For more than two years, Israel has maintained an absolute blockade on foreign press access to Gaza—the longest and most complete media ban of any modern conflict. Even after a “ceasefire” was announced on October 10, Israel has refused to lift the media blockade. This isn't about security. It's about silence.

Since October 7, 2023, not a single foreign journalist has been allowed independent access to Gaza. The only entry permitted: rare, heavily escorted military tours where the Israeli army reviews all footage before broadcast and controls what journalists see. Meanwhile, at least 239 journalists and media workers have been killed—making this the deadliest period for press freedom ever documented.

Palestinian journalists have carried the impossible, heroic burden of documenting this genocide alone while fighting for their own survival. They're exhausted, displaced, and starving. For the last 2 years, Israel has systematically killed them in cafes, hospitals and press tents.

The absence of foreign journalists isn't an accident—it's strategy. When a government blocks the press, it's because it has something to hide.

Israel is trying to cover up one of the largest crime scenes of our time.

What We're Demanding:

We call on the Israeli government to:

1. Grant immediate, independent access to Gaza for all foreign journalists without military escorts, pre-broadcast censorship, or restrictions on movement and reporting

2. End the deliberate targeting and killing of journalists covering this conflict and allow humanitarian organizations to protect and support press workers

The Public's Right to Know:

A free press is not a privilege—it's a cornerstone of democracy and accountability. When governments block journalists, it's because they have something to hide. The international community has a right to know what is happening in Gaza. We have a right to independent documentation, not sanitized military footage.

Major news organizations—the Associated Press, Reuters, BBC, CNN, The New York Times, The Guardian, and more than 250 others worldwide—have repeatedly demanded access. The Committee to Protect Journalists, Reporters Without Borders, and press freedom organizations globally have condemned Israel's media blockade as an assault on press freedom itself.

Israel cannot claim to be a democracy while systematically silencing those who document its actions.

Sign this petition to demand Israel immediately lift its ban on foreign journalists and grant independent, unrestricted access to Gaza.