targeting journalists.
Controlling media is at the heart of Israeli power. Media ownership is at the top end of the control system. The fear of advertising withdrawal keeps a lot of the international media quiet. Flooding media with "public" objections to Israel critical content works wonders even when the media realise that most of the letters accusing them of being Anti-Semite are coordinated, form generated mail.
When all the usual methods fail killing journalists becomes the norm. Bribery, Blackmail and the use of fear seems to be normal media management for many, usually( but not always) totalitarian regimes.
The case of the Indian journalist who did not subscribe to the western story line in Iraq and the Middle east comes to mind. Syed Mohammed Kazmi was arrested in connection with an attack on Israeli officials. He is a well known journalist and had been working for Indian and Iranian media organizations. He still has to be tried or released. Knowing how the India police work and knowing the the Indian media scene I can sense an Israeli influence that wants his voice silenced.
What happened to journalists in Palestine is, for me, no surprise. The American armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan had targeted Al Jazeera's journalists and offices, I remember. With arrests and missiles.
When all the usual methods fail killing journalists becomes the norm. Bribery, Blackmail and the use of fear seems to be normal media management for many, usually( but not always) totalitarian regimes.
The case of the Indian journalist who did not subscribe to the western story line in Iraq and the Middle east comes to mind. Syed Mohammed Kazmi was arrested in connection with an attack on Israeli officials. He is a well known journalist and had been working for Indian and Iranian media organizations. He still has to be tried or released. Knowing how the India police work and knowing the the Indian media scene I can sense an Israeli influence that wants his voice silenced.
What happened to journalists in Palestine is, for me, no surprise. The American armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan had targeted Al Jazeera's journalists and offices, I remember. With arrests and missiles.
In its most recent assault on the Gaza Strip, which Israel called ‘Operation Pillar of Defence’, 162 Palestinians were killed and more than 1,100 injured. Three Palestinian journalists were killed and more than a dozen injured in targeted Israeli air strikes.
According to MADA, the Palestinian Centre for Development and Media Freedoms, the Israeli army has killed 18 journalists, including two foreign journalists, in the past decade.
“They have classified journalists as enemies. They don’t want the world to know what they’re doing in Gaza, what the crimes of the Israeli soldiers are. I think they didn’t want the information to go from Gaza to outside,” Najjar, who is managing editor of the Al-Ayam daily newspaper said.
On Nov. 20, two Palestinian cameramen from Al-Aqsa TV were killed instantly when an Israeli missile hit their car, which was reportedly marked with “TV” in neon letters. The two journalists – Hussam Mohammed Salama, 30, and Mahmoud Ali al-Koumi, 29 – were on their way to Shifa Hospital in Gaza City to document the admission of injured Palestinians.
The same day, a third journalist, Mohamed Abu Aisha, director of Al-Quds Educational Radio, was killed when a missile hit his car.
Reporters Without Borders called the Israeli attacks “deliberate” and, in a statement released Wednesday stated that “journalists are entitled to the same protection as civilians and should not be regarded as military targets.”
Almost a dozen reporters were also injured when Israeli air strikes hit buildings housing local and foreign media offices in Gaza City on three separate occasions. These buildings housed the offices of Al Arabiya, Agence France-Presse, the Palestinian news agency Ma’an, and Russia TV among others.
Al-Aqsa TV’s Gaza offices were completely destroyed during the offensive, resulting in a financial loss of approximately six million dollars, and the offices of the Al-Risala weekly newspaper were also damaged.
“There aren’t any red lines anymore,” Younes said. “Everything might be a target, as long as there is this political cover and as long as (the Israelis) believe that they are immune, above the law, and can do whatever they want without being investigated.”
http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/11/israel-targets-media-in-gaza/
http://rehmat1.com/2012/03/21/mossad-iran-syria-and-indias-muslim-journalist/
Kazmi speaks Arabic and Persian in addition to his mother tongue Urdu (aka Hindi). Kazmi had covered the 2003 American attack on Iraq and was a regular freelance contributor to Iran’s Radio Tehran. Kazmi is also accused of being pro-Syrian government as he visited Syrian in February accompanied by John Cherian, another senior Indian journalist. On March 11, Delhi police raided John’s flat. John is also known for his strident anti-Israel views. However, police later apologized to John for the mistake.
Saeed Naqvi, a senior Indian journalist, who’s worked with Kazmi and has been arguing publicly for him, says, “He was arrested to please those pressuring the government to create a link between Iran and the attack. Muslim and Urdu journalists leave a bad odour these days.” He says it’s part of a larger campaign against journalists who seek to challenge the “global information order”, especially about unfolding events in West Asia. “For example, when the Israelis killed off Iranian nuclear scientists, the debate in the US media was not about whether this was right or wrong but about whether it helped retard Iran’s nuclear programme. Clearly, there are two sets of rules working here.”
http://rehmat1.com/2012/03/21/mossad-iran-syria-and-indias-muslim-journalist/
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