Israeli occupation forces and police escalated their attacks against journalists and media, culminating in a wave of attacks on at least 14 journalists in East Jerusalem last weekend. Israeli cavalry police unit, attacked and persecuted journalists, injuring several journalists, destroying their equipment, as well as preventing them from covering a peaceful assembly organized in Jerusalem in solidarity with the Palestinian hunger strikers in the Israeli occupation prisons since 17/4/2017.
One photo journalist had a broken rib and his cameras were broken after being persecuted and knocked down by a policeman from the cavalry unit. A Reuters photographer was also beaten with a riffle by an Israeli police officer, causing a slight fracture in his arm while, trying to help his colleague get up. Full report can be found in Palestine News network
http://english.pnn.ps/2017/05/01/mada-massive-israeli-attacks-against-journalists-in-jerusalem/
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