Terrorism does not end with major murders. The foreign journalists are full accomplices and collaborators of the terrorist organization, which also serve the psychological terror carried out by Hamas since the beginning of the war.
We became aware of this in later videos, which show that on 7 October, photographers representing the world's largest news websites burst into jubilation and with utmost enthusiasm, and were present on the ground during the murder and abduction of children, women and the elderly, brutal rapes and more, and we continue to witness the involvement of journalists in spreading psychological terror by Hamas.
The doctrine of complicity expands the circle of liability, allowing criminal charges to be imposed on persons who do not have all the required elements of the offense. Therefore, today it is possible to prosecute not only those who actually perpetrate but also those who gave advice, persuaded, assisted, encouraged and attended. All of them are full accomplices to the offense.
Who are these journalists? Were they involved in the attack? Did they know in advance? The answer is clear: Those who knew about the massacre, who kept silent and filmed while children were slaughtered, are no different from the terrorists – and they should be prosecuted for aiding and abetting terrorism.
This argument is even more true in the current era, in which photographs and videos serve as a central part of Hamas' psychological warfare against Israeli citizens – and also on the world, as we saw with the dissemination of the abductees' videos. Maneuvering the media is an essential component of psychological warfare, and when leading photographers in news agencies and television channels collaborate with the murderers, their very involvement lends a touch of truth to the footage, which may then be used to advance Hamas' goals.
The photographers may be responsible for other offenses. Israel is one of the countries that has consciously decided to make the immoral illegal, and has imposed two obligations on all of us: a duty to act when we know that others are plotting crime, and a duty to rescue. If the photographers did not know and did not suspect in advance (and what did they think? that Hamas invited them to photograph a bar mitzvah?), they still committed an offense, even if minor, according to the law "You shall not stand for the blood of your neighbor."
Simply put: when a person sees another being hurt, he should reach out. And if his hand is occupied, by say, a camera, he needs to notify – the system or the authorities – to try to prevent the injury, or at least minimize it. By the way, filming such horrific acts is not professionalism, but inhumanity, lack of concern for others and a criminal offense - and rightly so.
Today, it is possible to prosecute not only those who actually perpetrate, but also those who gave advice, persuaded, assisted, encouraged and attended. All of them are full accomplices to the offense
The State of Israel must use all resources to locate the photographers and journalists who committed the crimes in Israeli territory, in order to prosecute them for aiding and abetting terrorism. The international networks cannot be satisfied with their suspension, they must pay a price for the crimes of their employees.
The need to report what is happening does not absolve anyone of the obligation to prevent harm to innocent people. If journalists could prevent or reduce the massacre, preferring to "perform" their journalistic work over saving lives, they have exceeded their moral obligation as human beings and should be prosecuted. Now.
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