Gaza

BBC Assailed for Refusing to Carry Gaza Appeal

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:29:26 -0500

Full article: New York Times
John F. Burns
In more than 80 years as a publicly financed broadcaster with an audience of millions at home and around the world, the BBC has rarely been buffeted as severely as it has in recent days over its decision not to broadcast a television appeal by aid agencies for victims of Israel’s recent military actions in Gaza.

Olmert's Office Acted Alone in Barring Foreign Reporters from Gaza

Stevie Converse — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:00:44 -0500

Full article: Haaretz
Amos Harel and Gili Izikovich
The prohibition on the entry of foreign journalists into the Gaza Strip, which ended on Sunday, came from Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office.

Press, Banned from War Zone, Reports Growing Evidence of Israel Using White Phosphorus in Gaza

Stevie Converse — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:08:26 -0500

Full article: Editor & Publisher
Greg Mitchell
Charges that Israel has been using white phosphorus in its Gaza bombings are reaching critical mass in the wake of the bombing of the main United Nations compound in Gaza City. And newspapers are in the lead in reporting it -- despite the Israeli ban on reporters entering the war zone.

Israeli Media on Defensive over Gaza War Coverage

Stevie Converse — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:50:41 -0500

Full article: Agence France Presse
Israel's usually unforgiving media has had to fend off accusations that it has practised self-censorship and muzzled dissent with its overtly patriotic coverage of the army's offensive in Gaza.

Journalists Killed in Gaza; Foreign Reporters Still Banned

Stevie Converse — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:45:31 -0500

Full article: IFEX
Journalists and media houses continue to be in the firing line of Israel Defense Forces, say IFEX, the Committee to Protect Journalists, the International Federation of Journalists and others, who count at least five journalists and media professionals killed in the recent Gaza conflict.

Explosion Blasts Media Offices in Gaza

Stevie Converse — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:36:37 -0500

Full article: Fox News
An explosion rocked a media tower housing various journalists in Gaza. The missile hit the offices of the production company Fox News uses in the Gaza Strip.

Few in U.S. See Jazeera's Coverage of Gaza War

Stevie Converse — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:03:08 -0500

Full article: New York Times
Noam Cohen
In a conflict where the Western news media have been largely prevented from reporting from Gaza because of restrictions imposed by the Israeli military, <em>Al Jazeera</em> has had a distinct advantage. It was already there. But getting their reports to the English-speaking public has been a bit trickier.

Israeli Media Focus on Hamas Rockets, Keep Gore to a Minimum

Stevie Converse — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:48:24 -0500

Full article: Los Angeles Times
Ashraf Khalil and Batsheva Sobelman
As Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip entered its 12th day, the divergent realities between the Jewish state and the Arab world were on full display in the way the conflict has been covered by Israeli news media.

Other Voices in Israel

Stevie Converse — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:43:47 -0500

Full article: Al Jazeera English
Rachel Shabi
A peace collective, comprising of residents of both Gaza and neighbouring Israeli towns like Sderot, is seeking to present an alternative to the majority of Israeli pro-war opinions that currently dominate the media.

In the U.S., Gaza Is a Different War

Stevie Converse — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:41:17 -0500

Full article: Al Jazeera English
Habib Battah
The images of two women on the front page of an edition of the <em>Washington Post</em> illustrates how mainstream U.S. media has been reporting Israel's war on Gaza.