A recent panel of three US journalists aboard the Gaza aid flotillas say they faced assault and threats from Israeli soldiers — and that the US government did little to help them.

Three US journalists abducted and detained by Israel in international waters in October while covering Gaza-bound aid flotillas claimed they experienced beatings, humiliation, and US government indifference during a November 3 panel co-hosted by Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) and Defending Rights & Dissent (DRAD). The reporters — Alex Colston, Emily Wilder, and Noa Avishag Schnall — detailed how Israeli soldiers, who the reporters say ignored their press credentials, engaged in physical and psychological abuse, rape threats, and racist and misogynistic insults in violation of international human rights co

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