Unfortunately, Jack, neither of your sources has credibility in my book. The first link is to Haaretz, a far left pulication described by a writer for The Atlantic in this way: “I like a lot of the people at Haaretz, and many of its positions, but the cartoonish anti-Israelism and anti-Semitism can be grating.”jackspratt wrote: ↑September 14, 2024, 9:59 amSeems that Hamas is not the only barrier to independent reporting.Udon Map wrote: ↑September 13, 2024, 6:24 pmThe problem is that the only individual news reporters allowed in by Hamas are those who agree to, and actually do, play by Hamas' rules, namely reporting what Hamas wants them to report. I don't believe that there are any totally independent reporters in Gaza.
https://archive.ph/Vwz0z
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/analysis/expla ... ar/3227314
The second is to the Anadolu Agency, a state-run news agency from Turkey. According to Wikipedia, "However, Anadolu Agency is frequently described as a mouthpiece of the Turkish government that engages in propaganda, owing to its state-run status."
Before the current war, Hamas restricted journalists. Since the war started, Israel (the IDF) has done the same. I'm more sympathetic to current restrictions as Gaza is an active war zone. There were similar restrictions by the U.S. on journalists during the Vietnam war, and by the Allies during World War 2. The IDF can at least use the excuse that journalists' activity in an active war zone must be restricted for safety of the journalists as well as keeping IDF strategy from the public.
From what I've read, Hamas restrictions before the current war were quite severe. Again, based on what I've read, current IDF restrictions are more severe than necessary.