• Israeli soldiers assault AFP journalists in West Bank, soldiers seized and destroyed their equipment
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[quote]Two AFP journalists were assaulted Friday by Israeli soldiers who destroyed and seized their equipment in the occupied West Bank after the funeral of a Palestinian killed by the army. A video journalist with the agency, Italian Andrea Bernardi, was thrown to the ground and jabbed in the side with a weapon. He was held on the ground by a soldier, one knee compressing his chest, until he managed to show his press card. Bernardi suffered bruised ribs and an injury under the eye. Israeli soldiers pointed their weapons at him and his colleague, Palestinian photographer Abbas Momani. They smashed a video camera and a stills camera and took away another camera and a mobile phone. At the time both journalists were wearing body armour clearly marked "Press". The incident was filmed and posted online by a local production company. The pair had been covering clashes between Palestinians and soldiers when some troops took them aside, swore at them in English and told them to stop recording events. AFP has protested to the Israeli military over the incident and said it intends to file an official complaint.[/quote] [url]https://uk.news.yahoo.com/israeli-soldiers-assault-afp-team-west-bank-demo-174542111.html#bV8DK87[/url]
I generally would stay away from Israel as one of the press, they don't respect very well the rights of free press there.
Waiting to see the absurd and illogical justifications people will pull off for the Soldiers' attitude
[QUOTE=TheNerdPest14;48766043]I generally would stay away from Israel as one of the press, they don't respect very well the rights of free press there.[/QUOTE] That's just not true. That said, there is not doubt there are incidents such as what has been described. I would only hope that action is taken against soldiers that abuse their power.
I doubt it was ordered by the government. The real question is whether or not the soldiers will be reprimanded for their actions.
[QUOTE=Tinter;48766197]The real question is whether or not the soldiers will be reprimanded for their actions.[/QUOTE] Pfft. Of course not.
[QUOTE=Tinter;48766197]I doubt it was ordered by the government. The real question is whether or not the soldiers will be reprimanded for their actions.[/QUOTE] Them sounds like the words of an antisemite, pilgrim
Update: [URL="http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.677603"]http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.677603[/URL] [QUOTE]Following the report, the officer commanding the force, a deputy company commander in the infantry Givati Brigade, would be suspended from operational duty. A spokesman for the Israeli army said that "The IDF sees the incident as grave, and in contradiction of its code of ethics and professional standards." He added that a full investigation was underway.[/QUOTE]
ho ho ho "code of ethics"
[QUOTE=TheNerdPest14;48766043]I generally would stay away from Israel as one of the press[/QUOTE] That's exactly what Israel wants, and we can't have that.
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