The Price of Truth: How Western Media Silence Enables the Killing of Palestinian Journalists

As Palestinian Journalists Pay the Ultimate Price for Truth, Western Media's Silence Makes Them Complicit. May Hossam Shabat's sacrifice and courage inspire us all.

Mar 24, 2025

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I can't stop thinking of the footage of Hossam hugging his mother for the first time in over a year, just six weeks ago. We failed him; humanity has failed the Palestinians; humanity has failed.

Today, March 24, 2025, we witnessed the deliberate killing of yet another Palestinian journalist. Hossam Shabat, a 24-year-old reporter for Al Jazeera Mubasher a…

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