Journalism Edition Preview: Ahmad Wuhidi

“I thought the word ‘PRESS” would protect me,” Ahmad Wuhidi said.

But as we’ve reported throughout this edition, this past year in Palestine has been the deadliest for media workers since the Committee to Protect Journalists began keeping track in 1992.

Last July, his colleague Ismail Al-Ghoul was killed by an Israeli bomb just after the journalist gave a live report on Al Jazeera. Leading up to his death, Al-Ghoul expected to be targeted by the Israeli military.

“I know Ismail. He was knowing and anticipating being killed, just for telling the truth,” Wuhudi told Palestine in America’s Nader Ihmoud over zoom from New York City.

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