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Journalists in Danger

Israeli army confiscates journalists' cards

Julia Day
London
22 April 2002

The Israeli army has seized press cards from 17 foreign journalists who are covering the stand-off between the army and a number of armed Palestinians, who are holed up in Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity.

BBC protests after crew caught in violence

Ewen MacAskill
London
3 April 2002

The BBC lodged a protest with the Israeli government yesterday after its Middle East correspondent, Orla Guerin, was pinned down by Israeli fire while filming a demonstration in the West Bank.

BBC news chief condemns Israeli actions

Jessica Hodgson
London
3 April 2002

The BBC’s world news editor, Jonathan Baker, has joined the chorus of condemnation of the Israeli authorities after reporter Orla Guerin was rounded on by government troops.

Israeli troops attack foreign journalists

Julia Day
London
5 April 2002

Israeli troops have thrown stun grenades at a convoy of 25 foreign journalists and consficated some of their identity cards during a confrontation in the West Bank.

RSF outraged by death of Palestinian photographer in Jenin

Reporters Without Borders
12 July 2002

Palestinian freelance photographer Imad Abu Zahra died in Jenin on 12 July 2002 after being seriously wounded by Israeli army gunfire on 11 July.

Israel destroys Palestinian radio and television building

Committee to Protect Journalists
21 January 2002

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns in the strongest terms Israel’s destruction today of the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation building in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

CPJ concerned over GPO's failure to renew Palestinian journalists' accreditation

Committee to Protect Journalists
25 January 2002

In a 24 January 2002 letter to Minister Tzippi Livni, CPJ expressed deep concern about the Government Press Office’s (GPO) failure to renew the accreditation of Palestinian journalists.

IPI condemns Israeli army's attacks on journalists and media outlets in Ramallah

International Press Institute
13 March 2002

In a 13 March 2002 letter to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, IPI strongly condemned the Israeli army’s most recent attacks on journalists and media outlets in the city of Ramallah.

Journalists come under Israeli fire in West Bank hotel

Committee to Protect Journalists
13 March 2002

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is gravely concerned that Israeli forces opened fire on a hotel housing numerous journalists near the West Bank city of Ramallah.

Italian journalist killed, French journalist injured

International Federation of Journalists
13 March 2002

The International Federation of Journalists today blamed a persistent “failure of discipline and disregard of international law” by the Israeli authorities for the killing of an Italian journalist and the wounding of a French colleague in the Palestinian territories today.

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