Guerre and Shalom

Guerre and Shalom

Journalists are not a protected species in war

It is a lie that Israel is targeting journalists in Gaza and that reporters enjoy some unique protections under the laws of war.

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Nachum Kaplan נחום קפלן
Sep 09, 2025
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[Editor's Foreword: Nachum Kaplan is an extremely experienced journalist who, as you shall read below, has put his own life at risk on the streets of Indonesia. So he is ideally placed to put paid to the lie that journalists have a unique status in war that puts them above regular civilians. I'll let Nachum take it from here…]

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Nachum Kaplan is a journalist and commentator. He has 25 years media experience and held senior international roles at Reuters and IFR. He holds a B.A. in Politics and Indonesian from Monash University. He is also a practising psychotherapist.
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