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Palestinian journalists filming a building being destroyed by Israeli bombing in the Gaza Strip, May 14, 2021. (Photo: Osps7/Wikimedia)

As journalists, we know that silencing a free press is a key tactic of authoritarian governments. Israel’s repression of Palestinian journalism shows us what is possible under the guise of “democracy.” Attacks on journalism are dangerous to us all.

The Qatari-funded Hamad Town residential complex in Khan Younis was bombed on December 2, 2023. (Photo: © Mohammed Talatene/dpa via ZUMA Press/APA Images)

The ongoing genocidal war on Gaza is not about Hamas or Israeli captives, but the depopulation and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people which is being implemented in brutal but deliberate stages.