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Israel’s journalists in line of fire, four get security after right-wing death threats

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Published: 21 May 2021

Last updated: 4 March 2024

At least 20 members of the media, especially from TV news crews, have been assaulted while reporting on raging national discord

Covering unrest from up close, Israel’s journalists increasingly in line of fire (Times of Israel)
TAL SCHNEIDER: At least 20 members of the media have been assaulted while reporting on raging national discord, and one channel has given extra security to anchors as threats proliferate online

Four N12 reporters assigned with security detail due to death threats (Jerusalem Post)
Multiple reporters from KAN News, N12 and Channel 13 have been attacked in recent days as organised groups of right-wing extremists have taken to the streets for acts of retributive violence

Photo: Police shoving reporters near the scene of a car ramming attack in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem on May 16 (Yossi Zamir/FLASH90)

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