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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 562

Foreign Press Association

Journalists film in front of destroyed buildings in Jabaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip, on October 9, 2024. (Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP)
January 23, 2025, 5:40 pm
Foreign Press Association urges Israel to lift ban on Gaza access for journalists
Citing the halt in fighting, the group says restriction has ‘severely hindered independent reporting,’ and that there is now ‘no justification’ for it
By ToI Staff
The broadcast offices and studios of the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation in Jerusalem, January 31, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
November 27, 2024, 9:23 pm
MKs advance controversial bill to privatize or shutter Kan public broadcaster
Foreign Press Association condemns ‘vindictive and politically motivated’ attacks on media, warns that legislation could ‘undermine democratic values’
By Sam Sokol
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi arrives at a Likud faction meeting in the Knesset, January 8, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 22, 2024, 12:42 am
Karhi reverses decision to seize AP equipment that broadcasts live feed of Gaza
Live feed resumes hours after communications minister says confiscated camera, equipment being returned; AP welcomes reversal but concerned about government impeding press freedom
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A screenshot taken from AP video showing a general view of northern Gaza as seen from southern Israel, before it was seized by Israeli officials on May 21, 2024. (AP Photo)
May 21, 2024, 8:08 pm
Israel seizes AP equipment broadcasting live feed from Gaza, citing use by Al Jazeera
Communications Minister Karhi accuses the wire service of violating a new media law by providing images to banned Qatari network; US, Foreign Press Association criticize move
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Foreign and Israeli journalists stand on a hill overlooking the Gaza Strip in the city of Sderot, southern Israel, October 19, 2023. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
January 10, 2024, 4:20 pm
High Court says Israel can keep barring foreign reporters from Gaza
Citing security concerns, justices reject Foreign Press Association petition for entry into Strip without IDF escort, say army doing enough for press freedom
By ToI Staff
File: Video journalists and photographers work as Mufid Hassayneh, Palestinian minister of public works, center, and Mohammed Abu Haloub of Qatar Charity, unseen, speak during a cornerstone ceremony for rebuilding Zafer 4 Tower in Gaza, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Feb. 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)
August 10, 2022, 12:58 am
Hamas issues, rescinds rules to media to skew coverage to pro-Gaza, anti-Israel line
Ruling terror group had indicated to Palestinians working with foreign press it expected reporting that blames Israel for recent conflict, ignores Gazans killed by misfired rockets
By Agencies
AP photographer Mahmoud Illean reacts after being attacked by Israeli security forces during the coverage of a demonstration in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, on December 17, 2021. (AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP)
December 17, 2021, 7:35 pm
Press watchdog protests after police assault AP photographer in East Jerusalem
Mahmoud Illean says he identified himself as a journalist, but officers still pushed him to the ground, punched him repeatedly; FPA says he is hospitalized with head injuries
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Muna al-Kurd testifies before the UN Human Rights Council on May 27, 2021. (Screen capture/YouTube)
June 6, 2021, 6:42 pm
Police arrest Sheikh Jarrah activist twins, claiming they participated in riots
Dozens protest detaining of Muna al-Kurd, who has over 1 million followers on Instagram where she posts against evictions; Foreign Press Association pans earlier arrest of reporter
By ToI Staff
Colleagues wheel AP cameraman Rashed Rashid, 47, into a treatment room in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip after he is shot in his left leg while covering a protest on the beach, November 19, 2018. (AP Photo/ Adel Hana)
November 21, 2018, 1:27 pm
Press group demands ‘credible’ investigation into shooting of Gaza cameraman
AP staffer Rashed Rashid was wounded, allegedly by IDF fire, during violent protest at border; AP, Foreign Press Association say he stood far from demonstrators, wore ‘PRESS’ vest
By ToI Staff and AP
A police officer blocks media from entering the Old City, outside the Lion's Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, July 23, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 30, 2018, 10:40 am
Foreign press group rejects police-proposed limits on coverage in public spaces
Regulations presented to Supreme Court amid legal battle for freedom of access to events are ‘too vague,’ allow arbitrary restrictions, journalists say
By Stuart Winer
Britain's Prince William meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on June 26, 2018 in Jerusalem. (AFP/ POOL/ Thomas COEX)
June 26, 2018, 6:50 pm
Outrage after Netanyahu security bars journalist from Prince William event
Foreign Press Association demands apology as producer forced to miss press conference following questions about his ethnicity
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Reporters and photographers during a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem in 2011. (photo credit: Mark Israel Sellem/Flash90)
January 28, 2018, 4:39 pm
Israeli reporter says he was subjected to ‘humiliating’ security check at PMO
Maariv’s Yanir Korzin alleges strip-search requirement was retaliation for his criticism of the Prime Minister’s Office
By ToI Staff
A Palestinian attacker, hiding among journalists, before he stabbed a Border Police officer in the West Bank city of Ramallah on December 15, 2017. (Israel Police)
December 18, 2017, 7:14 pm
Foreign press group rejects police claim attacker posed as reporter
FPA stresses Palestinian who stabbed border cop didn’t identify himself as a journalist, condemns blending in with media in order to ‘carry out a violent act’
By ToI Staff
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during a joint press conference at the Prime Minister Office in Jerusalem, on October 30, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 31, 2017, 5:11 am
Foreign press boycotts PM event after photographer asked to strip
Journalists walk out in protest after security guards demand EPA employee remove pants; Foreign Press Association slams ‘humiliating’ treatment
By AP and ToI Staff
Israeli security forces stand before Palestinians on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on July 27, 2017, with the Al-Aqsa mosque appearing in the background. (AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI)
August 3, 2017, 5:48 am
Foreign Press Association files petition against police violence during Temple Mount crisis
High Court suit slams government for staying silent on the matter while boasting ‘that it is the Middle East’s only democracy’
By Jacob Magid
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