Palestine peace rally in Cork told more than 100 journalists have died in Gaza conflict
A crowd of around 700 people took part in the 44th weekly Cork Palestine Solidarity demonstration in Cork city on Saturday afternoon.
The deaths of more than 100 journalists in Gaza was today condemned by Palestinian writer and filmmaker, Naser Al-Swirki at the 44th weekly Cork Palestine Solidarity Campaign demonstration in the city.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) recently reported that at least 111 journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza during the war.
CPJ programme director, Carlos Martinez de la Serna, said: “Since the war in Gaza started, journalists have been paying the highest price – their lives – for their reporting.
Addressing to a crowd of around 700 people, Mr Al-Swirki read from an open letter “to the Jews of the world.”
In it, he said: “They told you that Israel is a safe haven for Jews, and they hid from you that this comes at the expense of other people who were deprived of their homeland, their history erased, and the imposition of a narrative based on superstitious myths.
“The myth of a people who were persecuted, and had an end in which they triumphed over history. But forgive me; no history is so naive, you see the disastrous results of simplistic narratives that ignore reality and ignore deep injustice.”
Also speaking at the march - the 44th weekly protest in Cork since the war began - was Shadi Alnaqla from Gaza, who is currently a guest of the Sherkin Island Palestine Solidarity Group.
He said:
Dominic Carroll, of the Cork Palestine Solidarity Campaign, was highly critical of some sections of the Irish media with regard to coverage of the war, saying that the national broadcaster, has many questions to answer about what he described as the "very limited and woefully skewed coverage of the war".
“Many people now watch Al Jazeera for the news about Gaza. That speaks volumes about RTÉ’s poor reporting,” Mr Carroll added.
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