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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Michael Savage Media editor

BBC’s Jeremy Bowen accuses Israel of blocking journalists from Gaza

Jeremy Bowen
Bowen said he had been granted only half a day with the Israeli army within Gaza in the last 18 months. Photograph: Ian West/PA

Jeremy Bowen, the BBC’s international editor, has accused the Israeli government of blocking journalists from Gaza because of scenes “they don’t want us to see”.

Bowen said that in the last 18 months, he had been granted only half a day with the Israeli army within Gaza. He said that the lack of access was part of an attempt to “obfuscate what’s going on, and to inject this notion of doubt into information that comes out”.

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