Israeli Government Fears Palestinian Cameras

http://www.counterpunch.org/2018/06/29/israeli-government-fears-palestinian-cameras/
Date Written:  2018-06-29
Publisher:  CounterPunch
Year Published:  2018
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX22771

A report on a Bill by the Israeli Knessett that would criminalize the filming of Israeli soldiers in Palestine, with a proposed five year jail sentence for offenders.

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The bill is aimed at Palestinian human rights defenders and their allies, who document soldiers' abuse to expose it before the world's eyes, and who also film as a form of nonviolent protection against the soldiers, who tend to be more discreet when a camera is running. Palestinian children and their parents head this movement of denouncing the abusive behavior of the Occupation, and Palestinian groups like the Human Rights Defenders in Hebron have filmed countless videos to expose the reality of living under a brutal colonial Occupation.