Israel journalist facing trial for calling soldiers who beat Palestinians ‘animals’
An Israeli journalist who called Israeli
army soldiers “animals” for beating a Palestinian father and son in
custody is to face trial.
Oshrat Kotler, a journalist with Israel’s Channel 13,
is to face trial on charges of incitement, incrimination of suspects,
failure to grant a right of reply and more after she called several
soldiers accused of beating two Palestinians in custody “human animals”,
the Jerusalem Post reported.
Speaking on the channel’s news programme in February, Kotler said:
When you send your children to the [Israeli] army, they are kids. You send them to the [occupied Palestinian] territories, and they come back as human animals. This is the result of the occupation.
Her comments allegedly prompted complaints
from thousands of viewers, as well as complaints to Israel’s Press
Council, an independent body established to safeguard press freedoms and
outline journalism ethics. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
also responded to Kotler’s comments, saying her words “deserve every
condemnation” and that he is “proud of the [Israeli army] soldiers and
loves them very much.”
She now faces trial and will appear at a court hearing, though it is unclear when she will be summoned.........https://desertpeace.wordpress.com/2019/03/12/israeli-journalists-must-write-or-say-what-they-are-told/
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