Filastin incitement

In an article titled "We Are All Martyrdom-Seekers," published on 13th December 2011 in the Gaza-based daily Filastin, columnist Fakher Shreteh said that the salvation of the Palestinian people would only be achieved through resistance, gunpowder, and "the shedding of blood that would water the land," and that he who loved life more than death would always be the one to lose the fight.

The article goes on to glorify suicide bombing and concludes "As the Israelis know, today is not like yesterday. They are now facing the great army of mujahideen and anticipating the day they will meet [us]: the day of the marriage of martyrdom and liberation, [when] the mujahid sacrifices his life for the sake of Allah in order to earn life in heaven. The Zionists know that their end will come at the pure hand of those who do not fear death, and through self-sacrifice operations, when [the martyrs] put their souls in the palms of their hands and bear their [burial] shrouds on their backs. The Jews also know that the Palestinians will stand up to them and wipe them out, according to the divine promise, when the divine decree is passed down."


A full transcript of the text of the article (from Memri) can be found at this link

Issues raised in Gaza

Following a recent trip to Gaza, we post a number of issues raised with us by the Gaza Centre for Journalists. These are human rights trype issues, in effect a list of incidents impacting the freedom of the press:

• 16 April 2008 Fadil Shana'a, a 23 year old Reuters Cameraman, killed by a tank shell, South East Gaza City
• July 2008 Sawah Abu Seif, a Palestinian cameraman with German ARD TV, was arrested at his home in Tel Al Harwa by masked security agents, presumably because he was a member of Fatah
• 27 December 2008 Basil Ibrahim Al Faraj, a 22 year old cameraman on assignment to Algerian TV from the Palestinian Media and Communications Company, killed by an air strike on his car
• 10 January 2009 Ala' Mourtaja of Al Wan Radio (a local radio station), killed by an air strike on his home in Al Zaytoun quarter
• 17 January 2009 Omar Silawi, an Al Aqsar TV cameraman, killed in Jeballia by an air strike
• 1 December 2010 Israel's Channel 10 was filming construction work in an area that was part of the former settlements. Italian TV had covered the same story but Channel 10 were asked to apply for a permit to do so. It took three days to get the permit. This was because Channel 10 is Israeli.
• 5 December 2010 Al Jazeera English TV's entire team including cameraman, correspondent and producer, arrested when they tried to cover a sit in at the Fatah affiliated Shariq Foundation

Gaza preacher slain

This item from Felix is not strictly a media issue but we include it here because of the disturbing implications for freedom of speech:

GAZA PREACHER CRITICIZES HAMAS AND IS SLAIN MOMENTS LATER: Assailants gunned down Muslim preacher Adel Nasar, known for his anti-Hamas views, moments after he exited a mosque last Friday where he delivered a sermon criticizing the Islamic group's role in a wave of Palestinian violence, reports the Boston Globe.

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