Journalists attacked by Israeli police in Jerusalem


An TV crew was attacked by Israeli police while covering the Jerusalem Day march in the Old City. Although the journalists had all documents permitting them to cover the event, the police prevented them from going live.

"After a terrible time we had to pass through check points that they erected everywhere along the Old City, they asked us to move away from the Damascus gate point. They didn't do it gently, they pushed us and broke our camera," reporter Dalia Nammari later told .

The reporter added that other journalists covering the event were treated the same "brutal" way by the Israeli police.

Dalia Nammari and the cameraman Muhammad Aishu were filming the march of settlers, which they had been accredited to, when the police interfered with their work and took away the camera. The crew continued to report from the scene using a smart phone and going on air live via Skype, when the police attacked them again.
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"They took away my earpiece ... they are demanding from everyone - even journalists, to evacuate the area. Even Palestinians who live in the city can't be present here because of the settlers' march," Nammari said.
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