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THE International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemned yesterday the killing of two Iraqi journalists and demanded an end to Israel’s imprisonment of a Palestinian reporter.
The group and its national affiliates said the cases highlighted the grave threats to Middle Eastern media workers from violence and state repression.
Palestinian Mohammad al-Qiq has been on hunger strike for 50 days against his detention without trial in Israel.
Police crackdowns on Israeli peace demonstrators combined with court rulings and settler organisations are designed to strip Palestinian families of their homes and land. The Israeli state has tried to silence both Israelis and Palestinians who resist, according to Zo HaDerekh (This Is The Way) the Communist Party of Israel’s Hebrew-language weekly
