Yesterday, Israeli security forces arrested Malhem, a Palestinian reporter for the Hebron-based radio broadcaster Marah FM, while he was covering protests in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, according to news reports and a statement by the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate, a local press union, which was shared with CPJ. Marah FM posted photos on Facebook of Malhem’s arrest, in which the journalist can be seen in the back of an Israeli military vehicle. CPJ could not determine the reason for his arrest or where Malhem is being held. “The arrest of Mohammad Malhem and the injuries suffered by Abdul Mohsen Shalaldeh are part of a pattern of Israeli security forces showing little regard for the safety of Palestinian journalists,” said CPJ’s Middle East and North Africa Representative Ignacio Miguel Delgado. CPJ has documented multiple instances of Israeli security forces arresting and injuring journalists with live and rubber bullets in recent months.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 03, 2020 20:48 UTC