I am a Palestinian American from Columbus, Ohio, and I support all Palestinian journalists and condemn American and other Western journalists for not saying anything about the six Palestinian journalists who were killed this week in Gaza and the West Bank; this happened in broad daylight. Israel targets journalists because it does not want witnesses to its crimes against humanity.
On December 26, five journalists were murdered, and their bodies were burned after the Israeli Death Forces (IDF) targeted their broadcast vehicle near Al-Awda Hospital in Al-Nuseirat Camp, Central Gaza.
The martyred journalists were:
Journalist: Ayman al Gedi
Reporter: Faisal Abu Al-Qumsan
Editor: Fadi Hassouna
Coordinator: Ibrahim Al-Sheikh Ali
Editor: Mohammed Al-Ladaa
Ayman al Gedi and his wife were very excited that day as they were expecting the birth of their son. Ayman was waiting outside the hospital. Now, the orphaned child will never forget his father was killed on the day he was born, and sadly never got to meet him.
Shatha al-Sabbagh, 21, was shot in the head near her home in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. Middle East Eye (X)
On December 28, Palestinian journalist Shatha al-Sabbagh was shot dead amid ongoing attacks by Moshe Abbas' (PA) Gestapo-style security forces against Palestinian fighters in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.
The PA shamefully referred to the Palestinian fighters as "Iranian thugs." Middle East Eye reported that several Palestinian news outlets have said that a sniper from the PA's security forces killed Sabbah. The PA denied responsibility but condemned Shatha's murder to evade responsibility.
That was precisely what Israel did after killing Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin in May 2022. Finally, the IDF apologized for the death of Shireen Abu Akleh, a year to the day after she was killed. Will Israel and the PA now take responsibility and apologize for murdering the six Palestinian journalists? More on Shatha's murder could be read in M.E. Eye and Palestine Chronicle where she gave an interview two days prior to her death.
It is ironic that the PA officials now refer to Palestinian resistance fighters as "outlawed criminals" and "Iranian thugs."
Everyone knows that the PA Security forces are there to protect the occupation and serve as a subservient to the IDF.
The PA even offered a large amount of money and flats without rent to Palestinian resistance fighters if they give up their weapons. The PA's bribe offer was flatly rejected.
I still remember the two US journalists.
* Terry Alan Anderson, an American journalist and combat veteran who reported to the AP and who was kidnapped in Beirut in 1985 for seven years.
* American journalist Daniel Pearl, the Southeast Asia bureau chief of the Wall Street Journal, was kidnapped and tragically murdered in Pakistan by al-Qaeda terrorists. Their names then became a household name to Americans and the rest of the world. Reason? Their kidnappers were "Moozlems."
The pictures of the six Palestinian journalists should have been blasted on every front-page newspaper around the world. The rest of the world was left in the dark about their tragic deaths. By not doing so, Western mainstream media condoned and normalized their murder.
Now, the PA and Israel are synonymous when it comes to killing Palestinians. Or, as the saying goes, Israel and the PA are two sides of the same coin.
Mahmoud El-Yousseph is a Palestinian freelancer for Islamicity.com and ColumbusFreepress.com. He can be reached at elyousseph6@yahoo.com.
"Reach out for those who ignored you, give to the one who deprived, and forgive those who oppressed you." ~ Prophet Mohammad (Peace be upon him)