AMEJA Condemns Newseum’s Exclusion of Gaza Journalists
The Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists’ Association strongly condemns the exclusion of Mahmoud al-Kumi and Hussam Salama, two al-Aqsa TV cameramen targeted by Israeli armed forces in Gaza City, from its annual event marking journalists killed in action. The exclusion by the Washington, DC-based museum follows pro-Israeli pressure and is an indictment of the institution’s integrity. The two journalists were killed in November after their car was shelled shortly after they had filmed casualties at a nearby hospital. The Committee to Protect Journalists asked Israeli authorities about its targeting of the two but failed to get an explanation why they were not afforded civilian protections extended to reporters.

