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Israel now ranks among the world’s leading jailers of journalists. We don’t know why they’re behind bars (theconversation.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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New statistics show a spike in the amount of journalists jailed in the country. To protect its democracy, Israel needs to be transparent about why members of the media are arrested.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Oh, we definitively know WHY they are behind bars.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

"All journalists we don't like are working for Hamas and using children as human shields!"

-Netanyahu probably

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Yeah, what a dumb title.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

The Conversation possibly sent journalists to investigate why journalists were being jailed but then they were jailed...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The Middle East's only democracy, their branding goes.

What a lark.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

@PugJesus @LineNoise

Hamas hasn't allowed Gaza to vote in decades.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I'm well aware. That doesn't make Israel's authoritarian games any less heinous.