Israel is increasing restrictions on press freedom, with media community Al Jazeera one of many important targets.
Israel is stepping up its crackdown on media protection of its battle in Gaza and different assaults.
Media community Al Jazeera has come below assault once more, this time within the occupied West Financial institution, with its places of work closed by armed and masked troopers and its operations suspended for 45 days.
A controversial media legislation, handed in April, implies that motion may be taken in opposition to international journalists for allegedly harming Israel’s safety.
And it isn’t simply international media which are complaining.
Even the Israeli media is below scrutiny and its protection of the battle has to move via navy censors.
So how far will Israel go in proscribing press freedom?
Presenter: James Bays
Friends:
Fatima AbdulKarim – Veteran Palestinian journalist reporting for the Christian Science Monitor
Oren Ziv – Reporter for the impartial Israeli information website Native Name and +972 journal
Fiona O’Brien – UK director of Reporters With out Borders’ worldwide marketing campaign to guard freedom of knowledge and impartial journalism
