“Last week the FPA expressed its objection to the prolonged closure of the Erez crossing into Gaza for international journalists, saying it amounted to a serious violation of press freedom.This situation remains unchanged and it has now become clear that Israel’s official policy is to block the entrance of journalists into the Gaza strip.’We regard this as an unconscionable breach of the Israeli Goverment’s responsibility to allow journalists to do their jobs in this region.The international media serves as the world’s window into Gasa providing vital coverage of all aspects of Gazan life to news consumers around the worldWe believe that this unprecedented closure goes against Israel’s own insistence that it is a democracy that respects freedom of the media.Because of the gravity of the situation, the FPA calls on its members to appeal to their respective governments and their own news organizations to convey to the Israeli government the urgency of lifting the closure”.
E’ la protesta formale del direttivo dell’associazione della stampa estera a Gerusalemme, perché da oltre dieci giorni i giornalisti stranieri accreditati presso il governo israeliano non riescono a entrare a Gaza… Riflettori spenti
