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Washington Post Reporter Is Briefly Detained by Israel Washington Post Reporter Is Briefly Detained by Israel
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The Israeli authorities briefly detained The Washington Post’s Jerusalem bureau chief, William Booth, on Tuesday while he was conducting interviews near the Damascus Gate, one of the entrances to the Old City, the newspaper Haaretz reported. The Israeli authorities briefly detained The Washington Post’s Jerusalem bureau chief, William Booth, on Tuesday while he was conducting interviews near the Damascus Gate, one of the entrances to the Old City, according to The Post.
Mr. Booth and an employee of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel were reportedly accused of “incitement,” according to Haaretz, but were released after a brief detention. Mr. Booth and an employee of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel were reportedly accused of “incitement,” the newspaper Haaretz reported, but they were released soon after.
Mr. Booth is a veteran correspondent for The Post, having served as a bureau chief in Mexico, Miami and Los Angeles, as a pop culture correspondent, and as a reporter covering conflicts on several continents. Kris Coratti, a spokeswoman for The Post, said in an email that Mr. Booth was detained by the Israel border police for about 30 minutes. “While Booth has now been released,” she said, “we regard the detention of any of our journalists anywhere as extremely troubling.”
Mr. Booth is a veteran correspondent for The Post, having served as a bureau chief in Mexico, Miami and Los Angeles; as a pop culture correspondent; and as a reporter covering conflicts on several continents.
Last month, The Post’s Tehran bureau chief, Jason Rezaian, was freed after being detained for nearly 18 months by the Iranian authorities.Last month, The Post’s Tehran bureau chief, Jason Rezaian, was freed after being detained for nearly 18 months by the Iranian authorities.
Mr. Rezaian and three other Americans of Iranian ancestry were freed as part of a delicately negotiated swap with the United States, which released seven Iranians who had been held for sanctions violations.Mr. Rezaian and three other Americans of Iranian ancestry were freed as part of a delicately negotiated swap with the United States, which released seven Iranians who had been held for sanctions violations.
The Post did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the arrest of Mr. Booth. The most recent annual report by the research organization Freedom House says that Israel “enjoys a lively, pluralistic media environment in which press freedom is generally respected,” but government officials have recently been critical of foreign journalists.
“We will consider revoking press cards from journalists and editors who are negligent in their work and give headlines that are opposite from reality,” Nitzan Chen, the head of the Government Press Office, wrote on Facebook on February 3.
He was complaining about a post on Twitter from Al Jazeera and a CBS News headline, which reported that the authorities had killed three Palestinians near Damascus Gate — without also noting that the men were believed to have attacked a border police officer. (The CBS headline was changed.)