Israel continues to bar journalists from Gaza, claims to examine policy

The Israeli government plans to reexamine a policy barring journalists from entering the war-torn Gaza Strip, Anadolu reported on Sunday. In a response sent to Israel’s Supreme Court, the government said it would reexamine its policy regarding the entry of journalists into Gaza within a month and submit an update on the matter by Nov. 23, Haaretz newspaper said. The move follows petitions filed with the court against a government ban on the entry of journalists into the Palestinian territory. The government’s response to the court shows that journalists would continue to be banned from entering Gaza except inside the so-called “yellow line” until the policy is updated The “yellow line” is an imaginary line separating areas currently occupied by […]