“While
the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip is the major focus of events,
the people of many West Bank cities are infuriated by toll inflicted
by 'Protective Edge.' Nine Palestinians in
all have been killed in the West Bank, six of them on 25 July alone,
which had been dubbed a 'Day of Rage.' Many others were wounded.”
“Palestinian
journalists were among the injured. On 26 July, journalist Rami
Al-Khatib, as well as Moaz Mish’al, a photographer for Agence
Anatolia, a Turkish press agency, were wounded by rubber bullets
while covering confrontations between Palestinians and Israeli troops
in Beit El, north of Jerusalem. The day before, journalist Thaer Abu
Baker was wounded by Israeli gunfire in Jenin, in the northern West
Bank.”
“Nader
Beibars, producer of the daily 'Good Morning Jerusalem' program on
Palestine TV, was hit by a rubber bullet in the Wadi Al-Joz
neighourhood of Jerusalem on 24 July. The same day, other news
professionals were also wounded. Among them were Zakkariyya Al-Salhi,
editor at Ramsat Co., and Shadi Hatem, a photographer for Raya FM,
who were hit by Israeli fire as troops were trying to break up a
Palestinian demonstration at the Qalandia border checkpoint in north
Jerusalem.”
“On 23
July, Israeli security forces arrested Raya TV correspondent Mahmoud
Abu Khdeir, at his home in the Shuafat neighborhood in East
Jerusalem. According to MADA, the Palestinian Centre for Media and
Development, the journalist was scheduled to appear in an Israeli
court on 28 July. On 21 July, freelance photographer Amjad Arafa
was wounded in the shoulder near Al-Makassed Hospital in East
Jerusalem, and received emergency treatment.”
“A
BBC Arabic correspondent was attacked the same day by an Israeli
private citizen. Firas Al-Khatib, was in the midst of a live
broadcast from the Gaza border when the Israeli physically and
verbally attacked him in full view of the camera. A member of the TV
crew intervened to protect the journalist.”
“Meanwhile,
Israel is going beyond its military censorship procedures to exert
control over program content. The Israeli Broadcasting Authority
prohibited on 24 July the broadcast of a spot produced by B’Tselem,
an Israeli NGO, which listed the names of 150
children killed in Gaza.”
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