Photojournalist | Photo Editor

Cyprus
Joined March 2011
– at Cyprus
Heidi Levine, photojournalist for @wapo suffered serious injuries from vicious & cowardly attack. Heidi is US Citizen, clear ID as journalist. Details of who under investigation, but those who attacked unarmed reporter should spend YRS in prison. We have called for a full investigation, arrest, and prosecution to the fullest extent of the law to whoever participated in this. Attacking a female photographer is despicable act of terror carried out by masked cowards. Dishonorable act of senseless violence.
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CPJ is honoring Lebanese journalist Christina Assi at our 2026 International Press Freedom Awards 🏆 This week marks three years since Israel targeted Assi and six other journalists in a double-tap strike in southern Lebanon, which killed Issam Abdallah. cpj.org/awards/christina-ass… 🎨: @channeldraw
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Chrisتينا Assi retweeted
Severe settler + soldier attack on olive harvesters in Abu Falah. American WaPo journalist Heidi Levine badly wounded. Machine gunfire—at least one Palestinian shot. Tear gas. Soldiers assaulting journalists.
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Thank you #PressFreedom advocate @SenPeterWelch for calling for justice for journalist Dylan Collins and all journalists attacked or killed by Israeli forces. Journalists are #NotATarget.
Three years ago, Vermonter and journalist Dylan Collins was attacked and wounded by the Israel Defense Forces despite being clearly marked as press. Dylan and every other journalist attacked or killed by the IDF deserve justice. We must protect freedom of the press and defend the safety of journalists.
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Three years ago today, Israel killed Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah in a strike near Alma al-Shaab, south Lebanon. He was 37. Six other journalists were wounded alongside him.
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Three years ago, Israeli forces conducted a targeted double-tap strike on seven journalists in southern Lebanon that killed Reuters video journalist Issam Abdallah and injured six other journalists. In the years since, members of the press in Lebanon say continued Israeli attacks, combined with the absence of accountability, have changed how they work. Read more: cpj.org/2026/10/i-do-not-fee…
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On October 13, 2023, Israeli forces targeted a group of seven journalists in southern Lebanon in a double-tap strike that killed journalist Issam Abdallah and injured six of his colleagues, including Lebanese photojournalist and CPJ’s 2026 International Press Freedom Awardee Christina Assi. In an op-ed in the @euobs, Assi is demanding the European Union use its leverage to pursue accountability. euobserver.com/242426/who-or…
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I refuse to believe that a military with advanced surveillance could have simply mistaken us for fighters and attacked us in a double-tap strike, a tactic repeatedly used by Israel in this war. – at Lebanon
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Chrisتينا Assi retweeted
1/10 — October 13, 2023 At around 6:02 p.m., two Israeli strikes, 37 seconds apart, hit seven journalists covering the fighting near Alma al-Shaab in southern Lebanon. @Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah was killed. The other six — Christina Assi, Thaer al-Sudani, Elie Brakhya, Dylan Collins, Carmen Joukhadar, and Maher Nazeh — were wounded. cpj.org/2023/10/journalist-k…
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In a letter sent on Thursday, Lebanese journalist Christina Assi is calling on EU leaders and officials to hold Israel to account for crimes against journalists in Lebanon and Gaza. Read the letter ⤵️ cpj.org/2026/10/lebanese-jou… #NotATarget
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Every attack on a journalist is an attack on our freedom and the public’s right to know. The war on journalists must end! cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2…
In a letter sent on Thursday, Lebanese journalist Christina Assi is calling on #EU leaders and officials to hold #Israel to account for crimes against journalists in Lebanon and Gaza. #NotATarget Read the letter ⤵️ cpj.org/2026/10/lebanese-jou…
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"All this didn't start with the current Israeli government, and it didn't begin on October 7th. Over time the methods have changed, the scale changed, but the direction remained. In the West Bank apartheid remains the central legal framework for understanding the Israeli regime and the crimes committed to maintain it", said Yuli Novak, B’Tselem’s Executive Director, at the launch of our new report The Elimination Project. A checkpoint. A community forced from its land. A farmer unable to reach his fields. An economy pushed further into crisis. A journalist arrested. These may look like separate events. B’Tselem’s new report shows that they are interconnected parts of the same system. Understand the logic behind what is happening in the West Bank. See the full picture. Read the full report >> btselem.org/the_elimination_…
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ישראל כבר לא מנסה להסתיר. הכל חשוף. שרים, חברי כנסת, קצינים בכירים ואפילו ראש הממשלה מדברים בשנים האחרונות בגאווה על פרויקט המחיקה שישראל מיישמת בגדה המערבית: על האלימות, על ההשתלטות על הקרקע, הרחבת ההתנחלויות, גירוש פלסטינים מאדמתם, הרס בתים ועל שינוי המציאות בשטח. לא צריך לנחש מהי המדיניות. לא צריך לחפש תוכניות סודיות. צריך פשוט להקשיב למה שהם אומרים - ולהסתכל על מה שקורה בשטח. הדו״ח החדש של בצלם מראה שהדברים האלה אינם אוסף של הצהרות קיצוניות. הם מתארים פרויקט פוליטי שמיושם באמצעות מערכת שלמה ומטרתו לפרק את התנאים שמאפשרים לפלסטינים להתקיים כקולקטיב בגדה המערבית, ובמקביל להרחיב ולקבע את השליטה הישראלית ואת הנוכחות היהודית במרחב. זהו פרויקט המחיקה. והוא מתבצע בגלוי. קראו עוד על פרויקט המחיקה באתר הדוח.
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CPJ will honor Lebanese journalist Christina Assi at the 36th annual International Press Freedom Awards on November 19, in New York. Since 2018, Assi has worked as photojournalist and photo editor for AFP.
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أعلنت لجنة حماية الصحافيين الأربعاء أنها ستكرم الصحافية المصورة في وكالة #فرانس_برس كريستينا عاصي ضمن جوائز حرية الصحافة الدولية، بعدما بُترت ساقها اليمنى بضربة إسرائيلية أثناء تغطيتها للنزاع في جنوب #لبنان قرب الحدود مع الدولة العبرية. u.afp.com/SHcr @Christina_assi
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🏆 CPJ will honor journalists from Colombia, Eritrea, El Salvador, Hungary, Lebanon, and Myanmar at the 36th annual International Press Freedom Awards in November. Carlos Dada, the Salvadoran journalist who co-founded El Faro in 1998, will receive the Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award. Read more: cpj.org/awards/cpjs-2026-int…
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Israeli media reports that Israel's FM played an "active role" in getting Karim Khan fired from the ICC...
🚨Against the backdrop of the dismissal of International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan, a senior Israeli official tells me that Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar played an active role in efforts to advance the move. According to the official, Sa’ar oversaw a dedicated task force and employed intensive diplomatic efforts aimed at securing Khan’s removal from office.
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Chrisتينا Assi retweeted
Israeli army continues systematic campaign to destroy villages in southern #Lebanon “These images are people’s lives … their livelihoods … their history … their ancestor’s graves …their memories … and what should have been their futures”
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The U.S. Government launches a new campaign to force the dismantling of the International Criminal Court, “brick by brick, if necessary.”
The International Criminal Court seeks to become the unaccountable arbiter of a new global law — empowered to prosecute and arrest our citizens at will and existentially threaten American sovereignty. We will teach the ICC the full meaning of American resolve.
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A website dedicated to securing the release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya was launched this weekend. It includes information about his life, the latest updates on his case, and a timer tracking how long he has been held in Israeli torture prisons. ➡️ savedrabusafiya.com
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