News reporter 13 Avishai Ben-Haim received harsh abusive chants during a demonstration against Netanyahu in Jerusalem
Avishai Ben-Haim during the coverage of the protest in Jerusalem last month
Photo:
Yossi Eli / News 13
"Son of death, Goebbels, we will drag your body with vans," some people shouted at News 13 journalist Dr. Avishai Ben-Haim, who came to cover the demonstration near the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem. During a video documenting the attack on Ben Haim, people were heard shouting derogatory remarks at the journalist.
"We'll drag your body in vans; dead man, run away": curses and threats on the life of News 13 commentator, @AvishayBenHaim, in a demonstration near the prime minister's residence >> https://t.co/G81QufvK5E pic.twitter.com/c4MfR1BQru
- News 13 (@ newsisrael13) August 3, 2020
This is already Ben Haim's second attack during the demonstrations against Netanyahu. Last month, Ben-Haim arrived in Jerusalem to report on a protest in the city center, accompanied by reporter Yossi Eli. While Ben Haim was waiting for him to enter the broadcast, one of the demonstrators appeared next to him and dropped his microphone.
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The act was condemned by politicians from the right and left, and was joined by President Reuven Rivlin, who wrote on Twitter: "We must not accept such views with equanimity. Do not close your eyes, this is not our way. This is not the way of the people of Israel. The political and it will be every citizen - prime minister, minister, MK, journalist. I turn to all the camps on the right and on the left - calm the winds, stop the hatred. "