Jodie Ginsberg, CPJ’s chief executive officer:

No journalist from outside Gaza has been allowed in since the start of that war, and that’s highly unusual. I speak to lots of war correspondents who’s covered many, many wars over decades, and all of them talk about how unprecedented this is to not have any access whatsoever. And that, of course, puts additional pressure on these journalists.

CPJ Head Condemns Israel’s Deadly War on Journalists in Gaza as IDF Threatens Al Jazeera Reporters

In the interview, Amy Goodman also mentions “James McGovern leading 64 other congressmembers in a letter to Biden and Blinken, urging them to push for Israel to allow in international journalists”

“A lot of us remember what it was like to live and work on an Internet that was deeply flawed but not systematically designed to burn our emotions and time and safety for fuel.”

At Bar del Pla in Barcelona

Classical pianist Jayson Gillham was pulled from an upcoming performance in Melbourne after dedicating a piece of music to the journalists of Gaza. The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra now says the cancellation was due to an error and they appear to be rescheduling the concert.