Palestinian Journalists Syndicate Files Petition to UN Denouncing “Media Genocide” in Gaza

The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate organized a march in Ramallah on Wednesday to mark the second anniversary of the ongoing Zionist war on the Gaza Strip and to condemn the “media genocide” carried out by the occupation against Palestinian journalists and media institutions.

Hundreds of journalists, local and international media workers, and human rights representatives joined the march, which began at the Ramallah Cultural Palace Square and moved toward the United Nations headquarters. Participants carried symbolic coffins, photos of slain colleagues, and banners urging the international community to stop the aggression and to allow international and Arab journalists entry into Gaza.

A delegation from the Syndicate’s General Secretariat submitted a petition to the UN mission in Ramallah demanding international protection for Palestinian journalists, accountability for the occupation’s crimes against the media, and recognition of what happened in Gaza as “the first media genocide in human history.”

Nasser Abu Bakr, head of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate, said that journalists in Gaza are enduring an unprecedented level of suffering, with 252 journalists—34 of them women—killed since the start of the war. He accused the Zionist officials of deliberately targeting journalists, adding that 153 have been arrested and over 150 media offices destroyed since 2023. In the West Bank alone, he said, the occupation has carried out more than 2,000 assaults on Palestinian and foreign journalists.

Wasil Abu Yousef, member of the PLO Executive Committee, denounced the two-year-long genocide in Gaza and the division of the West Bank by more than a thousand checkpoints, blaming international silence for enabling the Zionist entity’s crimes. He stressed that journalists remain “the guardians of truth,” while Murad al-Sudani, Secretary-General of the Palestinian Writers and Authors Union, said Gaza faces a “cultural and social genocide,” with over 50 writers and authors martyred. UN advisor Bassem Khalidi emphasized that journalists are victims of a “mad war” and reaffirmed the UN’s stance that Gaza remains an integral part of the Palestinian state, destined to rise again toward independence.