Flimsy Evidence Underlies Claims about Israel Killing Journalists

One of the anti-Israel calumnies that has gained traction in the past few weeks is that the IDF is taking the lives of a disproportionate number of journalists. The idea seems to come from a report issued last month by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), whose president claims that the Gaza war has been the “deadliest conflict for journalists” since the group started keeping records over 30 years ago. CPJ and those who cite its report also insinuate—or claim flat out—that Israel is systematically targeting these reporters, in what one Washington Post columnist called “an assault on memory, truth, and . . . Palestinian culture.”