“Flags and Barriers” gathers 20 essays by journalists from Palestine and Israel across four broad topics areas: “Skewed News”, “The Job of Journalists”, “Obstacles” and “Steps in the Right Direction”. Like its sister publication, “Use With Care: A Reporter’s Glossary of Loaded Language in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict”, this compendium deals with the complex reality in which journalists […]

Drawing on the knowledge and first-hand experiences of Israeli and Palestinian journalists, “Use With Care: A Reporter’s Glossary of Loaded Language in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict” deals with the complex reality in which journalists in the region operate. Words are a touchy subject in the day-to-day reporting by Palestinian and Israeli media. Expressions that are regarded […]

The members of the International Press Institute (IPI), meeting at their 62nd Annual General Assembly during the IPI World Congress on May 20, 2013 in Amman, Jordan, adopted by unanimous vote a resolution calling for an end to restrictions on freedom of movement for Israeli and Palestinian journalists. An IPI delegation that conducted a fact-finding […]

“Patriotism, Pressure and Press Freedom: How Israeli and Palestinian Media Cover the Conflict from the Inside” highlights the lack of free movement for journalists emerges as the single greatest challenge to local reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Most Palestinian journalists are unable to enter Israel, and are subject to restrictions even within the West Bank, […]