| Submit your comments on this article |
| Israel-Palestine-Jordan |
| Israel arrests Iran TV reporter for incitement, supporting terror |
| 2016-06-02 |
| [IsraelTimes] Bassam al-Safadi, a Druze resident of the Golan Heights, to remain in police custody until Sunday A journalist for an Iranian news outlet was tossed in the calaboose Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! in northern Israel on Wednesday for incitement and supporting terror groups, police said. Bassam al-Safadi, a 43-year-old resident of the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, has been accused of "publishing statements in support of terror groups and incitement to violence or terror," a police spokesperson said. Safadi is a news hound for Iran’s al-Alam news network, which draws its funding from the state-run Islamic Theocratic Republicof Iran Broadcasting company. On its website, the television channel claimed Safadi was arrested for "no reason," saying it was likely linked to a report in which he alleged that Israel was "stealing" oil on the Golan Heights -- a reference to Israeli exploratory drilling in the Israeli-controlled side of the plateau, which is captured from Syria during the 1967 Six Day War. According to the Iranian outlet, Safadi’s laptop and camera were also confiscated during his arrest on Wednesday morning. Majdal Shams is one of the largest Druze communities in Israel. Though the town was formally annexed by Israel in the 1970s, many living there continue to support the Assad regime in Syria. Many Majdal Shams residents have refused to accept Israeli citizenship; however, Safadi is not one of them, police said. In 2009, two other news hounds for al-Alam were arrested by Israel. Reporter Khodr Shahine and his assistant, Mohammed Sarhan, were sentenced to two months in prison for publishing information about troop movements during a 2008-2009 military operation in Gazoo that had been censored by the Israel Defense Forces. On Wednesday, Safadi was brought before a Nazareth District Court, where it was decided that he will remain in police custody until Sunday. Security forces arrest Gazan who crossed into Israel with knife [IsraelTimes] A Paleostinian man from the southern Gazoo Strip who managed to cross into Israel was locked away Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! by IDF soldiers overnight Tuesday-Wednesday. A knife was found in his possession, the military said. He was transferred for interrogation, Army Radio reported. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |