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What Counts As a ‘Journalist’ in Gaza
David Strom
August 27, 2025

I have to admit that I have little idea of what is real and what is not in Gaza. That’s not because I don’t read the news or follow the social media discussions about the war. It’s because everything coming out of the Strip is propaganda, and anything you read in the Pravda Media is so biased that I just assume it is a lie…Just as Pravda Media doesn’t tell you the story behind the pictures they show you, they fail to inform you that the “journalists” based in Gaza are either Hamas operatives or Hamas allies. I have written many times about this, and will do so in the future. Because we will be bombarded by stories about Israel targeting journalists in the war, without being told that those “journalists” are often Hamas fighters as well. READ MORE

CHRISTIAN POST Former AP reporter on media bias toward Israel after Oct. 7 Inside Gaza, [Matti] Friedman says Western outlets have long operated under Hamas restrictions — or worse, the terror group’s influence. “Since 2008 … the press has been essentially an amplifier for one of the most poisonous ideologies on earth. All of the information from Gaza comes from people who either identify with Hamas, are intimidated by Hamas, or belong to Hamas.”

FREE PRESS Editors: Journalists Against Journalism Our critics can call us any name they like. That doesn’t change the facts. For the Gaza information warriors, it’s not enough to acknowledge that there is hunger in Gaza. No. It must be premeditated genocide. Introducing facts into the discourse that complicate that judgment is condemned as genocide denial. Whatever one wants to call this kind of discourse, it’s certainly not the work of journalists.