British Journalist Detained By Hamas In Gaza

Guardian:

Hamas officials said today that a British freelance journalist detained in Gaza will be held for 15 days, an unprecedented step against a foreigner since the Islamist group took control of the territory in 2007.

Read the whole story: Guardian

Comments

[Rock Brasiliano]

05:59 AM on 02/16/2010

I remember when US representatives handing out Fulbright fellowships to Palestinian students were shot at and forced to leave by Hamas hotheads. Jihad uber alles.

[JerryLevy]

11:21 PM on 02/15/2010

It is a known fact, intimidating journalists is a full time job of the Palestinians. It has been going on for years against western and Arab journalists. One of the reasons the reporting from the Middle East is so biased against Israel is that the Palestinians advise "we cannot guarantee your safety" to any reporter who files reports not supporting their dictatorship.

[skialethia]

12:03 AM on 02/16/2010

Oh bruuuuther! Who is it that prevented journalists from covering the Gaza Invasion up close and the Jenin and Nablus massacre???

Israel is renowned for it's antagonism and hostility with journalists and my list below proves it!

[courtb]

06:03 AM on 02/16/2010

Jenin massacre? Even the UN stated there was no massacre in Jenin.

You should check out Road to Jenin.

[StCuthbert]

08:59 AM on 02/16/2010

No Jenin massacre, skia, as I've told you before. Keep lying though, and destroy what's left of your credibility.

[skialethia]

07:40 PM on 02/15/2010

Jan. 2010, Jared Malsin, American, Chief English editor for Maan News Agency in Bethlehem was detained 4 days without charges at Ben Gurion and deported back to the U.S.

James Miller, British documentary filmmaker, killed by a single shot fired by the IDF May 2003. He was making a film on the plight of Palestinian children in Gaza.

Thomas Hurndall , photo-journalist shot in the head by the IDF in January 2004 while trying to protect Palestinian children.

In 2004, British journalist Peter Hounam was arrested, questioned for 4 hours without charge and detained in an Israeli prison.

http://www.fromoccupiedpalestine.org/node/1290

Fadel Shana, Reuters cameraman killed by the IDF in Gaza aged just 24.

http://www.fromoccupiedpalestine.org/node/1756

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO4FxzKE2h4&feature=related

“…Israeli soldier shot and killed an Associated Press cameraman in the West Bank city of Nablus Nazeh Darwazeh, 45, was filming Israeli troops firing on rock-throwing Palestinians. Then, an Israeli soldier pointed his gun at the journalists and fired. Darwazeh was shot in the head.”
http://www.fromoccupiedpalestine.org/node/241

“Ciriello, an Italian free-lance photographer who was on assignment for the Italian daily Corriere della Sera, was killed by Israeli gunfire in the West Bank city of Ramallah, according to press reports and eyewitness testimony.”

http://www.fromoccupiedpalestine.org/node/432

Palestinian journalist shot dead in Ramallah

http://www.fromoccupiedpalestine.org/node/440

[skialethia]

07:44 PM on 02/15/2010

Link for Jared Malsin story:

http://mondoweiss.net/2010/01/detained-american-journalist-jared-malsin-goes-to-court-today-to-fight-deportation-from-israel.html

[pgmark]

08:45 PM on 02/15/2010

Ski this article is not about Israel, USA, China, Cuba, Canada etc

As usual you are off point -

The WEAKEST "defense" is - someone else doing it .

DOES THAT MAKE IT RIGHT ??????????????????

I know HP can always depend on you to write your obligatory 20-30-40 postings BUT do try to be on point.

[skialethia]

10:46 PM on 02/15/2010

It's very appropriate, since it suggests a staggering double-standard in your arguments. You see for one journalist detained by Hamas Israel has unjustly detained, injured and killed at least a dozen.

[Rock Brasiliano]

06:00 AM on 02/16/2010

This woman has no life.....she spends 24/7 doing this.

[genofear]

07:00 PM on 02/15/2010

I disagree with unlawful detention whether Hamas does it or the US does it (or anyone else).

But I don't immediately assume that, because it's Hamas, they have no cause. And I also don't assume that, just because the US detains a journalist, they must have had a good reason. I like to take a wait-and-see approach.

[Dr knowitall]

03:37 PM on 02/15/2010

HAMAS = the strongest opposition group to the peace process. Believes in the establishment of an Islamic theocracy over all the territory of the land of Israel, "from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan River".

Fauk HAMAS and the HAMAS supporters ;-)

[chaimschwartz]

05:12 PM on 02/15/2010

Funny how the Arab supporters cannot refute your factual comment!

[Dr knowitall]

05:36 PM on 02/15/2010

Im still waiting...

[Rock Brasiliano]

06:04 AM on 02/16/2010

British leftists are the biggest supporters of Hamas.....hope the reporter didn't write for the Guardian, probably a Daily Man man.

[chaimschwartz]

01:21 PM on 02/15/2010

Maybe Hamas can trade him for the UK official who was fired for making anti-Israel comments ( see your other blog on the World page about that!) and at least have a like-minded bloke in custody!!

[Rock Brasiliano]

06:06 AM on 02/16/2010

You mean the Israeli organ retrieval team in Haiti story?

[Oleg1]

12:40 PM on 02/15/2010

Hamas arresting people who do not confirm their lies? In what sense this is a surprise. They've been doing it all along. The difference is this guy is British.

[phute]

01:22 PM on 02/15/2010

Actually Oleg Alan Johnson was released aftr 114 days by Hamas in July 2007 - so there is a precedent re British journalists/documentary makers.
The IDF however have a record of shooting British journalist/documentary makers - James Miller.

[chaimschwartz]

01:27 PM on 02/15/2010

Something happening ONCE is clearly NOT a "record"of doing that thing!! Hamas DOES have a record of throwing Fatah members off of the roofs of buildings.Get the difference...it happened MORE than once!!

[mommamia526]

11:46 AM on 02/15/2010

1001 Arabian Days and Nights and never a dull moment. Here is a version I read, not yet posted here. Journalist was called up by Hamas to testify against an *Israel collaborateur* but instead started to testify to the innocence of that person. Oh, boy, off script! Not allowed. In the slammer you go. It could have een worse, such as throat cut! I am starting to compose music to go with all the scripts we are being served up. So many stories, so little time, and still ...no Palesttine!! Plenty of material, though, for some good movies! Can we find an orchestra?

[phute]

12:07 PM on 02/15/2010

mommamia526.....calm down.

[Thabit]

11:37 AM on 02/15/2010

The number one cover identity for CIA and other spies... journalist . Just look at how easy it is for journalists to get into the West Bank and the tender treatment given them by the IDF for the shining example of handling journalists

[StCuthbert]

11:59 AM on 02/15/2010

Dude. It's OK to criticize Hamas when they do something wrong. You don't have to automatically make up elaborate conspiracy theories implicating Israel just so what Hamas does seems like the right thing to do.

[TVolm]

01:00 PM on 02/15/2010

Agree with this. Thabit and phute must be Hamas lovers, as both shot down people who are calling the situation like it is. Pathetic.

[chaimschwartz]

01:24 PM on 02/15/2010

Why do you always change the subject matter when the thread is unflattering to the Arabs/Palestinians???

[TheLonelyGod]

10:31 AM on 02/15/2010

Any second now the Palsbara crowd are going to come streaming in to tell us how Hamas is justified and/or Israel is really to blame for it.

[Thabit]

11:43 AM on 02/15/2010

The difference between Hasbara and "Palsbara?" is tha Hasbara sends rss feed all over the world to mobilize propaganda volunteers of any breaking story concerning Israel or Palestine to mobilize their troops to dominate the blog or poll with the GIYUS software . but most "Palsbara" find the storie thru a desire to see justice done to the Palestinians

[TheLonelyGod]

12:52 PM on 02/15/2010

And here we have chief Palsbara propagandist: Thabit.

"No no! I'm not a propagandist! It's just that Palestinians are never wrong and Israel is never right!"

Were you motivated by a desire for "justice" when you made these comments?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/05/benjamin-netanyahu-may-be_n_451083.html?show_comment_id=39593037#comment_39593037

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/08/eu-jerusalem-should-be-jo_n_383880.html?show_comment_id=35916504#comment_35916504

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/wires/2009/10/16/un-body-okays-goldstone-g_ws_323440.html?show_comment_id=32962942#comment_32962942

[chaimschwartz]

01:28 PM on 02/15/2010

You mean like you,phute,and Skialethia,to name just three???

[KIVPossum]

04:34 AM on 02/16/2010

Nope. Hamas is off base on this one. My momma always said two wrongs don't make a right and Hamas in in the wrong.

[Albert Amato]

10:20 AM on 02/15/2010

Anyone who flew into Israel first en route to Gaza can be accused of collaborating with Israel.

[Duncan77]

10:23 AM on 02/15/2010

Since the only way into Gaza is through Israel it looks like this bloke is in trouble.

[TheLonelyGod]

10:30 AM on 02/15/2010

Wrong again.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafah_crossing

[Talossa]

10:09 AM on 02/15/2010

Yet again the freedom-loving Palestinians shoot themselves and their cause in the foot.

[StCuthbert]

11:30 AM on 02/15/2010

Hey now! He could have legitimately violated the law somehow, like writing bad things about Hamas, or interviewing Palestinians who don't claim to be starving.

[Thabit]

11:47 AM on 02/15/2010

yea like the IDF and Mossad confiscated film of their attacks in Gaza ... that kind of law breaking

[Talossa]

11:48 AM on 02/15/2010

I'm reminded of the American reporter who was arrested in Communist Czechoslovakia many years ago and charged with, and I quote, "the crime of practicing journalism".

[alysheba 3]

01:41 AM on 02/16/2010

Does that mean Israel shoots itself in the foot when the IDF shoots British reporters in the head?