(left to right: Mary Newman, Inori Roy, and Samira Mohyeddin)

"There is nothing Israel has not done to silence the journalists on the ground in Gaza," says Mohyeddin, who emphasizes that "they are our colleagues."

They also observe that Canadian media has sacrificed its own credibility in the way it has covered the conflict, such that the weaknesses of institutional media have become increasingly apparent to a whole lot of people.

"An offense to Palestinian journalists is an offense to journalists everywhere," Roy says she'd tell those journalists who aren't here because they think it's unimportant. She also acknowledges many journalists aren't in attendance because they might face professional repercussions for doing so.

Hundreds gathered for the second time on June 20, joining millions around the world calling for an end to the genocide and starvation of Palestinians. Deborah Barndt:
"For me, it's a broader call for peace not war in the Middle East, as tensions rise, and more innocent people lose their lives."

What is sometimes disappointing in the museum education world is when these dioramas aren't used as a metacognitive reflective opportunity to peel apart colonial thinking towards history.

It also marks a disturbing extension of a deadly pattern: the CPJ says Israeli forces have killed at least 186 journalists and media workers since the Gaza war began—the highest number CPJ has ever recorded in a single conflict. [2/2]

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