A Jerusalem court just sentenced journalist Bayan Al-Jaaba (also spelled Bayan Al-Juba, Bayan al-Jo'beh) to 20 months for Facebook posts and personal photos taken at the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The charges: "incitement and support for a terrorist organization" - the standard legal machinery Israel uses to criminalize Palestinian journalism.
She was arrested in her final month of a high-risk pregnancy, released hours later, then placed under 15+ months of house arrest with a social media ban. She gave birth to her third child while confined, prohibited from using the very platforms she was convicted over.
Per #CPJ, Israel has killed 258 journalists since Oct 7, 2023 - more than any single conflict since CPJ began counting in 1992. At least 75 were classified as deliberate targeted killings. Another 108 journalists have been arrested. Israel is the world's second-worst jailer of journalists. The #ICC has issued arrest warrants for #Netanyahu and #Gallant. Not one Israeli soldier has ever been held accountable for killing a journalist.
https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/171271
[May 2026] https://www.silwanic.net/article/news/79987
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