‘Shut down news’: Palestinian journalists on the front line

Reporters Without Borders says 13 Palestinian journalists were detained by Israeli authorities.

Occupied East Jerusalem – More than a dozen Palestinian journalists were recently arrested by Israeli authorities after attempting to report the news under often “extremely stressful and dangerous” conditions. Two Palestinians – journalist Zeina Halawani and cameraman Wahbe Mikkieh – were released late Monday to house arrest after being detained by Israeli security forces last week in occupied East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood. They were trying to cover protests over the pending expulsion of Palestinians from their homes to make way for Israeli settlers.