11 October '10
Tadmit, a watchdog group, has asked the government press office to suspend the credentials of reporters and cameramen who were lying in wait when David Beeri and his son were attacked by stonethrowers on Friday. Reportedly, one of those present was a photographer for the Israeli website Walla.
Tadmit, the Center for Strengthening Democracy in Israel Media, contacted GPO Head Daniel Seaman Sunday and demanded that he take immediate action against the journalists who were present at the violent event.
The NGO also wrote the Press Council and demanded that it launch an inquiry into the behavior of the journalists. It noted that the Council's Code of Ethics specifies that “the moral and legal obligation... to give assistance to a person who is in grave and immediate danger of losing life or limb, also applies to a journalist during his journalistic activity.”
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