Vragen voor internationale media in Gaza
Doen jullie je werk wel?
De Washington Post heeft (op het blog van de Volokh Conspiracy aldaar) 40 vragen gepubliceerd aan internationale media die op dit moment actief zijn in Gaza. U moet de vragen echt allemaal, stuk voor stuk doornemen. Er valt namelijk nogal wat aan te merken op het gedrag van die 'journalisten':
1. Have you or any of your colleagues been intimidated by Hamas?
2. Do you feel restricted in your ability to say what you see in Gaza?
3. How do you feel about the Spanish journalist who said Hamas would kill any journalist if they filmed rocket fire?
4. Has Hamas pressured you to delete anything you have published?
5. Has Hamas ever threatened to take your phone, laptop or camera?
6. Has Hamas ever taken the phone, laptop or camera of a colleague in Gaza?
7. Have you seen Hamas fighters in Gaza?
8. If yes, why have you not directly reported Hamas fighting activity when you are eye-witnesses in Gaza, but rather indirectly reported about what the IDF says they Hamas has done?
9. Are you scared to publish photos of Hamas operatives on your Twitter page, or broadcast images of Hamas fighting and aggression on your news channel?
10. Have you published any photos of terrorists launching rockets in Gaza? If so, are these images being turned down by your newspaper or broadcaster?
En zo gaat die lijst nog even door. Een andere belangrijke vraag is deze:
26. When the missile hit Al-Shati hospital where children were killed, did you see Hamas operatives collecting the debris of the fallen Palestinian rocket, as Gabriel Barbati reported? Did Barbati pick up on something you missed?
27. Barbati prefaced his tweet by writing Out of Gaza, far from Hamas retaliation. Will you also report differently about Gaza when you are out of Gaza, far from Hamas retaliation?
Je moet je onderhand afvragen of Westerse journalisten hun werk wel doen in Gaza.
