The Foreign Press Association in Israel, which was formed in 1957 to help reporters cover the Middle East conflict, rapped Hamas Aug 11 "in the strongest terms" for its "blatant, incessant, forceful and unorthodox methods" used against visiting international journalists.
Foreign reporters in Gaza "have been harassed, threatened or questioned" over their stories," according to the group of 480 journalists from 32 nations.
FPA informed the Arabs "traditional media are not advocacy organizations" and thus shouldn't be prevented from covering what is happening on the ground for an objective report about developments.
It went on the record against Hamas' plan to establish a "vetting" procedure that would blacklist specific journalists.
FPA member media include New York Times, Fox News, NPR, Los Angeles Times, CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC, Bloomberg, The Economist, BBC, The Scotsman, Financial Times, The Australian, Globo TV Brazil, Al Jazeera, Nikkei Shimbun, Globe and Mail, RTL Germany, Der Spiegel, Russia Today, Chinese Central TV News, La Repubblica, and Agence France Presse.
In July, FPA criticized the Israel Defense Force's aiming of "live fire" at Al Jazeera offices in Gaza City, which are located on the 11th floor of a commercial building. IDF said apologize, claiming it was an error to the investigated.
FPA also said a reporter from BBC Arabic was physically attacked on the Israeli side of the Gaza border during a live report.
According to its statement, FPA "strongly condemns deliberate official and unofficial incitement against journalists working to cover the current warfare under very difficult circumstances as well as forcible attempts to prevent journalists and TV crews from carrying out their news assignments."
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