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As the war in Gaza continues, Global Union Federations are shining a light on the crisis workers face across all economic sectors. Through a series of essays and articles on our websites, we aim to expose the conflict’s devastating impact on livelihoods, safety and well-being for working people while emphasizing the urgent need for a ceasefire. When possible, we will give information about how you can take action to help these workers in Gaza.<\/i><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

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The first in this series is from Tim Dawson, Deputy General Secretary of the International Federation of Journalists. He urges all to support the <\/i>IFJ’s Safety Fund.<\/i><\/a><\/p>\r\n

Gaza’s journalists face hunger as well as bombings<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n

by Tim Dawson, Deputy General Secretary of the International Federation of Journalists.<\/i><\/p>\r\n

The horrific death toll among Gaza\u2019s journalists has become a familiar headline. Ten per cent of the enclave\u2019s media workers have been killed since 7 October \u2013\u00a0a mortality rate significantly in excess of combat soldiers in most wars.<\/p>\r\n

Less well-known are the privations of those of Gaza\u2019s journalists who continue to work, and \u2013 since the exclusion of international reporters from the enclave \u2013 are the only source of news from Gaza.<\/p>\r\n

\u201cAll the journalists have changed where they spend the night at least five times since the start of the war,\u201d says Nasser Abu Baker, President of the Palestinian Journalists\u2019 Syndicate (PJS) and Vice-President of the International Federation of Journalists<\/strong>. \u201cMost are living under canvas, and shifting from tent to tent as the conflict has engulfed ever more of Gaza. Others sleep in school buildings, with thousands of other displaced people.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

Conditions are grim. Baker describes one school, designed for 500 pupils, in which 30,000 people are living. Pressure on the 30 bathrooms can only be imagined.<\/p>\r\n

Food is in such short supply that PJS now funds supplies of flour to its members, supported with donations from journalists and their unions all over the world.<\/p>\r\n

\u201cIn the past weeks we have supplied 7,000 basic food packages,\u201d says Abu Baker<\/strong>. \u201cAs well as the 1,300 journalists, we are also supporting their families \u2013 around 6,000 people in total.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

PJS hopes to provide tents, sleeping provisions, and warm clothes. Severe restrictions on the movement of goods into Gaza make this difficult, but the union is working with UNESCO to try and find a way.<\/p>\r\n

With food, water and fuel in short supply, working conditions for journalists are extremely tough.<\/p>\r\n

Tahseen Al-Astall, PJS\u2019 Vice President<\/strong>, is based in Gaza. \u201cEvery day we are walking, walking, walking, carrying our equipment on our shoulders,\u201d he says. \u201cThere is a story in every inch of Gaza and we journalists are determined to tell them all.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

Frequent internet outages \u2013 often coinciding with moments of the most ferocious fighting \u2013 also make ordinary communications impossible, and hold up the dissemination of news.<\/p>\r\n

The extreme privations faced by its members is only one of the PJS\u2019 challenges. The union has around 2,300 members (approximately 80 per cent of Palestine\u2019s journalists); 1000 of whom attended its most recent congress in May 2022. Its politically plural board includes men and women and those of Muslim and Christian heritage. Headquartered in Ramallah, in the West Bank, the union\u2019s staff also face significant issues undertaking their work.<\/p>\r\n

\u201cMoving outside Ramallah is almost impossible,\u201d says Rania Khayyat, PJS\u2019 International Relations Officer<\/strong>. \u201cRoadblocks are everywhere, and the Israeli army and settlers attack us. Journeys of 10 kilometres can take hours.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

Since October, PJS has logged more than 200 attacks on journalists in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. Practical difficulties aside, the mounting death toll casts a heavy shadow over all Palestinian media workers, whose widely-held belief that this is that they are deliberately targeted.<\/p>\r\n

\u201cThe IDF phone up journalists in Gaza and tell them that they and their families will be targeted, and then the attacks come \u2013 purposefully aimed rockets and missiles deliberately intended to kill us,\u201d says Al Astall<\/strong>. With a mortality rate among journalists running at around three times that of health workers in Gaza, there is certainly a case to answer.<\/p>\r\n

The International Criminal Court has already committed to investigate the targeting of journalists in Gaza. The initial order by the International Court of Justice in January that Israel must comply with the terms of the Genocide Convention will increase hopes in Gaza that international law might yet serve their interests. The IFJ will support legal action against Israeli politicians and military leaders if they fail to comply with the ICJ\u2019s determination.<\/p>\r\n

The response to the crisis from journalists\u2019 unions worldwide has been impressive. Few are wealthy by the standards of large general unions, but donations have come from all over the world. Individual journalists have also responded to the appeal. With the resulting funds, the IFJ has provided first-aid kits, power banks, food and warm clothes and women hygiene kits, among other things.<\/p>\r\n

How high the death toll will climb, and what conditions Palestine\u2019s journalists will face when the fighting stops, are for the future. For now, international solidarity means they have better access to the basic necessaries of life \u2013 and the assurance that their work is appreciated by their professional colleagues the world over.<\/p>\r\n

You can donate here:\u00a0https:\/\/donorbox.org\/donation-to-the-ifj-safety-fund<\/a><\/em><\/p>\r\n

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