[bawolff]

> Israel has not granted access to journalists to report independently since October 2023.

Has Russia granted access by independent journalists to russian occupied Ukraine in that time period? As far as i know the answer is no.

And even on the Ukraine side there has been significant restrictions

E.g. a quote from https://theintercept.com/2023/06/22/ukraine-war-journalists-...

“The Ukrainian government has made it virtually impossible for journalists to do real front line reportage.”

Maybe its hard to say which one is worse, but they seem to be at least in the same neighbourhood

[NomDePlum]

If we define “worse” as higher journalist deaths, zero press freedom, no access, and active targeting, then Gaza is clearly worse for journalists right now.

Ukraine/Russia conflict is obviously extremely dangerous but it allows far more media access, transparency, and foreign presence.

[bawolff]

> zero press freedom

According to the world press freedom index, Israel has the third highest press freedom of all middle eastern countries (Qatar and Cyprus are a bit higher, everyone else in the middle east is lower in most cases much lower).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Press_Freedom_Index#Rank...

I'm not saying its a paradise for reporters. There are clearly issues. But saying "zero press freedom" is a massive overstatement.

[NomDePlum]

It's not an overstatement. If external journalists aren't allowed into Gaza on their own terms then it is a fact.

How you can have a sentence that includes the word "paradise" in it when referring to what's happening in Gaza is beyond me.