| ▲ | austin-cheney 6 hours ago | |
That is not the same. When the US invaded Iraq there were over 3000 journalists in Iraq. None of them were in firing zones to be used as human shields. That said, there are still journalists operating in Ukraine even today. How many journalists does Israel allow in Gaza, anywhere in Gaza? The answer is 0. Worse still is that they appear to directly target journalists for elimination, as became evident when they shot a rocket at a building stairwell that contained only journalists trying to transmit video and then shot a second rocket at the exact same location shortly after to kill any first responders. The entire event, both rocket attacks, was caught on video that made it out of the enclave. | ||
| ▲ | dlubarov 3 hours ago | parent [-] | |
Iraq isn't the most useful comparison because it wasn't feasible for the US to fully control access; determined journalists could find ways into the warzone. They still tried to encourage embedded journalists, who they could protect and also censor, so that they weren't tweeting photos showing artillery locations or what not. There are journalists operating in Ukraine, but they're either - embedded/escorted (IDF did a bit of that also) - in safe ("green") areas far away from fighting (Gaza is too small to really have those; Ukraine is ~1650x larger) - or just ignoring the laws, and illegally reporting from dangerous yellow or red zones | ||