"I Want A Death That The World Will Hear" - Journalist Assassinated By Israel For Telling The Truth

"I Want A Death That The World Will Hear" - Journalist Assassinated By Israel For Telling The Truth

April 19, 2025

ISRAEL IMPERIALISM - FOLLOW THE MONEY

Caitlin Johnstone

Israel assassinated a photojournalist in Gaza in an airstrike targeting her family's home on Wednesday, the day after it was announced that a documentary she appears in would premier in Cannes next month.

Her name was Fatima Hassouna. Nine members of her family were also reportedly killed in the bombing. She was going to get married in a few days.

The documentary is titled Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, and it's about Israel's crimes in Gaza.

In an Instagram post from August of last year, Hassouna wrote the following:

"If I die, I want a loud death. I don't want to be just breaking news, or a number in a group; I want a death that the world will hear, an impact that will remain through time, and a timeless image that cannot be buried by time or place."

Israel has been murdering a record-shattering number of journalists in Gaza while simultaneously blocking any foreign press from accessing the enclave because Israel views journalists as its enemy. And Israel views journalists as its enemy because Israel is the enemy of truth.

Israel and its western backers understand that truth and support for Israel are mutually exclusive. Those who support Israel are not interested in the truth, and those who are interested in the truth don't support Israel.

That's why the light of journalism is being aggressively snuffed out in Gaza while Israel massively increases its propaganda budget to sway public opinion.

It's why journalists like Fatima Hassouna are being assassinated while the western propaganda services known as the mainstream press commit journalistic malpractice to hide the truth of Israel's crimes.

It's why western journalists are banned from Gaza while western institutions are silencing, deporting, firing and marginalizing those who speak out about Israel's criminality.

Israel and truth cannot coexist. Israel's enemies know this, and Israel knows this. That's why Israel's primary weapons are bombs, bullets, propaganda, censorship, and obstruction, while the main weapon of Israel's enemies is the camera.

Reading by Tim Foley

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