Palestinian journalists ‘deliberately assaulted’ by Israel

While covering acts of violence at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, one of the holiest sites for Muslims, several Palestinian journalists were “deliberately assaulted” and arrested by Israeli police forces, according to statements of witnesses and journalists to The New Arab. Since last week, Al-Aqsa Mosque has seen a dramatic escalation as hundreds of Israeli settlers stormed the site under the protection of the Israeli police, while Palestinian worshipers attempted to hold them off. As Palestinian journalists and photographers rushed to document the attacks by the Israeli police on young Palestinians, se…

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