Journalists recount abuse, arrest covering Jerusalem riots
Journalists in Jerusalem say they have faced abuse and arrest by Israeli forces while covering the recent events there.
Al Jazeera correspondent Givara Budeiri was arrested and accused of assaulting a female Israeli police officer and not identifying herself as press while she covered the developments in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood on June 5. She claims to have been kicked while in the police car.
Videos of her arrest clearly showed Budeiri wearing her press vest with the logo of the channel and a notebook in hand. The Israeli police released her a few hours later.
