The head of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Philip Lurth, has condemned a Saudi media call to bomb Al-Jazeera and promised to incite murder.
In an interview with Al-Jazeera in the program "Without Borders," Lurth said he did not consider the Saudi media (Khaled al-Matarafi), who issued an invitation to bomb the island a journalist, but a criminal. Without mentioning him by name.
"This call constitutes incitement to murder," he said, citing examples of media bombardments during previous wars, such as Israel's targeting of a Palestinian television station. In reference to the bombing of the headquarters of Al-Aqsa TV in Gaza late last year, and NATO bombed a television station in Serbia 20 years ago.
"Bombing a media is a criminal act of war," he said. "How could a television station pose a military threat," he said, stressing that there would be no free press if journalists did not respect the fellowship.
"According to international law, the Arab coalition has the right not only to target the rocket launchers that targeted Abha airport, but also to issue orders, funds or support them in the media, which means that Al Jazeera in Qatar can be one of the targets that may be targeted by the coalition to support this terrorist operation. "
After that, the Twitter administration deleted Al-Mutrafi's tweets in which he incited the bombing of Al-Jazeera, explaining that it violated the rules and policies of the site, after a complaint filed by the network.