A group of journalists from the Arab sector announced tonight (Tuesday) that in protest, they had left all the groups of police spokespersons, in the Hebrew and Arabic languages. This, after the events of the previous night in Tamra, in which, due to a shooting by the police forces, a local resident, Ahmad Hajaj, was killed.
The statement read: “We, the Arab journalists, field reporters, editors and opinion columnists in various and diverse media, national and local, hereby announce a protest group departure from all the police and Hebrew-speaking groups of the police. This decision is a step in protest of the various and strange police announcements, which consistently accuse the victim, the Arab public“To which we belong.”
Documentation of the shooting scene in Tamra (Photo: Silence People)
“The time has come to voice our protest and shout as media and opinion leaders, and to condemn at the same time, The inaction of the police in preventing the escalating violence“And the murder and organized crime in Arab society, as the Israel Police continues its aggressive policy toward the Arab public, and blaming the victim,” they added.
“The last and most serious case that took place in the city of Tamra, following which student Ahmad Hajazi was murdered in cold blood by the police, was the straw that broke the camel’s back. , Declarations of guilt and falsehood, consistently blaming the victim, before examining and before interrogation, which proves that the Israeli police continue their security and suspicious attitude towards every Arab citizen in the country, and do not treat us as equal citizens. Managers and stop receiving the messages you send us. “