[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition to demand an investigation into the targeted killings
of journalists in Gaza NOW!

Dear MoveOn member,

Media and human rights organizations are sounding the alarms on the
killing of journalists over the past three months of Netanyahu's campaign
of indiscriminate bombardment in Gaza. By one estimate, 1 out of every 10
journalists in Gaza has been killed, making it the single-biggest death
toll for journalists in a conflict zone in years.^1,2

More than 82 Palestinian and media workers have been confirmed killed in
Gaza since October 7, with dozens more injured, missing, or detained
according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. Journalists reporting
in Gaza have experienced multiple assaults, threats, arrests,
cyberattacks, censorship, and killings of family members.^3

[ [link removed] ]These targeted killings, threats, and assaults must end NOW. Will you
sign the petition to demand an investigation into the killing of
journalists in Gaza?

Enough! We need an investigation into the targeted killings of journalists
in Gaza NOW.

[3]Sign the petition

The stories of these deaths have been heartbreaking. Two months after
finding out that his wife, son, daughter, and grandson were killed in an
Israeli airstrike while he was delivering a live report, Wael Al Dahdouh,
Al Jazeera Gaza bureau chief and one of the most recognized faces
reporting from Gaza, lost a fifth family member this weekend. His son,
Hamza Al Dahdouh, a 27-year-old journalist, was killed by an Israeli
missile strike along with fellow journalist Mustafa Thuraya. They were
traveling by car for an assignment in Southern Gaza, a designated safe
area by the Israeli military, in order to interview civilians displaced by
previous bombings.^4,5

At his son's funeral, Wael Al Dahdouh said, "Hamza was not just part of
me. He was the whole of me. He was the soul of my soul. These are tears of
sadness, of loss. These are tears of humanity." Journalists and media
workers like Wael Al Dahdouh have endured so much loss, suffering, grief,
and trauma.

[ [link removed] ]We have to come together to prevent more journalists from being killed
in Gaza and to demand an investigation. Click here to add your name to the
petition.

This is not the first case of a Palestinian journalist being unjustly
targeted and killed while reporting from the Palestinian territories.
Shireen Abu Akleh, a prominent Palestinian-American journalist, was killed
in Jenin in 2022 by the IDF, which the Israeli government denied
responsibility for until multiple findings by media and rights groups
showed proof disputing the IDF's claims.^6

Journalists wear a press vest meant to identify them in a conflict zone so
that they're not unintentionally killed while accessing areas and events
otherwise dangerous for civilians. However, multiple journalists reporting
from Gaza and the West Bank openly expressed that the vests actually make
them easier targets, some sharing they refuse to wear them out of safety
concerns.^7

The reality is that journalists are some of the only voices coming out of
Gaza, often reporting on what the world wouldn't otherwise see or know.

[ [link removed] ]This is why we must come together in solidarity with journalists in
Gaza and demand an investigation into the targeted killings. Will you sign
the petition?

Journalists must be protected. This is a core value of democracy and
international human rights. Their objectivity and coverage don’t just
bring the truth to light, they often provide the light necessary to help
bring about an end to some of the darkest chapters in human history.

We must protect the freedom of the press and ensure that journalists are
not targeted for reporting the truth.

[ [link removed] ]Click here to add your name to this urgent petition, and then send it
to three friends to spread the word.

Thanks for all you do.

–Mana, Madeleine, Sana, Jensine, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Israel's Gaza war leads to a massacre of journalists," The Washington
Post, January 9, 2024
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2. "Israel's Gaza war leads to a massacre of journalists," Stars and
Stripes, January 9, 2024
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3. "Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war," Committee to Protect
Journalists, January 10, 2024
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4. "Two journalists killed in Gaza, including Al Jazeera bureau chief's
son," The Hill, January 8, 2024
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5. "Hamza, son of Al Jazeera's Wael Dahdouh, killed in Israeli attack in
Gaza," Al Jazeera, January 7, 2024
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6. "Israel Defense Forces apologizes for death of Al Jazeera's Shireen Abu
Akleh for the first time," CNN, May 12, 2023
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7. "It's Time for Gaza's Journalists to Be Treated Like the Heroes They
Are," The Nation, December 12, 2023
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