Israel deported Reuters cameraman Ahmed Bahaddou, a Belgian national, to Jordan Thursday after detaining him overnight in a cell at Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion airport. Read more about Israel deports Reuters cameraman
On August 11, Gideon Levy, of the Israeli daily Ha’aretz, his photographer, Miki Kratsman, their driver, and a representative from an international human rights organization were traveling by taxi in Tulkarem. As they approached the IDF’s District Coordination Office (DCO) at about 15 kph, they came under fire from a soldier at a lookout post about 150 meters away. Read more about Israeli journalists come under fire
As journalist Jacques-Marie Bourget of French magazine Paris-Match was shot and badly injured in Ramallah on 21 October, Reporters sans frontières (RSF - Reporters Without Borders) has voiced its consternation at the security risks being run by journalists in Gaza and the West Bank. Read more about Israeli-Palestinian clashes: journalists caught in the crossfire
In a letter to Prime Minister Ehud Barak, IPI strongly condemned the Israeli government’s decision to stop issuing permits for Palestinian journalists to enter Israeli areas or leave the Palestinian areas. Read more about IPI condemns restrictions on Palestinian journalists
In December, the International Press Institute (IPI) highlighted in a detailed report the number of injuries and other press freedom violations against journalists and media professionals in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Areas. The report documented all known such cases since the start of the Palestinian uprising on 28 September 2000. IPI has now updated and revised its report, adding cases of press freedom violations since the beginning of the crisis until 28 February 2001. Read more about Press freedom violations in Israel and occupied Palestinian areas (28 September 2000 to 28 February 2001)
The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, has updated and revised its report on press freedom violations related to the Palestinian Intifada. Covering the period from the beginning of the uprising on 29 September, 2000 until 24 July, 2001, the report provides a detailed examination of the serious abuses of journalists and media outlets in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel. Read more about IPI updates report on Israeli-Palestinian conflict and calls for independent monitoring