The lives of journalists in the West Bank are now under direct threat.
Settlers are attacking journalists and attempting to prevent them from carrying out their work, blocking their way while they cover demolition operations between the towns of Birzeit and Atara, north of
Mahmoud al-Bassiuni, 34, a father of four from Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip, he was held handcuffed and blindfolded, starved, repeatedly beaten, and subjected to attacks by dogs. In his testimony to B’Tselem, he also describes detainees being beaten on their genitals. One was