WEST BANK (Dispatches) – More than two dozen Palestinian journalists working inside and outside of Gaza published a letter calling on American journalists to boycott the annual White House correspondents’ dinner, citing the U.S. military support for the Zionist regime’s war in Gaza that has killed scores of Palestinian journalists.
“As Palestinian journalists, we urgently appeal to you, our colleagues globally, with a demand for immediate and unwavering action against the Biden administration’s ongoing complicity in the systematic slaughter and persecution of journalists in Gaza,” the letter said.
“For Palestinian journalists in Gaza, the blue press vest does not offer us protection, but rather functions as a red target,” the signatories write in their letter.
Many of the letter’s signatories chose to remain anonymous, out of fear their public signing of the letter could lead them to be targeted or killed by Israel’s military.
However, it includes several prominent journalists who have been covering the Zionist regime’s assault on Gaza from inside the enclave. Those names include Bisan Owda; Ali Jadallah; Hosam Salem; Mohammed Zaanoun; Ahmed El-Madhoun; and Mohamed Almasri.
The letter also includes signatures from renowned journalists working outside of Gaza, such as Mariam Barghouti, Mohammed El Kurd, and Said Arikat, the Washington bureau chief for Al-Quds newspaper.
Meanwhile, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) criticized the ongoing approval from the U.S. government towards the Zionist regime’s genocidal war in Gaza, denouncing it as “Israeli crimes against humanity”. 
Ibrahim Hooper, the communications director for CAIR, stated in a release, “These Israeli crimes against humanity are being committed daily – even hourly – with the active support of the Biden administration.”
He emphasized the urgent need for tangible steps to halt the genocide, ethnic cleansing, and forced starvation occurring in Gaza, warning that failure to do so would severely tarnish the US nation’s reputation internationally.