AIIJA a body of Indian journalists condemns Israel’s attacks against journalists

 

New Delhi :  All India Ideal Journalists Association (AIIJA)  a body of Indian journalists condemns in the strongest terms the actions of the Israeli Defence Forces against journalists and news media organizations and civilians , whom it has turned into targets during the ongoing aggression in Palestine.

 

Reports said at least two arrests of journalists while another 30 journalists were assaulted and beaten in targeted attacks by soldiers of the Israeli armed forces. On 11 May, the Israeli army bombed and flattened the Al-Jawhara Tower in Gaza City, Palestine, which housed the offices of 13 media organizations as well the offices of a number of non-governmental organizations.

This was followed on May 15 by aerial raids in which, Israeli fighter jets again flattened the Al-Jalaa tower which housed international news media organisations such as Al Jazeera Media Network and The Associated Press offices in Gaza.

The National Convenor of  AIIJA  Ashraf Ali Bastavi has said in a media  statement “The attacks on the buildings housing news media organisations are unjustified and constitute war crimes. Besides the significant material losses occasioned to local and international media organizations by the unjustified attacks, a large number of journalists lost their workplaces and personal belongings, and were lucky to get away with their lives” said

 

 “The actions of Israel would be rightly called war crimes . This is a  crude attempt to obscure the heinous crimes being committed by the Israeli army against civilians, and to prevent journalists from presenting the true picture of what is happening in the Palestinian territories,” stated AIIJA President.

 

AIIJA stands in full solidarity with the all journalists working in Palestine as they bravely continue to report the crimes committed by the Israeli army and calls for immediate accountability and for the perpetrators of war crimes and attacks on journalists not to go unpunished.