‘Shameful’: Journalists file petition over ‘violent’ Israeli treatment

‘The Foreign Press Association (FPA) has submitted a petition to Israel’s High Court of Justice, claiming authorities used violent tactics against journalists trying to cover unrest in Jerusalem. It called the government “shameful” for “standing by silently.”
The petition, filed Wednesday, demands that police cease their blocking of local and foreign journalists from the Temple Mount, the site of recent unrest following Israel’s decision to install security cameras there last month.
It goes on to claim that barring reporters from the site was done without any legal authority, and that journalists were often targeted with verbal and sometimes physical abuse by Israeli forces, the Times of Israel reported.
The document references a specific case in which a Reuters cameraman was hospitalized with a concussion after allegedly being assaulted by an Israeli officer.’
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