journalists

Heavy Israeli bombardment hits the city of Nabatieh amid ceasefire negotiations, southern Lebanon, April 16, 2026. (Santiago Montag)

‘If we go there, we’ll be killed’: Inside Israeli-occupied southern Lebanon

During the nearly two-month 'ceasefire,' Israel has continued besieging villages, razing farmland, attacking journalists and rescue workers, and disappearing civilians. Those who remain describe their quest to survive.

By Santiago Montag June 8, 2026

Foreign and Israeli journalists stand on a hill overlooking the Gaza Strip in the city of Sderot, southern Israel, October 19, 2023. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

The legal fight to open Gaza to foreign press has failed. It’s time to change course

As Israel’s Supreme Court continues enabling the government’s foreign media ban, Palestinian journalists are paying the price. Further legal efforts are futile.

By Amos Brison February 6, 2026

Foreign and Israeli journalists stand on a hill overlooking the Gaza Strip in the city of Sderot, southern Israel, October 19, 2023. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

How the news cycle misses the predominant violence in Israel-Palestine

The uneventful nature of structural violence renders it unfit for media coverage compared to kinetic violence. But the two are inextricably linked.

By Alexei Sisulu Abrahams February 2, 2024

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Farah Maraqa, an Arab journalist fired by Deutsche Welle. (Courtesy of Farah Maraqa)

‘All the questions were about Israel’: Inside Deutsche Welle’s purge of Arab journalists

When Deutsche Welle fired seven Arab journalists over accusations of antisemitism, many in Germany took its decision at face value. But a closer look shows DW's investigation was riddled with political motives.

By Hebh Jamal and Lena Obermaier May 5, 2022

Nemi El-Hassan. (Paul Alexander Probst)

The inquisition of Nemi El-Hassan

The campaign to cancel a Palestinian-German journalist is not aimed at fighting antisemitism, but at suppressing Palestinians' political existence.

By Michael Sappir October 6, 2021

Palestinians take part in a protest following the death of Palestinian activist Nizar Banat who died a short time after being arrested by Palestinian Authority force, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, June 24, 2021. (Flash90)

As protests grow, the PA turns its repression on Palestinian journalists

Journalists report being targeted with violent assaults, phone theft, and verbal threats amidst the Palestinian Authority's crackdown on West Bank protests.

By Dima Abumaria July 6, 2021

Illustrative photo of journalists surrounding the subject of a story. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

‘Thou shall not discriminate’: New rules for Israeli journalists

The Israel Press Council approves a change to ethics rules that forbids journalists and media outlets from discriminating against and excluding certain populations from their coverage. Among those opposing the change: the editor of ‘Israel Hayom’ and the publisher of ‘Haaretz.’ By Oren Persico The Israel Press Council last month approved a change to the…

By The Seventh Eye October 2, 2016

A photo of Omar Nazzal from a demonstration calling for his release. (Flash90)

Palestinian journalist jailed by Israel was arrested for criticizing PA, lawyer says

Israel has been holding Palestinian journalist Omar Nazzal without charge or trial for over four months. In an interview, his attorney says that is because he criticized the PA over its handling of an assassination at its embassy in Bulgaria. By Oren Persico and Nimrod Halberthal This past April, Palestinian journalist Omar Nazzal set out to travel from his…

By The Seventh Eye September 7, 2016

Illustrative photo by Shutterstock.com

A letter to our readers: On censorship

From military censorship to the government deciding who is and isn’t a journalist, Israeli authorities use various tools to interfere with the press. An important disclosure to our readers. When +972 Magazine was formed by a group of journalists and bloggers over five years ago, its founders decided that the site would not have an…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man February 15, 2016

Palestinian photojournalist Nidal Ashtiyeh displays his gas mask at his home in the village of Salem, West Bank, May 16, 2015. A rubber bullet fired by Israeli troops at a Nakba Day protest near Nablus struck the glass of his mask, which shattered and wounded his eye. (Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org)

IDF shoots Palestinian journalist with rubber bullet in latest assault

Nidal Eshtayeh says he was standing away from protesters when Israeli troops shot a rubber-coated steel bullet at his eye. Two IDF officers were recently convicted for assaulting Israeli and Palestinian journalists. Israeli soldiers shot a Palestinian photojournalist in the eye with a rubber-coated steel bullet on Saturday. Nidal Eshtayeh, a photographer for Chinese news…

By Haggai Matar May 16, 2015

Israeli border policemen arrest AP photographer, Majdi Mohammed, during a protest against the Israel occupation in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, December 2, 2011. (Oren Ziv/ Activestills.org)

Editorial: Demanding freedom of movement and access for Palestinian journalists

Palestinian journalists have published a petition aimed at pressuring Israel to grant them full freedom of movement and access in order to do their jobs, just as it allows Israeli journalists to work freely in Israel and Palestine. We at +972 support their petition and call on all of our Israeli and international colleagues to…

By +972 Magazine August 5, 2013

Palestinian journalists protest against Israeli attack on Gaza media buildings, Ramallah, 18 Nov 2012 (photo: Roee Ruttenberg)

WATCH: Palestinian journalists protest attacks on Gaza media buildings

Members of the Palestinian Union of Journalists and their supporters gathered in Ramallah’s Al-Manara Square on Sunday to demonstrate against an Israeli attack on two media buildings in Gaza. Ramallah, West Bank – Dozens of Palestinians in the West Bank – territorially separated from the Gaza Strip – protested in the territory’s administrative center…

By Roee Ruttenberg November 19, 2012

Empty news desk at Haaretz, October 3rd 2012. Journalists have declared a general strike on the paper and all the group's internet sites, in protest of the planned layoff of 20 percent of them

Haaretz journalists go on strike, no paper on Thursday

Haaretz’s journalists decided this afternoon to cancel the printing of the newspaper tomorrow, for both the Hebrew and the English editions. The internet sites of Haaretz Group (Haaretz.co.il, Haaretz.com and TheMarker.com) have not been updated since the early afternoon. UPDATE: The sites will go back to work at midnight local time. Workers at Haaretz are…

By Noam Sheizaf October 3, 2012