Journalist syndicate Palestinian Journalist syndicate
The Freedom committee at the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate announced at its report that the year 2022 witnessed a series of events represented by crimes, violations and reprisals against the Palestinian journalism, practiced by the Israeli occupation regime represented by the occupation army More than 900 crimes and violations committed by the occupation regime were monitored and caused severe damage, the most prominent of which was the assassination of fellow journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh, Al-Jazeera correspondent, as well as the killing of colleague Ghufran Al-Warasneh, a new graduate and a local radio staff member.
52 bullets hit the bodies of the journalists in the field by the occupation army members, who were deliberately targeting journalist through their guns that fired a variety of bullets, including live bullets, metal bullets, rubber bullets, and plastic bullets. However, 3 of our colleagues were injured by shrapnel of missiles in the Gaza Strip.
The most harmful form remained the detention of crews and preventing them from working, which amounted to 316 incidents. While the number of those affected by direct injuries from tear gas, stun grenades, and wastewater reached 95. Some of the injured journalists were treated in the field, while many of them needed hospital treatment, in addition to 68 cases of suffocation as a result of inhaling toxic tear gas.
117 male and female colleagues were subjected to physical assault by the occupation army, whether it was with sticks, shields, rifle butts, fists, or kicks.
This year witnessed a clear and dangerous rise by settlers in the West Bank; 99 crimes and violations against journalists were monitored, and most of those incidents took place under the protection and control of the occupation army.
40 incidents of arrest were recorded by the occupation forces, of whom about 17 male and female colleagues remained in the occupation prisons. In the same context, 58 journalists were brought before unfair military courts that imposed imprisonment on some of them as well as unjustly punitive financial fines.
The forms of crimes and violations also varied, including storming the homes of journalists, institutions and media centers, destroying and confiscating work equipment, banning travel and movement, summoning for investigation, as well as incitement by politicians, government departments and the Hebrew media.
The first half of the year 2022 witnessed a slightly higher rate than the second half, while the second quarter of the year was the most violent, the month of May witnessed the highest level of crimes, which reached 155 cases.
Dozens of male and female colleagues were directly injured by the occupation, some of them were treated in the field and through first aid, while 74 colleagues arrived in hospitals for treatment directly or to follow up on an injury that was in the field.
The highest geographical numbers were recorded this year, and for the second year in a row, in the city of Jerusalem, where the volume of targeting was very high, especially in the vicinity of Al-Aqsa Mosque and in the Sheikh Jarrah area, then comes Nablus governorate, and then Ramallah.
For years, the scale of crimes and violations has reached a level that makes Jenin governorate a target.
Internal violations
This form of violation is still a wound in the Palestinian journalism because it has a very negative impact on the morale of everyone in the field of Palestinian media.
60 internal violations were documented, 32 of which occurred in the Gaza Strip and 28 in the West Bank. The most prominent forms violations were summons and prevention of coverage, in addition to arrest, threats, beatings, and prevention of movement and travel.
|
Israeli Occupation violations 2022 |
First quarter |
Second quarter |
Third quarter |
Fourth quarter |
Total |
|
Injuries by gas or tear bombs |
28 |
17 |
9 |
22 |
76 |
|
Arrests |
7 |
11 |
17 |
7 |
42 |
|
Detention and prevention of coverage |
78 |
97 |
77 |
68 |
320 |
|
Gas inhalation |
0 |
22 |
33 |
13 |
68 |
|
Presenting to courts |
5 |
6 |
17 |
8 |
36 |
|
Summoning for investigation |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
Physical assault |
30 |
50 |
14 |
23 |
117 |
|
Targeting journalists’ offices and houses |
1 |
|
21 |
6 |
28 |
|
Equipment’s confiscation and damaging |
4 |
20 |
18 |
9 |
51 |
|
Injuries by bullets |
18 |
17 |
8 |
8 |
51 |
|
Travel banning |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
|
Settlers assault |
19 |
45 |
14 |
1 |
79 |
|
financial fines |
2 |
0 |
2 |
16 |
20 |
|
Injuries by missiles shrapnel |
|
|
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Martyrs |
|
2 |
|
|
2 |
|
Threatening and incitement |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Total |
192 |
287 |
237 |
186 |
902 |
Freedoms Committee
Palestinian Journalists Syndicate
January 2023
Full report: Freedoms report 2022
