Palestinian leaders consider all journalists to be part of the "resistance." So do the journalists themselves. ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Palestinian leaders consider all journalists to be part of the "resistance." So do the journalists themselves.

Once again, the world is going crazy over Israel assassinating a Hamas member who was also a "journalist."

Beyond the many Hamas terrorists who moonlight in other jobs, there is another dimension to this:

Both the Palestinian Authority and Hamas look at journalism as a means of "resistance." There is no differentiation between journalism and propaganda - in their own words.

The Palestinian Ministry of Information has, in the past, threatened any Arab journalists who meet with Israelis and report on what they say.

They held a conference in 2009 telling journalists what terminology to use:

Israeli term	Palestinian Arab term
(Palestinian) Terror	Resistance
(Palestinian) Terrorist	Resistance member
Suicide (bombing) operations	Martyrdom-seeking operations
Palestinian violence	Legitimate resistance
Palestinian who was killed	Martyr (Shahid)

The Minister of Information said at that conference:

The media, through its various means, has played and continues to play a major role in shaping human awareness and crystallizing the positions of groups, organizations, and individuals on the issues raised for discussion and debate.

In our Arab case, the media constitutes a pivotal dimension in the Arab-Israeli conflict and a strategic goal for winning the round before achieving victory on the ground...The media must recognize this hurtful paradox and work to establish a language befitting our people's fighters and the achievements of our movement.

Earlier this year, a similar conference was held in Istanbul recommending what language journalists should use.

In 2022, Gaza photojournalist Hosam Salem was let go from his New York Times contract after Honest Reporting publicized that he praised terror attacks. He wrote in response that he indeed supports Palestinian "resistance," and so do all other Palestinian journalists.

In 2023, Israel killed an armed Al Aqsa Brigades terrorist, Ahmed Abu Junaid, whose death was celebrated. He was in journalism school at the time.

The UN has trained hundreds of Palestinian journalists, for free. Those journalists often say that they consider their journalism to be a form of "resistance."

The word "journalist" has a different meaning for Palestinians than for Westerners. Which is why you do not see any dissenting voices in Palestinian media.

They are pro-terror propagandists, not journalists.