#Isreael is playing in the “Villain Pro League” now.
Are they just using #hitlers “Facism for Dummies” playbook?
"This gov behaves as though it has decided to ensure at any cost that #israel will be ostracized all over the world. They've gone crazy," Lapid continued.
The Union of Journalists in Israel stated that "The Ministry of Communications must immediately stop the crackdown on media outlets & journalists"…
deeming the move "a severe threat to #democracy & #press #freedom."1/2
-Haaretz
2/2…”The #ForeignPressAssociation called the move "outrageous," saying the confiscation "is the latest in a series of chilling steps by the #israeli gov to stifle the media."
The association further warned that Israel "could block other international #news agencies from providing live footage of #gaza & "block media coverage of virtually any news event on vague #security grounds."
Israeli officials arrived at an AP location in southern Israel and seized their equipment earlier Tuesday, alleging they were violating the country's new foreign broadcaster law by providing images of Gaza to Al Jazeera
Deborah Sampson