Israel suppresses media in all kinds of awful ways

in this july 2024 screenshot from an al jazeera broadcast, mourners surround an al jazeera reporter killed along with his cameraman when an israeli air strike hit their car in Gaza City. Israel is engaging in “the deadliest and most deliberate effort to kill and silence journalists” that the international Committee to Protect Journalists has ever documented, the group claims.The issue of mistreatment of the press arose again on Oct. 16 when masked Israeli settlers* attacked a group of Palestinians and a 63-year-old Washington Post photographer in the West Bank. The Israeli military was present but did nothing to stop the attack, according to witnesses cited by The Post. Israel says its soldiers were not aware that a journalist, who wore body armor labeled with “PRESS,” was among those under assault.Since the Gaza war began three years ago, Israel has denied media access to Gaza aside from tightly controlled embeds with Israel Defense Forces, arrested more than 100 Palestinian…