Journalist Al Jazeera has been released from the hospital following the Israeli arrest News of the Conflict

Arab journalist Givara Budeiri Al Jazeera left the hospital on Sunday after receiving treatment for his injuries Arrested by Israeli forces on the eve.

Budeiri’s left hand was broken on Saturday when she was arrested while holding a demonstration in the occupied district of East Jerusalem by Sheikh Jarrah.

Israeli police also destroyed the equipment of cameraman Nabil Mazzawi Al Jazeera. His arrest drew strong condemnation from freedom of the press and media watchdogs.

A reporter for the Doha media network in Jerusalem accused him of assaulting a female police officer and failing to provide her credentials, which she and Al Jazeera strongly deny. Budeiri’s arrest films were also at odds with Israeli allegations.

“I try to agree, but they broke my hand and I spent the whole night in the hospital,” Budeiri told Al Jazeera.

He said he had bruises on several other parts of his body, a headache and back and leg pain that made it difficult to walk.

Budeiri has been working as a journalist at Al Jazeera since 2000. He was wearing a jacket marked “press” when he was arrested and had an Israeli Government Press Office (GPO) card.

On the occasion of Budeiri Naksa’s 54th anniversary, due to a “setback”, in 1967 Israel was reporting on the sit-in that occupied the Palestinian territories of East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza, a move not accepted by the international community. .

Sheikh Jarrah has also been the focus of protests in recent weeks in favor of Palestinian families in the neighborhoods in front the threat of forced expulsion to make way for Jewish settlers.

Budeiria said he was “treated like a criminal” when he was taken to the police station and was detained for several hours after being arrested for removing his heavy jacket or feeling tired.

“We will silence you … If we silence Al Jazeera, they will all be silenced,” Budeiri said when he was arrested by an Israeli police officer.

Like many others, he said it was just “covering the reality of the earth” and told reporters that they were “telling everyone what was going on here”.

“The microphone and the camera will stay … nothing will stop us,” he added.

Israel “loses media war”

Sabrina Bennoui, a spokeswoman for Reporters Without Borders (RSF), said the arrest was a “clear violation of press freedom.”

“The Israeli authorities have a clear will to prevent journalists from doing their job and to report on the ground,” he said.

Meanwhile, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, a rally was held on Sunday evening in solidarity with Palestinian journalists targeted by Israeli authorities.

“Some speakers here feel that Israel is deliberately targeting these journalists because they are showing the world the reality of what is happening under occupation,” Al Jazeera’s Nida Ibrahim said, Ramallah reported.

“They believe that Israel is losing the media war because they believe it has been exposed – its measures, its violations – and that is why they are trying to silence the journalists.”

On May 15, Israeli aid attack he destroyed a tower Al Jazeera’s media office, the Associated Press and other outlets were on the Gaza Strip in the 11-day bombing of the coastal expanse.

At least 14 Palestinian journalists have been arrested and placed under administrative detention by Israeli forces in recent weeks, according to Reporters Without Borders.

Several Palestinian journalists with media cards have been banned from entering Sheikh Jarrah by Israeli police, who are demanding a GPO card.

On Sunday, Israeli police activists Muna al-Kurd and Mohammed al-Kurd were arrested, twins who have been at the forefront of the campaign to stop the forced expulsions of Palestinian families from Sheikh Jarrah.

Mohammed al-Kurd, along with his sister, is behind the three-month #SaveSheikhJarrah social media campaign.