IDF bans reporters from Gaza, handcuffs two journalists in Gush Katif

[Monkie]

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/594435.html

"IDF bans reporters from Gaza, handcuffs two journalists in Gush Katif
By Anat Balint, Haaretz Correspondent

The Israel Defense Forces on Thursday prevented reporters from entering the Gush Katif settlement bloc in the Gaza Strip once the area had been declared a closed military zone.

The ban is in sharp contrast to the IDF Spokesperson's repeated assurances that it would allow transparency and free reporting of events in the Strip during the disengagement from Gaza.

IDF troops on Thursday even handcuffed two journalists and distanced them from the Maoz Hayam Hotel in Gush Katif. The two journalists were Channel 1 TV reporter Viko Atuwan and Maariv photographer Adi Yisraeli."

[madrchsod]

1. nothing to see --move along

[Malikshah]

2. didn't journos learn *anything* from Jenin...oops

my bad. nothing happened there either...or anywhere else...

[idontwantaname]

3. i guess nothings happening here either then huh?...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=124&topic_id=94985&mesg_id=95014

[Malikshah]

6. Of course not

Never in a million years would something like that happen.

Now, are you going to believe me or your lieing eyes...:sarcasm:

(should have had the image in the first one...)

[methinks2]

4. thanks for the link

We were in ramallah and bethlehem last week, we were instructed by our driver to place our camera on the floor whenever we passed checkpoints. Evidently to use a camera anywhere in the occupied territory is suspicious.

[idontwantaname]

5. the IDF and airport security have been known to...

erase memory cards and hard drives and confiscate film.