Tel Aviv Tribune Net correspondents
Oman- Coinciding with the announcement by the Government Information Office in the Gaza Strip of the martyrdom of more than 100 journalists, since October 7, at the hands of the occupation army, and with the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip entering its 12th week, Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) announced, An open campaign to support male and female journalists in the Gaza Strip.
The campaign, which was launched under the title “So that Coverage Continues,” aims to help male and female journalists covering the war in the Gaza Strip, “under unprecedented circumstances, as a result of the brutality and violence taking place,” by providing replacement equipment for those they lost as a result of the ongoing Israeli bombing. The campaign aims to purchase needs from within the sector, “where there is still stock,” and the campaign also purchases used equipment if available.
Assigning male and female journalists
Rawan Al-Dhamen, General Director of ARIJ, told Tel Aviv Tribune Net, “We started last October 12, and we helped more than 100 male and female journalists, so that they can continue working on the ground, by purchasing equipment from inside Gaza, to replace their equipment that was bombed or destroyed.” After losing their homes, offices and workplaces.”
The equipment includes smart phones, laptops, batteries, microphones, and charging pads, in addition to food and clothes for journalists and their families. Work and housing spaces have also been prepared, which are tents in places of displacement that include mattresses and blankets, including a tent for female journalists, as most journalists were displaced once and twice, according to the guarantor. .
Al-Dhamen added, “$130,000 was collected from various parties, including Reporters Without Borders and others, and ARIJ also received $30,000 in support from French entities, for the benefit of information auditing institutions in the sector.”
She added, “Given the requests from dozens of journalists in Gaza, and because we do not have sufficient funds for assistance, on December 22nd, we launched a collective campaign from individuals in general, to donate to male and female journalists in Gaza. The campaign will continue in parallel with the support on the ground, and we gathered within a day One is $12,000, and we aim to reach at least $100,000.”
persistent need
Member of the Council of the Jordanian Journalists Syndicate, Khaled Al-Qudah, said, “The ARIJ campaign, and every initiative to support the steadfastness of Palestinian journalists today, is an appreciated initiative and must be supported, and we must all stand up to support journalists in the Gaza Strip by all available means, whether by providing them with equipment, communication cards, and the Internet, in addition to covering clothing.” Which may contribute, even in a small way, to their protection.”
Al-Qudah added, “Everyone is concerned today with supporting the new generation of journalists who emerged during the current aggression, and opening the way for them to appear across all Arab platforms and media to convey the image.” He pointed out that “the withdrawal of any journalist from the field as a result of his loss of transmission and broadcasting tools constitutes a danger to conveying the message.” image, which makes it necessary for us to support them in all forms.”
In turn, the head of the Center for the Protection and Freedom of Journalists, Nidal Mansour, said that there are great challenges to delivering aid to journalists, noting that “the Israeli occupation considers press jackets and helmets military equipment, and places them on a blacklist, which has made it difficult for initiatives to bring them into the sector through international journalistic organizations.” The importance of any initiative to help journalists.
ARIJ is a non-profit organization that aims to support investigative journalists, male and female, and information auditors. Over the past 17 years, it has trained journalists in Arab countries, including male and female journalists in Palestine, especially the Gaza Strip. It has announced that it will document the campaign periodically through its reports on… Donations, visual materials will also be added as they become available.
