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| Israeli troops attack photographer |
| 2008-12-07 |
| An Israeli journalist has been assaulted by troops after taking photos from a Palestinian family in the West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron). Tess Scheflan, a photographer on assignment for the Israeli daily Haaretz, was wounded lightly in her head and taken to hospital after being assaulted by an Israeli soldier in al-Khalil on Saturday, Haaretz reported. "Tess and I were walking around in Hebron...we went into the home of a Palestinian family, taken over by soldiers at the scene. We interviewed the family, which was forced to stay in one room, spoke them, and then we left the house and walked down an alley to leave the area," Fadi Edayat, another journalist who accompanied Tess, told Yediot Ahronot. According to Edayat, soldiers then tried to snatch their cameras. "He (the soldier) attempted to grab the camera of another photographer who was there with us; he walked up to him aggressively, and grabbed him by the neck. I asked Tess to photograph him so we can file a complaint, and then he punched her in the face. She fell down to the ground and he hit her again, this time with his gun butt," Edayat added. Al-Khalil has been the scene of violence for the past week while security forces were evacuating a disputed house in the city. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 What the Israeli soldier needed was two dead journos and one carrying a drop gun that had been fired twice. I remember the tale of a small US MP who was faced off against three large, drunk and aggressive black soldiers. They were going to charge him, so instead of drawing his gun, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a switchblade knife. They started laughing at it, and asked him if he was going to cut them with his knife. He replied that, "This isn't my knife. This is your knife", and threw it at their feet. All three put their hands up fast, and became very peaceful, sober and cooperative. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-12-07 12:45 |
| #3 When all else fails... place the weapon on safe and initiate the rifle butt stroke! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-12-07 11:56 |
| #2 What did they expect them to do, kiss their arses for giving comfort and aid to the enemy? |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-12-07 11:07 |
| #1 In intifada I, we used to call such Israeli jeurnos "well poisoners". |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-12-07 06:15 |