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Israel Denies Former IFJ Chief Entry to Palestine

RAMALLAH, October 23, 2014 (WAFA) – The Israeli authorities Thursday denied the director of the Ethical Journalism Network (EJN) and the former General Secretary of the International Federation of Journalists Aidan White, entry to the Palestinian Territories through Israel’s Ben-Gurion International Airport, according to a local source.

Ghassan Abdullah, head of the Educational Studies Institute, a [...]

Threat To Censor Palestinian Newspapers

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the actions of Israeli soldiers who forced their way into the Ramallah headquarters of the press, publishing and distribution company, al Ayyam, this morning, Wednesday 28 May.

According to IFJ affiliate, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS), the Israeli forces informed the managment of the company that it would [...]

Global Campaign to End Violence Against Women Journalists

الجالية المصرية على الخارطة النمساوية في رسالة موجهة إلى وزارة القوى العاملة والهجرة

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) launched a global campaign to denounce violence against women journalists and alert public authorities on their need to to end impunity for these crimes. This campaign is a response to the numerous cases of women journalists [...]

Allegations Around IFJ Presidency Elections

فوز رئيس نقابة الصحفيين الفلسطينيين بمنصب مستشار للفدرالية الدولية للصحافيين
تهنئة بفوز رئيس نقابة الصحفيين الفلسطينيين في عضوية اللجنة التنفيذية لنقابة الصحفيين الدولية

The Palestinian journalist syndicate and several Palestinian newspapers have published altered results of the election of 28th Congress of the International Federation of Journalists IFJ, World Congress which was held from 4 – 7 [...]

Israeli Occupation Murders Journalists in Gaza

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) killed Aqsa TV cameramen Salamah and Al-Komi- MADA demands the formation of an international investigation commission

Ramallah- 21 November 2012: Israeli occupation forces committed a new crime against the Palestinian journalists when they killed Al-Aqsa TV cameramen Mahmoud Al-Komi (30 years) and Hossam Salameh (30) years at about six o’clock in this [...]

Journalism in The Shadow of Terror Laws

IFJ President Jim Boumelha, flanked by EFJ President Arne König and IFJ General Secretary Beth Costa at the opening of the conference. Pic. Credit: IFJ

Brussels, the international conference organized by the International Federation (IFJ) and the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) on ‘ Journalism in the Shadow of Anti-Terror Laws’ has concluded today in [...]

Israel Prevents Journalist Mission From Entering Gaza

IFJ Congress

In clear defiance of international press organizations, journalists and media, and the right to freedom of movement, and while the Israeli propaganda and the censored media continue misleading the international public opinion, especially the Europeans officials, by claiming that Israel removed it’s restriction on freedom of movement and access to the Gaza Strip, [...]

Pages From The History Of Daniel Seaman

Shmuel Hollander is the current (2010) Israeli civil service commissioner, a former cabinet secretary under Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres, until after the elections of 1996.

Hollander is a lawyer by profession. Hollander studied law at the Hebrew University, graduating in 1970, but he practiced something else and implemented the military laws in his position as [...]