Canada absent in multi-nation statement calling on Israel to protect Gaza journalists, allow foreign media

Canada has taken the rare step of not signing onto a multi-country statement that demands Israel stop banning foreign journalists from entering Gaza and that local journalists be protected in the Palestinian territories.

Ottawa co-founded the Media Freedom Coalition in 2020 and has signed more than 65 statements on issues ranging from legislation in Georgia and arrests in Venezuela, to Burkina Faso sanctioning journalists and Russia detaining Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.