US EditionForeign Press Group Slams Israeli Police for Breaking Journalist's Wrist
The Foreign Press Association condemned Israeli police for injuring a CNN producer and damaging journalists' equipment during closures of holy sites amid ongoing regional conflict.
- On Tuesday night, Israeli police in Jerusalem allegedly "violently attacked" journalists and worshippers, leaving a CNN producer with a fractured wrist. The FPA condemned the incident as an "unprovoked assault."
- The journalists were documenting Muslims attempting to perform evening Taraweeh prayers outside the Old City walls, where Israeli authorities have closed holy sites for security reasons since February 28.
- Witnesses reported that police "beat the CNN producer and some other journalists with batons," while officers also detained several journalists, damaged photographic equipment, and confiscated memory cards.
- In an X post, the Union of Journalists in Israel stated it was "appalled" by the police conduct, urging the police commissioner to "immediately suspend the officers involved" because "none of this is acceptable."
- Demanding immediate action against the officers involved, the FPA called on police to "safeguard press freedoms" in the future, representing hundreds of journalists across Israel and the Palestinian territories.
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Foreign press group slams Israeli police for breaking journalist's wrist
An international media association on Wednesday criticised an "unprovoked assault" by Israeli police on journalists in Jerusalem, which it said left a CNN producer with a fractured wrist.
Police attack journalists filming violent dispersal of Palestinian worshipers
A Palestinian photographer said he was attacked by police after trying to help another journalist documenting the police violence in East Jerusalem. He accused police of confiscating his camera's memory cards and of attacking him when he tried to retrieve them
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