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Sunday, November 15, 2009

Journalist said attacked as ultra-Orthodox protest Intel

Ma'an
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish demonstrators attacked a Palestinian photojournalist and damaged his car in Jerusalem on Saturday, he told Ma’an.

Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Israelis demonstrated against work taking place on Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath, in front of a new plant opened by microchip giant Intel in West Jerusalem.

The photographer Ata Uweisat said he was assaulted when he tried to cover the protest.

...Similar demonstrations have taken place every saturday since the Israeli-controlled Jerusalem Municipality two months ago opened a parking lot that operates on Saturdays.

...The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate condemned the assault ... Full story
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