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Annual Report 2018 Violations of Media Freedoms in Palestine ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Completed under the supervision of: Mousa Rimawi Prepared and edited by: Ghazi Bani Odeh Coordination: Shireen AlKhatib Violations of Media Freedoms in Palestine ANNUAL REPORT 2018 © All rights reserved 2018 The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms MADA This report has been prepared with the support of European Union office in Jerusalem The content of this report does not reflect the official opinion of the European Union. المحتوياتCONTENTS فهرسTABLE OF Introduction ......................................................................................... 5 Israeli Violations .................................................................................. 7 The Most Serious Attacks ..............................................................................7 The Killing of Journalists ..........................................................................9 Physical Attacks ..........................................................................................12 Targeting Media outlets .......................................................................... 14 Arrests ............................................................................................................. 16 Preventing from Media Coverage .......................................................17 The Palestinian Violations .................................................................18 Palestinian Violations in the West Bank ................................................ 19 Palestinian Violations in Gaza Strip ........................................................20 Physical Attacks ........................................................................................20 Arrests ............................................................................................................ 22 Summoning and Questioning ............................................................. 23 Recommendations ............................................................................ 24 Annex .................................................................................................. 25 Details of violations .......................................................................... 27 2018 Introduction PREAMBLE: The year 2018 has witnessed a rise in the number and seriousness of attacks against female and male journalists, and media freedoms in Palestine, compared to the previous year. The increase in the number and serioueness of the Israeli attacks has culminated in the killing of two Palestinian journalists by the Israeli occupation army snipers, namely (Yasser Abdelrahman Murtaja 30 years old, and Ahmad Abu Hussein 24 years old). This is in addition to the injuries of dozens by live bullets, explosive bullets, and gas bombs, directly fired at them in the course of their work which resulted in serious injuries. During 2018, MADA-the Palestinian Center for Development & Media Freedoms has documentd and moniterd a total of 584 attacks committed against media freedoms in Palestine, 455 of which are committed by the Israeli occupation (accounted for 78%), while 129 are committed by various Palestinian authorities, in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, accounted for 22% out of the attacks during 2018. Violations against media freedoms in Palestine during 2018 according to the party that committed the violation Palestinian Palestinian Israeli Party authorities – authorities – Total Occupation West Bank Gaza Strip Number 455 88 41 584 The total number of attacks in 2018 has increased by a total of 54 attacks compared to the overall Israeli and Palestinian attacks during the past year, 2017. In other words, this increase in percentage terms accounts for more than 10%, even though in 2017 an increase by 38% was moniterdcompared to 2016. This means that in just two years, (2017 and 2018), a total increase in the number of attacks against media freedoms in Palestine exceeding 52% was witnessed. This period has also witnessed serious levels of violence in the suppression of media freedoms by the Israeli occupation. A reading of the total figures during the past 10 years (including last year 2018) has showed that an average of 30 attacks against media freedoms are moniterd each month in Palestine throughout this period1. However, the rate of attacks in the year 2018 alone exceeded 48 attacks during each month; that is, an increase by 60% out of the general average during the last decade. Having viewed the Israeli and Palestinian attacks separately in terms of the rate of their occurrence, it was found that an average of 21 Israeli attacks were moniterd every month over the past ten years, but the rate has risen in the past year 2018 alone to about 38 Israeli attacks every month. As for the Palestinian attacks, its average number during the past 10 years amounted to 9.4 per month. During the past year 2018, the number of Palestinian attacks against media freedoms has retalively and limitedly increased to 10.7 attacks each month. 1 This includes both Israeli and Palestinian attacks. 2018 Violations of Media Freedoms in Palestine 5 2018 Introduction Attacks committed during 2018 in terms of the to the party that committed the attack Palestinian Authorities - Gaza Israeli Attacks in the West Bank and Gaza Palestinian Authorities - West Bank In other words, female/male journalists and media outlets in Palestine were, over the past year 2018, exposed to an average of 1.6 attacks per day or more than 3 attacks every two days. (Attacks against journalists and media freedoms in Palestine during the past ten years) Palestinian Year Israeli attacks Total attacks 2009 97 76 173 2010 139 79 218 2011 100 106 206 2012 164 74 238 2013 151 78 229 2014 351 114 465 2015 407 192 599 2016 249 134 383 2017 376 154 530 2018 455 129 584 Total 2489 1136 3625 6 2018 Violations of Media Freedoms in Palestine 2018 Israeli Violations Israeli and Palestinian attacks committed during the past ten years 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 ISRAELI VIOLATIONS Israeli attacks continued to escalate, in terms of quantity and seriousness. During 2018, the Israeli attacks have risen by a total of 79 attacks compared to the year 2017 by a rate of 21%. The year 2017 has witnessed a high record by 51% compared to 2016. It is worth mentioning that if 2016 was more like a measurement year, the year 2018 has witnessed an increase in Israeli attacks against media freedoms in Palestine, amounted to 83%, compared to 2016. This shows part of the picture of the situation in which journalists and media agencies in Palestine are involed not to mention the challenges and risks posed to their lives, safety and ability to do their jobs. (Israeli violations during the past ten yaers) Year 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Total Number 97 139 100 164 151 351 407 249 376 455 2489 î The Most Serious Attacks: The Israeli attacks fall within 15 categories (in addition to another varied set of attacks classified and included together under “other attacks”). However, the most serious attacks which have affected female/male journalists and media outlets in Palestine (among the fifteen categories previously mentioned) fall under seven categories, namely: the murder of journalists which have affected two of the Palestinian journalists, physical injuries, arrest and detention, destruction or closure of headquarters , confiscation, or seizure or damaging equipment. The seven categories of most serious attacks previously mentioned included a total of 346 out of the total Israeli attacks amounted to 455, equivalent 2018 Violations of Media Freedoms in Palestine 7 2018 Israeli Violations Israeli attacks committed during the past ten years 500 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 to 76% of the total attacks committed by Israeli occupation forces against media freedoms in Palestine in 2018. Israeli Violations during 2018 in terms of the type of violation No. Type of violation Number 1 Physical attacks-injuries 240 2 Administrative arrest-detention-transfer 41 3 Prohibition of media coverage 72 4 Confiscate/seize/damage equipment – vehicles 18 5 Detention (including questioning) 41 6 Raiding institutions-houses 5 7 Human shields 1 8 Summoning and questioning 4 9 Travel ban 2 10 Threatening 5 11 Deleting materials 4 12 Incitement and defamation 1 13 Closure of institutions 2 8 2018 Violations of Media Freedoms in Palestine 2018 Israeli Violations 14 Destruction of institutions 2 15 Murder 2 16 Other attacks 15 Total 455 The Line Chart of the Israeli and Palestinian attacks during the past ten years 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 The Killing of Journalists: There is no doubt that the killing of the two journalists, Yasser Abdelrahman Murtaja (30 years old), and Ahmad “Mohammad Ashraf” Hassan Abu Hussein (24 years old), by the Israeli occupation snipers, while they were covering the peaceful return marches in Gaza Strip, with no more than one week between each2, are not only the most cruel and serious offences committed against media freedoms in Palestine, but they also clearly reveal the limitless cruelty of the Israeli Occupation forces towards female/male journalists and media outlets. One of the Israeli occupation army snipers, on 6th April 2018, have shot the photojournalist of “Ain Media”, Yasser Abdelrahman Murtaja (while he was covering the events of the return peaceful march in Khuza’a, east of Gaza).
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