Working in the field of journalism is a necessary and honorable profession, with the constant danger of journalists being abused, wounded, and much too often, being murdered.
This is a problem around the world, not only in a few nations, but in particular, in the past three years, the mass murder of hundreds of journalists by Israel, involved in covering the Israel-Palestinian War in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Lebanon and other Middle East areas, an horrendous crime totally out of control.
As of July 2026, the best statistics are that 241 Arab Journalists have been killed by Israeli military forces or by use of missiles and bombs.
This is outrageous, totally unacceptable, and in addition, a majority of reported 70,000 plus Palestinians killed by Israeli Defense forces are women and children and older people.
This whole situation is a violation of basic humanity, and the civilized rules of war, and cannot be seen as acceptable in any fashion.
Israel certainly had a right to respond to the October 7,2023 Massacre, which killed about 1,200 innocent people, and the taking of about 250 Israeli hostages, with many over time finally being released, but some dying in captivity.
But to conduct an endless war with such massive loss of life, and seemingly never ending, Israel has gone beyond the pale.
Netanyahu defends Israeli military action as delegates walk out before UN speech
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3y0z7kxlegdo
Netanyahu calls Israel’s war in Gaza ‘opposite of genocide’ in UN speech
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/24/netanyahu-un-speech-mahmoud-abbas
What is the “opposite of genocide” exactly?
Netanyahu, Addressing the U.N., Denounces Israel’s Critics as ‘Moral Cowards’
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/world/middleeast/netanyahu-israel-un.html
Netanyahu Is Said to Have Been Warned About Hamas Attack Before Oct. 7
“The warning from the leader of the United Arab Emirates, which lacked specific details about the nature of an attack, never reached the chiefs of Israel’s security establishment, Israeli officials said.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/world/middleeast/netanyahu-warning-oct-7-uae.html?unlocked_article_code=1.D1E.kGuP.2Du2ITH5c2Ub&smid=url-share
Egypt’s Warning to Israel
“Cairo’s intelligence chief visited Tel Aviv shortly before October 7 with a dire message about Gaza.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/09/egypt-israel-gaza-hamas-palestinian-october-7/688720/
Irish Soccer Fans Call for Boycotting Matches With Israel
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/09/irish-soccer-fans-call-for-boycotting-matches-with-israel/
They are stupid/crazy.
Israel Has Taken Over More of Gaza Despite the Cease-Fire
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/09/28/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-cease-fire-palestinian-territory.html
Netanyahu is using Mamdani as a foil in his re-election campaign
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/28/netanyahu-re-election-mamdani
That is glaringly obvious.
Israelis divided as vote that could oust Netanyahu only weeks away
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/01/israel-election-benjamin-netanyahu-gadi-eisenkot