Comments on: Foreign Press not allowed into Gaza yet http://un-truth.com/israel/foreign-press-not-allowed-into-gaza-yet This blog hopes to shed some light on issues that are discussed at the United Nations. Now that I am in Jerusalem, it is focussing primarily -- but not exclusively -- on the Israeli-Palestinian conflictg. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:27:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Marian Houk http://un-truth.com/israel/foreign-press-not-allowed-into-gaza-yet/comment-page-1#comment-4552 Marian Houk Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:52:01 +0000 http://un-truth.com/?p=1276#comment-4552 Interesting, the JPost has now reported comments very similar to the first comment above. The JPost quoted Israeli MFA spokesperson Yigal Palmor as saying: "Why isn't the international media trying its luck with Egypt?" The title of the story, first published on 7 January, is 'Ask Egypt to let you into the Gaza Strip' ... Interesting, the JPost has now reported comments very similar to the first comment above. The JPost quoted Israeli MFA spokesperson Yigal Palmor as saying: “Why isn’t the international media trying its luck with Egypt?” The title of the story, first published on 7 January, is ‘Ask Egypt to let you into the Gaza Strip’ …

]]> By: Marian Houk http://un-truth.com/israel/foreign-press-not-allowed-into-gaza-yet/comment-page-1#comment-4538 Marian Houk Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:58:13 +0000 http://un-truth.com/?p=1276#comment-4538 Well, I think Egypt is in effect stopping reporters from going to Gaza ... and the Rafah crossing is closed most of the time anyway, these days. I don't know why no one from the press corps ever went in through a tunnel, however ... except maybe claustrophobia. Well, I think Egypt is in effect stopping reporters from going to Gaza … and the Rafah crossing is closed most of the time anyway, these days.

I don’t know why no one from the press corps ever went in through a tunnel, however … except maybe claustrophobia.

]]> By: JEAN VERCORS http://un-truth.com/israel/foreign-press-not-allowed-into-gaza-yet/comment-page-1#comment-4537 JEAN VERCORS Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:39:26 +0000 http://un-truth.com/?p=1276#comment-4537 to frustated journalists: Nothing is stopping reporters from going to Gaza through Egypt. Reporters do not necessarily have to go into Gaza through Israel. They can even use the tunnels that Hamas uses to smuggle weapons to enter Gaza and provide the world with their reports. to frustated journalists:

Nothing is stopping reporters from going to Gaza through Egypt.
Reporters do not necessarily have to go into Gaza through Israel.
They can even use the tunnels that Hamas uses to smuggle weapons
to enter Gaza and provide the world with their reports.

]]> By: Foreign Journalists still not allowed into Gaza on Friday | UN-Truth http://un-truth.com/israel/foreign-press-not-allowed-into-gaza-yet/comment-page-1#comment-4502 Foreign Journalists still not allowed into Gaza on Friday | UN-Truth Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:49:42 +0000 http://un-truth.com/?p=1276#comment-4502 [...] Now, the conditions demanded by the IDF — and largely granted by the Israeli High Court which generally does tend to align itself with the country’s military and security decisions — would appear to some degree to make the journalists “embedded” in the on-going Israeli military operation [see our post from yesterday here . [...] [...] Now, the conditions demanded by the IDF — and largely granted by the Israeli High Court which generally does tend to align itself with the country’s military and security decisions — would appear to some degree to make the journalists “embedded” in the on-going Israeli military operation [see our post from yesterday here . [...]

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