Israel Is Silencing Palestinian Journalists Exposing the Occupation

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+972 and Local Call journalist Basel Adra - one of the foremost voices in documenting the struggles of the Palestinians of Masafer Yatta, living in the shadow of the single-largest expulsion of Palestinians in almost half a century - was detained, blindfolded and left to sit in the scorching sun for two-and-a-half hours on Saturday after he filmed an attack by an Israeli army security coordinator. This was not the first time Adra was subject to Israel Defense Forces violence either.

Freelance journalist Lama Ghosheh,...