YOUNG PALESTINIAN REPORTER GIVES DETAILS OF THE ATROCITIES BEING COMMITTED AGAINST PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, INCLUDING CHILDREN, BY ISRAELI SOLDIERS

(JANNA AYYAD ADDRESSING THE MEDIA IN DURBAN) This is the commitment of a 12-year-old Palestine reporter, Janna Jihad Ayyad, who has been informing the world since the age of seven about the shootings, killings, arrests, interrogations and brutalities experienced by the Palestinian people at the hands of Israeli security forces. The young girl, who is the world’s youngest registered journalist, was addressing the media in Durban on Monday, July 2 (2018) about the suffering of the Palestine people at the hands of the occupying Israeli forces. She took on the task of informing the world through the social media after two members of her family were killed by Israeli soldiers. She has more than 294 000 friends on Facebook from around the world. She is the guest of the South African human rights organisation, Shamsaan, which promotes social activism through the field of the arts. Shamsaan campaigns for a “more just, peaceful society” and the goal of an “alternative vision that enhances dialogue and contributes towards achieving the longed-for Middle East peace and greater tolerance throughout the world”. In addition to journalists, the media briefing was attended by the Ethekwini deputy mayor, Fawzia Peer; the South African Ambassador to Palestine, Mr A Suliman, and former Durban deputy mayor, Mr Logie Naidoo.

Caption: (JANNA JIHAD AYYAD WITH JOURNALISTS DURING A MEDIA BRIEFING IN DURBAN ON MONDAY, JULY 2 2018) By Subry Govender The atrocities being committed by the Israeli Government and its soldiers against the people of Palestine must be relayed to the world no matter the consequences.

Subry Govender