• Israeli Court Extends Detention of 2 Journalists
    May 31, 2021 – – IMEMC News
    https://imemc.org/article/israeli-court-extends-detention-of-2-journalists

    An Israeli court on Friday extended the detention of two Palestinian journalists detained by police in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem.

    The lawyer representing the Palestinian journalists, Jad Qadmani, said the Israeli magistrate court in West Jerusalem extended the detention of Al-Qafiyah television reporter Ziynet al-Halawani and cameraman Wahbi Mekkiye at the request of the prosecutor’s office.

    He told Anadolu News Agency that Israeli police brutally attacked the journalists and footage of the attack was presented to the court. “However, the court decided to extend the detention period of the two journalists for a few more days,” he said.

    The journalists were detained while on duty late Thursday.

    Mekkiye was beaten and sustained injuries while police tried to detain him.

    Makkiye and Halawani spent the night in a detention center.

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    Israeli Soldiers Attack Journalists, Abduct Two, In Sheikh Jarrah
    May 28, 2021
    https://imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-attack-journalists-abduct-two-in-sheikh-jarrah

    The soldiers assaulted many journalists, before abducting a photojournalist, identified as Wahbi Mikeh, in addition to Zeina Halawani. The two journalists work for the Al-Kofiya Palestinian TV station.

    The two abducted journalists were repeatedly attacked and dragged by the soldiers in the neighborhood.

    Wahbi was bleeding after the soldiers assaulted him; his team members retrieved his camera that has his blood on it.

    Palestinian Journalist Christine Rinawi said the Israeli police has decided to remand the two abducted journalists and to send them to court this coming Friday.

    The attack is part of the constant Israeli violations in Sheikh Jarrah, especially amidst the Israeli plans to displace and remove the indigenous Palestinians to replace them with illegal colonialist settlers.

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