CPJ, partners file emergency motion to Israeli Supreme Court seeking independent media access to Gaza

Foreign press urges Israel's High Court to speed up Gaza access ruling

A conditional order, if granted, would mean the court had found the petition serious enough to require the state to formally justify why the requested relief should not be granted.

CPJ, partners file emergency motion to Israeli Supreme Court seeking independent media access to Gaza

On Monday, April 13, 2026, the Committee to Protect Journalists, together with its amicus partners the Foreign Press Association in Israel, the Union of Journalists in Israel (UJI) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF), filed an emergency motion to the Israeli Supreme Court asking the justices to expedite a decision on allowing the international media to enter Gaza. Since October 7, 2023, Israel closed its border with Gaza and has barred the inter…