gaza City on January 29.

Before she was killed, Rajab called the Palestinian Red

Palestinian photojournalist MoTaz named one of Time's most influential people of 2024.

'His images offered a glimpse into Gaza that few in the international press—which has been all but barred from accessing the Strip—could rival.'

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Israeli journalist Ronen Bergman has a remarkable quote from a source with knowledge of Israeli discussions on Iran: 'If the talks were broadcast live on Youtube, you'd have 4 million people clamoring at Ben Gurion airport trying to get out of here.' ynet.co.il/news/article/b…

The #AbuGhraib jury trial comes nearly 20 years to the day that photographs depicting #torture and abuse in the prison were first revealed to the public, prompting an international scandal symbolizing the treatment of detainees in the US “war on terror” theguardian.com/world/ng-inter…