cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/13896072

Geneva - The Israeli army has killed 94 university professors, along with hundreds of teachers and thousands of students, as part of its genocidal war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, ongoing since 7 October 2023, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said in a statement issued on Saturday

According to Euro-Med Monitor, the Israeli army has targeted academic, scientific, and intellectual figures in the Strip in deliberate and specific air raids on their homes without prior notice. Those targeted have been crushed to death beneath the rubble, along with members of their families and other displaced families.

  • quindraco@lemm.ee
    104·
    10 months ago

    Why does this article refer to its own newspaper in the third person?

    • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml
      261·
      10 months ago

      You mean parts like this?

      Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said in a statement issued on Saturday

      According to Euro-Med Monitor

      Many newspapers does this, apparently it’s a old journalist standard being taught in their schools to avoid writing in first person unless they are writing opinion, to keep impersonal presentation image and differentiate (most likely for legal reasons) between personal stance and the one of entire newspaper - that is, when they write like that, is more official.