Gaza war: Journalists in the firing line

Together with members of the Palestine Solidarity Group (PSG) of Pietermaritzburg, I was fortunate to participate in a panel discussion with Al Jazeera journalist Youmna El-Sayed about what is it like being a journalist living in and covering the mass humanitarian disaster in Gaza.According to El-Sayed, who visited Pietermaritzburg, last week, the genocide unfolding in Gaza caused by apartheid Israel is different from previous brutal attacks on Palestinians as journalists are being targeted from the very first day. Covering stories from the front lines, reporters face huge challenges to…