Statement by the Foreign Press Association on harassment of journalists while reporting from Jerusalem bombing location [November 25, 2022]
The Foreign Press Association strongly supports channel France 24 Arabic-speaking Jerusalem team – correspondent Leila Odeh and her cameraman Nader Baybers – who were harassed Wednesday, November 23, while covering the aftermath of a deadly bomb blast. The two journalists were surrounded by a group of young Israeli extremists who made offensive gestures and were verbally aggressive towards correspondent Leila Odeh, pronouncing insult of “Death to Arabs!”, “we don’t want Arabs, we don’t want terrorists, get out of here”, and all this went on as the correspondent was broadcasting live and on-air. As an experienced journalist speaking Hebrew, Arabic and English, Leila Odeh asked help and protection from a nearby