بيان نقابة الصحفيين الاجانب بخصوص قصف مقر ال اي بي والجزيره بغزه

Statement by the Foreign Press Association regarding the IDF strike on a
Gaza building containing international news media bureaus
15th May 2021
The Foreign Press Association (FPA) expresses its grave concern and dismay
at a decision by the Israel Defense Forces to target a building housing the
offices of the Associated Press and Al Jazeera.
Knowingly causing the destruction of the offices of some of the world’s
largest and most influential news organizations raises deeply worrying
questions about Israel’s willingness to interfere with the freedom of the
press to operate.
The safety of other news bureaus in Gaza is now in question. At a time
when Israel’s border crossing with Gaza is closed, those companies with a
bureau in Gaza are more important than ever in reporting events to the
world.
We note that Israel has not presented any evidence to support its claim the
building was used by Hamas. We further note that at no point did Israel AP
the very real prospect that its Gaza operation could one day become an
Israeli military target.
We call on parties on both sides of the conflict to re-state their
commitment to ensuring that foreign news bureaus and operations be
allowed to go about their work without being targeted, compromised, or
endangered.
We further call on Israel to open the crossing into Gaza at the earliest
opportunity to allow the foreign press to do its work and to support our
colleagues at the AP and Al Jazeera in particular.
We request an urgent meeting with Israeli officials to discuss this incident,
as well as other concerns arising from recent communications between
foreign media and the Israeli military