Complaint filed with the Police Internal Affairs Bureau following the attack on a photographer with Hot News

This morning, Hot News* filed a complaint with the Police Internal Affairs Bureau against several patrol police who allegedly assaulted one of the network’s cameramen.

Who hit whom?

Hot News* photographer Ahmed Abu Sweis came to Beersheba’s Soroka Hospital this afternoon with injuries all over his body; he accused members of the police force of using physical force against him while he was trying to do his job.

Soldier pointed gun at Dana Weiss

A soldier with the Duchifat Battalion pointed his gun at Israeli Channel 2 correspondent Dana Weiss and her crew while they were filming a segment today in the Beit El settlement

The Shin Bet questions another Arab journalist

Today, for the second time in less than a month, the Shin Bet summoned an Arab Israeli journalist for questioning about his ties to a Lebanese citizen alleged to be a member of Hizbollah.

“I was asked about my ties to Hizbollah”

“The Shin Bet interrogated me today on my alleged ties to a Hizbollah member,” said Arab Israeli journalist Hassan Muwasi.

Stories and poetry

This week, Maariv correspondent Uri Glickman revealed that the head of Central Command, Major General Yair Naveh, had recently banned media access to data on IDF arrest operations in the West Bank

Shin Bet to Arab journalist: Talking to the editor is a security crime

The Shin Bet warned the correspondent in Israel for Lebanon’s Al-Mustaqbal newspaper on Thursday that he should not be in contact with one of the editors at his newspaper, due to the latter’s ties to Hezbollah, saying contact would constitute a security offense.

Speaking from the site of the incident

Many foreign correspondents representing television stations around the world, as well as the Israeli press, attended a press conference held by pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim at Jerusalem’s Mishkenot Sha’ananim* yesterday.

“Settlers from Susiya attacked us”

Leftist activists said that this afternoon settlers from Susiya* attacked a group of leftist activists around southern Mt. Hebron. The activists say that the settlers beat them, slashed their car tires, and stole a camera.

MK Sarid condemns IDF practices in the village of Belain

Today, Meretz MKs Yossi Sarid and Zahava Gal-On condemned the actions of IDF soldiers during a demonstration organized by Palestinians and Israeli leftist activists against the separation wall

An officer admits that an IDF force in Hebron forced residents to stay in their home to protect soldiers in violation of a High Court of Justice ruling; the IDF: Procedures were violated

An Israeli army force took over the home of a Palestinian family in Hebron and forced three brothers to stay inside the home, using them as human shields.

IDF has not launched investigation into the arrest of two journalists in Gaza

More than two days after two journalists covering the evacuation of the hotel near Neve Dekalim were arrested and handcuffed, the Israeli army has yet to commence an investigation into the incident, and the IDF spokesman has not apologized to the journalists.

Press card of a director making a film at the separation wall is confiscated

The IDF confiscated the press card of director Shai Carmeli Pollack, who is making a documentary about the separation wall. “This only happens in totalitarian states,” said t he director of the Association of Israeli Journalists.”

“They beat detainees with clubs”

We were sitting peacefully on the ground, far from the route of the separation wall, when suddenly soldiers and policemen came at us and started beating us with clubs, injuring an Israeli female protestor in the head,” said Israeli leftist activists who participated in a demonstration against the separation wall in the village of Belain.

Reuters photographer injured in the head during Belain protest

The IDF threw tear gas grenades at protestors demanding the release of the head of the popular committee in Belain, Abdullah Abu Rahma

Journalist who was beaten to complain to the Journalists' Syndicate

Yitzhak Hildesheimer, the journalist for Makor Rishon who was beaten by policemen after he photographed them violently dragging a protester, said, “I am in pain, but more importantly I am sad over the way the police treated demonstrators, especially the way they treated a journalist who was trying to do his job

Doctor Ben-Meir: University instructors are teaching hatred

Haifa University sent a letter of warning to the British Association of University Teachers (AUT), which has declared an academic boycott of Haifa and Bar-Ilan Universities , accusing the AUT of libel. The letter was sent by British attorney Anthony Julius, who is representing Haifa University .

IDF handcuffs two journalists in Gush Katif

Violating understandings reached with the media over the disengagement plan, the Israeli army prevented reporters from entering Gush Katif. On Thursday (June 30), the IDF also handcuffed Viko Atuwan, a reporter for Channel 1, and Adi Yisraeli, a photographer for Maariv , removing them from the site of activity in the Moaz Hayam Hotel

Btselem: The IDF does not investigate the killing of civilians

After Sergeant Wahid Taysir was convicted of the murder of British national Tom Hurndall, Btselem announced that the trial “was a rare case that does not represent the norm

Study: Freedom of speech is restricted and there is intense censorship of Israeli websites

Did you think that the Internet would ultimately bring you the promised freedom of speech, with no censorship, restrictions, or barriers? You need to think again

Complaint: The Shin Bet arrests international leftist activists

Officials at the Israeli-Palestinian Media Center claim that today Shin Bet agents arrested three international leftist activists in central Jerusalem . An eyewitness told our site correspondent that the volunteer activists—two women aged 21 and 23, and one man, 23, from the US and Britain —were arrested 50 meters from Zion Square

Malaysia : Israeli academic calls on the US to impose sanctions on Israel

During a conference in Malaysia , Dr. Uri Davis—an Israeli academic and native of the village of Shmaryahu , who for the past few years has been living in an apartment in Sakhnin—called on the US to impose sanctions on Israel because “it is violating UN resolutions.”

Haifa University president calls on professor who supports the boycott to resign

Haifa University President Aharon Ben-Zeev called on faculty member Dr. Ilan Pappe to tender his resignation after he expressed his support for an academic boycott of the university

Death of British photographer: Retrial of the officer

Judge Advocate General Avi Mandelblit has decided to appeal the acquittal of the IDF officer involved in the death of British photographer James Miller, who was killed in Rafah in May 2003

Edery objects to Zimmerman's employment in the Foreign Ministry

MK Jacob Edery, Deputy Minister of Domestic Security, was shocked when he read in the press that the Foreign Ministry had invited Prof. Zimmerman to speak to new employees at the ministry right before they head off to their European assignments

Israel blocks Sheikh al-Khatib's participation in London conference

Israel has prevented the deputy chairman of the Islamic Movement's northern branch, Sheikh Kamel Khatib, from taking part in a conference on the right of return, which is scheduled to take place in London this weekend.

Met with eggs and rocks

Today 40 leftist activists wanted to go to Hebron to demonstrate their solidarity with the Palestinians who, they say, suffer daily abuse at the hands of the settlers, but their journey ended quickly and disappointingly: the police arrested some of them, while the rest received an unkind welcome from settlers

Human barrels block annexation wall

At 6am this morning Israeli forces that were securing the building of the annexation wall in the west bank village of Bil'in found five human barrels blocking the construction route.

Yad Lachim discovers a new missionary site in Bnei Barak

The “artificial peace” that has reigned for the past two years in the city of Bnei Barak over missionary activity there has been broken. After members of the Yad Lachim organization succeeded in closing down the missionary branch on Queen Esther Street, members of the anti-missionary group attacked a new missionary site on Yehudit Street.

The Israeli police, the municipality of Jerusalem, and Ateret Cohanim* put strong pressure on a Palestinian from East Jerusalem to prevent the release of the story published yesterday (Friday, April 1) in Haaretz Magazine that exposed the methods of forgery and illegal construction used by the Jewish organization in East Jerusalem.

Haifa University students protest: The demography conference is racist

Several dozen Jewish and Arab students protested Tuesday morning at Haifa University against an academic conference titled “The Demographic Problem and Israel 's Demographic Policies” that they described as racist.

There is a solution: voluntary emigration

A few weeks ago a study was published that found that “50% of Arabs in Judea, Samaria, and the Gaza Strip would leave if they could.” The study was not conducted by Jews, but by Arabs with the Maagar Mochot Institute in conjunction with the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion, directed by Dr. Nabil Kukali.

The ADL works on the domestic front

For years, Jewish organizations and their leaders seeking to contend with blatant anti-Israel statements have encountered the response, “What do you mean? Similar statements are made in Israel, by Israelis.”

Anger in London

Last Saturday, the BBC broadcast a charity event sponsored by celebrities who volunteered to participate in a campaign to raise funds for survivors of the tsunami disaster in the Far East. Johnny Vegas was the last comedian to go on stage, and he pointed to an empty seat in the first row and asked, “Whose chair is that? It must be Ken Livingstone's chair

ACRI files petition against the IDF Archive for suppressing information on unacceptable grounds

ACRI submitted a petition to the Supreme Court yesterday (13.3.05) on behalf of journalist and researcher, Gershom Gorenberg, against the IDF Archive

Israel on the stand

Israel is on the stand: Today, the family of British photojournalist James Miller, who was killed in Rafah on May 2, 2003, is suing the Israeli Ministry of Defense in the Tel Aviv District Court for £2 million in compensation for the negligence which led to Miller's death.

A controversial initiative

The Second Television and Radio Network will not allow short public service announcements about the Geneva Initiative to be aired

Petition submitted against ban on hanging posters against Dan Halutz in Ramat Gan

The Yesh Gvul movement has submitted a petition to the Tel Aviv District Court against Ramat Gan Mayor Zvi Bar demanding that he be forced to allow posters against Major General Dan Halutz to be hung

Maariv : Salaries will be docked as a fine against dismissed employees who give interviews

Ofer Nimrodi, the editor of Maariv , informed employees who were dismissed from the newspaper's editorial staff that if any of them give interviews to the media, their final salary installment will not be paid

Imposing censorship on commentaries violates freedom of expression

The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) sent a letter of protest to Attorney General Mani Mazuz after the Ministry of Justice ordered popular websites to censor any comments containing statements of violence and incitement, and holding website administrators responsible for the publication of any such comments.

Israel bars a BBC producer from returning to Israel .

New tensions arose in relations between Israel and the BBC when a senior BBC producer in Israel , Simon Wilson, was not allowed to return to Israel after a vacation in Europe

Censoring the comments of internet users—a violation of freedom of expression

On January 10, 2005 ACRI submitted a petition to the Attorney General against the Ministry of Justice's demands that websites censor the comments made by their readers, arguing that this constitutes a crime against freedom of expression, as well as a violation of the law.

There will be no indictment in the British photographer murder case

This evening, Judge Advocate General, Avi Mandelblit, announced that he had issued a decision not to try the soldiers involved in the death of British photographer, James Miller, who died in Rafah, 2 years ago

They interrogated him using force for writing poetry

Protest poet Shmuel Yerushalmi, who lives in Beersheba , was summoned for an interrogation by the Shin Bet following the publication of his poem, “They Shall Not Break Tali Down,” in which he called for the release of Tali Fahima

“Anyone entering the line of fire will be shot”

Yesterday afternoon, a photographer for Channel 10, Magdi al-Arbid, arrived in the northern Gaza Strip. The photographer had accompanied correspondent Shlomi Eldar to film a news report on Operation Autumn Wind in the north of the Strip

Ma'alot against Tarshiha: The Palestinian-Jewish battle over the remembrance of 1948

Is a visit to the home of an elderly resident of Tarshiha whose house was bombed by the Israel Defense Forces in 1948 an educational outing for pupils on the history of the community, or perhaps a hostile political activity and an attempt to brainwash young children?

Channel Ten photographer severely injured by Israeli army fire

Today, Channel 10 photographer, Magdi al-Arbid, was severely injured when the Israeli army in the northern Gaza Strip suddenly opened fire on him with no warning.

A bill to abolish the press law being prepared following a petition submitted by ACRI

After the petition submitted by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), a ministerial committee met to draft a new press law which, if passed, will replace the press law of the mandate period, in effect since 1933, as well as three emergency laws in effect since 1945

The true face of religious Zionism

The beginning of my professional relationship with journalism came when I was studying in the media department at the Nehalim Yeshiva. Michael Tuchfeld was the head of the department. The stated objective of the department was to gain control of the press from within, by preparing “our” people to enter the halls of journalism and faithfully represent religious Zionism.

About half of the Jewish public believes Jewish journalists more than Arab journalists

Around half of the Jewish public (49%) believes Jewish journalists more than Arab journalists, according to an opinion poll conducted by Dr. Mina Zemach in cooperation with the Mossawa Center and MK Yuli Tamir (Labor).

Complaint: The IDF shoots at journalists in the Gaza Strip

This morning Israeli radio reported that the Foreign Press Association (FPA) in Israel announced that IDF soldiers fired live ammunition at journalists in the Gaza Strip at least five times during Operation Days of Penitence. The FPA reported that all its journalists used the recognized methods to indicate their identity, and all their vehicles were marked.

London conference on resisting Israeli apartheid

Israeli Army Radio reported that the School of African and Oriental Studies (SOAS) at the University of London caused an uproar with its decision to allow Palestinian organizations to hold a conference at the university tomorrow.