{"id":314888,"date":"2026-01-25T15:42:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T20:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=314888"},"modified":"2026-01-31T12:18:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T17:18:39","slug":"unrwa-commissioner-general-gazas-ban-on-international-journalists-fuels-disinformation-lifting-it-is-a-necessity","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/unrwa-commissioner-general-gazas-ban-on-international-journalists-fuels-disinformation-lifting-it-is-a-necessity\/","title":{"rendered":"Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Commissioner-General: Gaza\u2019s ban on international journalists fuels disinformation – lifting it is a necessity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From Philippe Lazzarini, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Commissioner-General as posted on his official X account (previously known as Twitter)\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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Palestinian journalists have been our eyes and ears covering the atrocities of the war on Gaza and bringing a human face to describe the impact. They have worked heroically and against all odds.<\/p>\n

Together with humanitarian workers they have paid a heavy ultimate price. More than 230 of them have been killed. Gaza is the deadliest place in the world to be a journalist, just as it is the deadliest place to be a humanitarian worker.<\/div>\n
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Since the war began, international journalists have been banned from entering Gaza independently – something that is fundamental to media freedom.<\/div>\n
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The ban fuels disinformation campaigns and polarised narratives. It aims at questioning firsthand data and eyewitness accounts, including the testimony of international humanitarian organisations, as well as at dehumanising\u00a0 Palestinians.<\/div>\n
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The ban on international journalists has lasted too long, lifting it is overdue.<\/div>\n
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