The director-general of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said yesterday that the Israeli army had deliberately targeted journalists in the occupied Gaza Strip.
Christophe Deloire was speaking to the Jerusalem Post, having received the Dan David Prize in Tel Aviv on behalf of the international press freedoms watchdog.
“When #Israel shot those journalists, it was intentional… The journalists could be clearly identified as journalists, with cameras and jackets and it could not be just by chance”, director-general of Reporters Without Borders Christophe Deloire said. https://t.co/AEyimliuTT
— #FreePalestine ?? (@Taghreeba) May 20, 2019
Deloire told the paper:
“It is a war crime to target journalists because they are journalists. When Israel shot those journalists [during the Great Return March protests], it was intentional.”
He added:
“The journalists could be clearly identified as journalists, with cameras and jackets and it could not be just by chance.”
Referring to the United Nations’ Commission of Inquiry into the Gaza protests, Deloire pointed out that the report “confirmed what we already considered a fact”.
Co za granda!
Niewdzięczny dyrektor generalny Reporterów Bez Granic Christophe Deloire, zaraz po odebraniu nagrody Dana Davida, oskarżył Izrael o zbrodnie wojenne.
IDF miała rozmyślnie strzelać do reporterów wojennych w oznaczonych kamizelkach, https://t.co/I1Jmt8Qd1D— Mirosław Bańkowski (@mirekb56) May 21, 2019
According to the Jerusalem Post, last week RSF formally asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate suspected war crimes by the Israeli military against Palestinian journalists covering protests in Gaza since March 30, 2018.
The RSF chief also had a warning for Israelis about deteriorating press freedoms at home.
C'est une erreur ils ne l'on pas fait exprès, un peu comme mélencon qui se trompte de bouton a chaque vote https://t.co/tKUoI1OKQ4
— Jaubert (@jpallanic) May 20, 2019
Deloire told the paper, a reference to Likud election posters:
“I am sure it does not happen in many countries that you have billboards with faces of journalists mentioning that they will not decide.”
Deloire also criticized the prohibition on Israeli journalists entering the Gaza Strip.
(Middle East Monitor, PC, Social Media)
