CNN submits its news about Gaza to the Israeli army’s censorship blade

According to the report of Fars International News Agency, the Intercept base revealed in a report that all the news that the CNN news network covers about the war in Gaza indirectly passes under the censorship of the Israeli army.

This news site reported that all CNN reporters anywhere in the world who produce news about Gaza must send their news to the office of this media in Jerusalem before publication.

Although CNN claims that the purpose of this policy is to ensure the accuracy and accuracy of its reports, the meaning of this policy in practice is that a large part of the news production of this media is shaped by reporters. who have to comply with the censorship laws of the Israeli army.

According to the Intercept, the CNN office in Jerusalem, like all other media operating in Israel, has to comply with the censorship laws of the Israeli army. According to these rules, the Israeli army, in addition to specifying topics that should not be published, can prevent the publication of articles that it deems inappropriate.

The Intercept reported last month that the Israeli military has recently identified eight issues on which information should be restricted.

For example , the Israeli army has limited information about security cabinet meetings, Israeli prisoners in Gaza, as well as weapons obtained by the Israeli army forces in the war.

Reporters of foreign media must sign a document and accept the laws of the Israeli army regarding censorship in order to obtain a media activity license in Israel.

CNN’s practice of sending its news productions to its office in Jerusalem does not mean that the Israeli army directly monitors the articles of this American media, but this policy means that CNN Apparently, he does not see the need to use the capacity of his offices in other parts of the world to reflect the sensitive realities of the Gaza war to escape the censorship pressure of the Israeli army.

An employee of the CNN news network told the Intercept in an interview on the condition of anonymity that sending reports to the media’s office in Beit al Qamdes before publication had a great impact on CNN’s coverage of the Gaza war. “

This CNN reporter said: “All issues related to Israel and Palestine must be approved by the Jerusalem office. When the staff of that office are not available, these materials should be approved by a few selected people from that office and senior managers. The contents are often edited with a very special delicacy in a way that is close to the Israeli narrative.