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Journalists covering Netanyahu trial harassed and attacked by ex-PM’s supporters

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Published: 23 November 2021

Last updated: 4 March 2024

One was struck with a cane, which dislodged his yarmulke; complaint filed against Likud MK for tirade threatening to jail leftists ‘in pens’

Journalists covering Netanyahu trial harassed, attacked (Al-Monitor)
Supporters of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu harassed two journalists who came to cover his trial and struck one of them with a cane.

Complaint filed against Likud MK for tirade threatening to jail leftists ‘in pens’ (Times of Israel)
David Amsalem warns his party will ‘trample’ coalition members, replace Supreme Court judges; Meretz’s Michael Rozin asks Knesset panel to probe ‘wildly anti-democratic remarks’

Woman files police complaint against Likud MK who threatened to ‘trample’ leftists (Times of Israel)
Resident of northern Israel says she felt ‘real fear’ after listening to David Amsalem’s fiery tirade; Meretz MK urges Knesset Ethics Committee to probe comments

Photo: Channel 13 News correspondent Baruch Kra's yarmulke is knocked off his head by a cane outside the Jerusalem court during the trial of Netanyahu (source unknown)

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