UK Independent
Israel has long been strip-searching women and children, a policy that U.S. media sometimes cover up, from AP to Democracy Now. A Palestinian-Finnish journalist recently refused to submit and was prohibited from covering the Pence event in what the Foreign Press Associated called “ethnic profiling”
A press organisation in Israel has accused the authorities of “ethnic profiling” after a female Finnish journalist whose father is Palestinian, was told she had to undergo a strip search if she wanted to cover an event that was part of the visit of US Vice President Mike Pence.
The Foreign Press Association (FPA) in Israel said the journalist from Finland’s state broadcaster, who is accredited by the government press office, was taken behind a curtain at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office, where she said she was questioned, patted down, and then asked to remove her bra for an inspection.
She reportedly refused to do and was prevented from covering the event.
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Israel has long been strip-searching women and children, a policy that U.S. media sometimes cover up, from AP to Democracy Now. A Palestinian-Finnish journalist recently refused to submit and was prohibited from covering the Pence event in what the Foreign Press Associated called “ethnic profiling”
A press organisation in Israel has accused the authorities of “ethnic profiling” after a female Finnish journalist whose father is Palestinian, was told she had to undergo a strip search if she wanted to cover an event that was part of the visit of US Vice President Mike Pence.
The Foreign Press Association (FPA) in Israel said the journalist from Finland’s state broadcaster, who is accredited by the government press office, was taken behind a curtain at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office, where she said she was questioned, patted down, and then asked to remove her bra for an inspection.
She reportedly refused to do and was prevented from covering the event.
Read more
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