Opinion by Daoud Kuttab: “Much has happened over the years, yet one thing has remained the same: Israel and Israeli soldiers abhor Palestinian journalists, and those with cameras are viewed with even more scorn.”
Israel has a long history of harsh treatment of Palestinian journalists. Since 1972, Nidal Mansour, the founding director of the Amman-basedhas documented 103 deaths of Palestinian journalists and nearly 7,000 injuries, plus many detentions and imprisonments.
I can attest to this personally, based on my four decades of experience. In 1982, in the wake of Israel’s invasion of Lebanon, I decided to apply for an Israeli press card. After months of waiting, security checks and jumping over bureaucratic hurdles to prove that I was a bona fide journalist, I was able to obtain accreditation as a journalist by the Israeli government press office.
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