Western journalists have faced retaliation following expressions of support, or even concern, for the people of Gaza.
estimates that he has drawn more than 13,000 comic strips, illustrations and cartoons since the early 1980s, most of them fornewspaper. But shortly after the Israeli military attacked Gaza in the aftermath of October 7, Bell’s drawing of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu carving a Gaza-shaped incision into his belly led to his dismissal from the paper.
“Since Hamas’s attack on October 7 and Israel’s subsequent military operation in Gaza, leaders of Western media companies and cultural institutions have acted to suppress the speech of media workers who seek to elevate Palestinian voices or express concern over Israel’s human rights violations,” according to the report.
Lennon-Simon further reports that staff were later asked to sign a document agreeing to abide by the new rules. “We had meetings where even our managers told us that if we were not comfortable signing it, we shouldn’t do so. HR responded by saying that even if we did not sign, we were obliged to follow company policy.”“The mainstream media has been dehumanizing the Palestinian people for decades,” Ibrahim Hooper, communications director at the Council on American-Islamic Relations, told.
A second incident took place in early May. This time, Allen was scheduled to speak at a secular private school in Brookline, Massachusetts. Even so, Allen says that she continues to receive harassing messages on her website and social media feeds.
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