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Rakyat Post
4 days ago
- Politics
- Rakyat Post
BDS Condemns Sarawak Tribune's Report On Al-Jazeera Journalist
Subscribe to our FREE A coalition of Malaysian non-government organisations (NGO) promoting freedom, justice, and equality for Palestinians through strategies of boycotts, divestment, and sanctions published a press statement yesterday (14 August) addressing the public apology made by East Malaysian newspaper Sarawak Tribune over its report about the death of Al-Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif in Gaza at the hands of Israeli forces. In its statement, Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Malaysia described Sarawak Tribune's apology as 'hollow'. 'Nowhere in the so-called apology is an explicit retraction of its headline which trumpets and repeats the utter falsehood promoted by Zionists that Al Sharif was a militant. 'The report was from a wire agency but the headline was entirely of ST's making. ST is fully responsible for it,' the coalition said. They also highlighted a page in the same Sarawak Tribune issue which was almost entirely dedicated to a report on Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 'Those who would try to argue that a forced closure of a newspaper is an assault on press freedom should ask themselves whether a newspaper whose conduct has demonstrated that it is not in the least outraged by the wanton murder of journalists deserves the protection of freedom of the press,' BDS added. The coalition has called on the Home Ministry and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to close down the Sarawak Tribune. Al-Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif, along with four other members of the media lost their lives in what was reportedly a targeted attack by Israeli forces on a camp that housed journalists in Gaza last Sunday (10 August). In its report on the attack, Sarawak Tribune used the headline: Militant Using Press Cover Eliminated. This sparked public outrage, and many accused against the newspaper of pushing Zionist propaganda, although the paper later published a public apology and denied the allegations. Local NGO Penang4Palestine also expressed their anger over the matter, saying that the report and headline has tainted the reputation of local media and urging them to make an additional public apology. READ MORE: Share your thoughts with us via TRP's . Get more stories like this to your inbox by signing up for our newsletter.
New Straits Times
6 days ago
- Politics
- New Straits Times
NST Leader: Israel's killing fields of journalists
We may be living in the 21st century, but in our midst is an uncivilised state — Israel — led by a despicable tribe of genocidal barbarians. If the genocidal intent was private before, it has now been made public from the prime minister downwards. The Zionist regime led by Benjamin Netanyahu has made a mockery of every piece of international law and the legal institutions that rule on it. Even foreign state ministers and their families are threatened by its secret service, Mossad, for taking Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), like South Africa's former foreign minister and her family were. Even the ICJ was slammed for hearing the genocide case against Israel brought by South Africa. Mossad did the same to the former chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, pressuring her to abandon her war crime probe. Israel's pressure on Karim Khan, who is on leave as the chief prosecutor of the ICC, has a more dastardly twist. He now stands accused of sexual misconduct. From Khan's statements to the media, it is now clear that Netanyahu was trying to stop the ICC from issuing arrest warrants for alleged war crimes against him and his former defence minister. We are not surprised. Just recently, Netanyahu recruited the help of US President Donald Trump, who promptly said in his social media post that the trial should be cancelled immediately or a pardon given to "a GREAT HERO". An alleged war criminal on a genocidal rampage, a great hero? A week later the court said it was delaying the case on "security" grounds. What an unruly world we live in. Perhaps all this has to do with Israel's dark history. After all, Israel was an outcome of a lie by the European Jews and the West: the European Jews were people without a land and Palestine, a land without people. Historical facts have proven it to be a fabricated lie for a colonial project. That foundational lie has turned the Zionists into serial liars. The latest lie is that the Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al Sharif, killed by Israel's military on Sunday, was a Hamas leader. The fact is, as rights advocates are saying, he was targeted for his frontline reporting on Gaza. To a lying regime, speaking truth to power is a crime. It goes against the Zionist regime's DNA. Al Sharif was one of the 237 journalists assassinated since Oct 7, 2023. Were they all Hamas leaders? Were the four journalists killed along with Al Sharif Hamas leaders, too? As Emma Graham-Harrison writes in her op-ed in The Guardian, Israel is running two campaigns in Gaza: one for the military control of the strip and another for the narrative control of how the world understands what happens there. Israel's answer is to ban foreign journalists, and if they still manage to get in, kill them. Netanyahu, the truth has long ago been out: the pen is mightier than all the weapons you have been supplied.
Time of India
11-08-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Israel steps up Gaza bombing after Bibi vow to expand offensive; airstrike kills 6 journos
6 journalists killed in Gaza CAIRO: Palestinians reported the heaviest bombardments in weeks on Monday in areas east of Gaza City, just hours after Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said he expected to complete a new expanded offensive against Hamas "fairly quickly". An airstrike also killed six journalists including prominent Al Jazeera correspondent Anas Al Sharif in a tent at Gaza City's Al Shifa Hospital compound, the deadliest strike against journalists during an Israeli campaign that has lasted more than 22 months. Israel's military said it targeted and killed Al Sharif, alleging he had headed a Hamas militant cell and was involved in rocket attacks on Israel. Al Jazeera, which is funded by the Qatari govt, rejected the assertion, and before his death Al Sharif had also denied such claims by Israel. Al Sharif, 28, was among a group of four journalists and an assistant who died in an airstrike on a tent near the hospital in eastern Gaza City, Gaza officials and Al Jazeera said. A hospital official said two other people died. A sixth journalist, local freelance reporter Mohammad Al-Khaldi, was also killed in the strike, medics at the hospital said on Monday. The Israeli military said in a statement that Al Sharif led a Hamas cell and "was responsible for advancing rocket attacks against Israeli civilians" and Israeli troops, citing intelligence and documents it said were discovered in Gaza as evidence but which it did not disclose. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like If you have a mouse, play this game for 1 minute Navy Quest Undo Hamas, the militant group which has run Gaza since 2007, linked his killing to the new planned offensive. The Hamas-run Gaza govt media office said 238 journalists have been killed in almost two years of war. The Committee to Protect Journalists said at least 186 journalists have been killed. Witnesses, meanwhile, said Israeli tanks and planes pounded Sabra, Zeitoun, and Shejaia, three eastern suburbs of Gaza City in the north of the territory, Monday, pushing many families westwards from their homes. Some Gaza City residents said it was one of the worst nights in weeks, raising fears of military preparations for a deeper offensive into their city, which Hamas says is now sheltering about 1 million people after the displacement of residents from the enclave's northern edges. The Israeli military said its forces fired artillery at Hamas militants in the area. There was no sign on the ground of forces moving deeper into Gaza City as part of the newly approved Israeli offensive, which was not expected to begin in the coming weeks. "It sounded like the war was restarting," said Amr Salah, 25. "Tanks fired shells at houses, and several houses were hit, and the planes carried out what we call fire rings, whereby several missiles landed on some roads in eastern Gaza," he told Reuters via a chat app. The Israeli military said its forces on Sunday dismantled a launch site east of Gaza City, which Hamas used to fire rockets towards Israeli communities across the border. Netanyahu on Sunday said he had instructed the Israeli military to speed up its plans for the new offensive. He also indicated that the coastal area of central Gaza may be next, saying Hamas militants have been pushed there too. (This is a Reuters report)
Yahoo
11-08-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Israel strike kills Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A prominent Al Jazeera journalist, who had previously been threatened by Israel, was killed along with four colleagues in an Israeli airstrike on Sunday in an attack condemned by journalists and rights groups. Israel's military said it targeted and killed Anas Al Sharif, alleging he had headed a Hamas militant cell and was involved in rocket attacks on Israel. Al Jazeera, which is funded by the Qatari government, rejected the assertion, and before his death Al Sharif had also denied such claims by Israel. "Anas Al Sharif and his colleagues were among the last remaining voices in Gaza conveying the tragic reality to the world," Al Jazeera said. Al Sharif, 28, was among a group of four Al Jazeera journalists and an assistant who died in an airstrike on a tent near Al Shifa Hospital in eastern Gaza City, Gaza officials and Al Jazeera said. A hospital official said two other people died. A sixth journalist, local freelance reporter Mohammad Al-Khaldi, was also killed in the strike, medics at Al Shifa Hospital said on Monday. Calling Al Sharif "one of Gaza's bravest journalists", Al Jazeera said the attack was a "desperate attempt to silence voices in anticipation of the occupation of Gaza". The other journalists killed were Mohammed Qreiqeh, Ibrahim Zaher and Mohammed Noufal, Al Jazeera said. "The deliberate targeting of journalists by Israel in the Gaza Strip reveals how these crimes are beyond imagination," Qatari Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, said on X. The U.N. human rights office condemned the killings, saying the actions by Israel's military represented a "grave breach of international humanitarian law" as Palestinians reported the heaviest bombardments in weeks. Its post on social media platform X was accompanied by a photograph of flattened blue tents next to a bullet-ridden wall in Gaza City. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is "gravely concerned" about the repeated targeting of journalists in Gaza, his spokesperson said. The Israeli military said in a statement that Al Sharif led a Hamas cell and "was responsible for advancing rocket attacks against Israeli civilians" and Israeli troops, citing intelligence and documents it said were discovered in Gaza as evidence but which it did not disclose. Israel denies deliberately targeting journalists, saying many of those killed in Israeli airstrikes were members of Islamist militant groups, working under the guise of the press. Israeli military spokesperson Avichay Adraee posted undated photos on X that appeared to show Al Sharif with Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind of the Hamas October 2023 attack on Israel, and other Hamas officials. Reuters could not verify their authenticity. It was not clear when the purported images were taken nor how the military acquired them. Adraee wrote that only a "terrorist" would be seen with Hamas officials, without providing any context as to why Al Sharif, a journalist, had allegedly met them. People gathered at Sheikh Radwan Cemetery in the heart of the Gaza Strip on Monday to mourn the journalists. Friends, colleagues and relatives consoled each another, many wiping away tears as they bid farewell. Al Sharif was previously part of a Reuters team which in 2024 won a Pulitzer Prize in the category of Breaking News Photography for coverage of the Israel-Hamas war. The war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza is the deadliest on record for journalists, according to the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs' Costs of War project. The Hamas-run Gaza government media office said 238 journalists have been killed since the war started on October 7, 2023. The Committee to Protect Journalists said at least 186 journalists have been killed in the Gaza conflict. A press freedom group and a United Nations expert previously warned that Al Sharif's life was in danger due to his reporting from Gaza. U.N. Special Rapporteur Irene Khan said last month that Israel's claims against him were unsubstantiated. PRE-RECORDED MESSAGE Al Jazeera said Al Sharif had left a social media message to be posted in the event of his death that read, "...I never hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or misrepresentation, hoping that God would witness those who remained silent". Israel's military had named Al Sharif in October as one of six Gaza journalists it alleged were members of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, citing documents it said showed lists of people who completed training courses and salaries. 'Al Jazeera categorically rejects the Israeli occupation forces' portrayal of our journalists as terrorists and denounces their use of fabricated evidence,' the network said in a statement at the time. The Committee to Protect Journalists, which in July urged the international community to protect Al Sharif, said in a statement that Israel had failed to provide any evidence to back up its allegations against him. Al Sharif, whose X account showed more than 500,000 followers, posted on the platform minutes before his death that Israel had been intensely bombarding Gaza City for more than two hours. Palestinian militant group Hamas, which runs Gaza, said the killing may signal the start of an Israeli offensive. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will launch a new offensive to dismantle Hamas strongholds in Gaza, where a hunger crisis is escalating after 22 months of war. "The assassination of journalists and the intimidation of those who remain pave the way for a major crime that the occupation is planning to commit in Gaza City," Hamas said in a statement.
Otago Daily Times
11-08-2025
- Politics
- Otago Daily Times
Condemnation grows over Israel's killing of prominent reporter
A prominent Al Jazeera journalist, who had previously been threatened by Israel, was killed along with four colleagues in an Israeli airstrike on Sunday in an attack condemned by journalists and rights groups. Israel's military said it targeted and killed Anas Al Sharif, alleging he had headed a Hamas militant cell and was involved in rocket attacks on Israel. Al Jazeera, which is funded by the Qatari government, rejected the assertion, and before his death Al Sharif had also denied such claims by Israel. "Anas Al Sharif and his colleagues were among the last remaining voices in Gaza conveying the tragic reality to the world," Al Jazeera said. Al Sharif, 28, was among a group of four Al Jazeera journalists and an assistant who died in an airstrike on a tent near Al Shifa Hospital in eastern Gaza City, Gaza officials and Al Jazeera said. A hospital official said two other people died. A sixth journalist, local freelance reporter Mohammad Al-Khaldi, was also killed in the strike, medics at Al Shifa Hospital said on Monday. Calling Al Sharif "one of Gaza's bravest journalists", Al Jazeera said the attack was a "desperate attempt to silence voices in anticipation of the occupation of Gaza". The other journalists killed were Mohammed Qreiqeh, Ibrahim Zaher and Mohammed Noufal, Al Jazeera said. "The deliberate targeting of journalists by Israel in the Gaza Strip reveals how these crimes are beyond imagination," Qatari Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, said on X. The UN human rights office condemned the killings, saying the actions by Israel's military represented a "grave breach of international humanitarian law" as Palestinians reported the heaviest bombardments in weeks. Its post on social media platform X was accompanied by a photograph of flattened blue tents next to a bullet-ridden wall in Gaza City. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is "gravely concerned" about the repeated targeting of journalists in Gaza, his spokesperson said. The Israeli military said in a statement that Al Sharif led a Hamas cell and "was responsible for advancing rocket attacks against Israeli civilians" and Israeli troops, citing intelligence and documents it said were discovered in Gaza as evidence but which it did not disclose. Israel denies deliberately targeting journalists, saying many of those killed in Israeli airstrikes were members of Islamist militant groups, working under the guise of the press. Israeli military spokesperson Avichay Adraee posted undated photos on X that appeared to show Al Sharif with Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind of the Hamas October 2023 attack on Israel, and other Hamas officials. Reuters could not verify their authenticity. It was not clear when the purported images were taken nor how the military acquired them. Adraee wrote that only a "terrorist" would be seen with Hamas officials, without providing any context as to why Al Sharif, a journalist, had allegedly met them. People gathered at Sheikh Radwan Cemetery in the heart of the Gaza Strip on Monday to mourn the journalists. Friends, colleagues and relatives consoled each another, many wiping away tears as they bid farewell. Al Sharif was previously part of a Reuters team which in 2024 won a Pulitzer Prize in the category of Breaking News Photography for coverage of the Israel-Hamas war. The war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza is the deadliest on record for journalists, according to the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs' Costs of War project. The Hamas-run Gaza government media office said 238 journalists have been killed since the war started on October 7, 2023. The Committee to Protect Journalists said at least 186 journalists have been killed in the Gaza conflict. A press freedom group and a United Nations expert previously warned that Al Sharif's life was in danger due to his reporting from Gaza. UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan said last month that Israel's claims against him were unsubstantiated. PRE-RECORDED MESSAGE Al Jazeera said Al Sharif had left a social media message to be posted in the event of his death that read, "...I never hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or misrepresentation, hoping that God would witness those who remained silent". Israel's military had named Al Sharif in October as one of six Gaza journalists it alleged were members of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, citing documents it said showed lists of people who completed training courses and salaries. 'Al Jazeera categorically rejects the Israeli occupation forces' portrayal of our journalists as terrorists and denounces their use of fabricated evidence,' the network said in a statement at the time. The Committee to Protect Journalists, which in July urged the international community to protect Al Sharif, said in a statement that Israel had failed to provide any evidence to back up its allegations against him. Al Sharif, whose X account showed more than 500,000 followers, posted on the platform minutes before his death that Israel had been intensely bombarding Gaza City for more than two hours. Palestinian militant group Hamas, which runs Gaza, said the killing may signal the start of an Israeli offensive. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will launch a new offensive to dismantle Hamas strongholds in Gaza, where a hunger crisis is escalating after 22 months of war. "The assassination of journalists and the intimidation of those who remain pave the way for a major crime that the occupation is planning to commit in Gaza City," Hamas said in a statement.
