Police had said they suspected brothers of Sarit Ahmad, who had threatened her over her sexual orientation, but report claims detainees aren't related to her
Ali Mugrabi of Channel 13 news says suspects broke his phone and beat him after event near Druze town of Yarka; cameraman accuses cops of turning blind eye
Sarit Ahmad, then 15 years old, told officers one brother offered NIS 200,000 to whoever killed her, other threatened to stab her in stomach after she came out
May. 20, 2021 8:23 PM
A reporter for Israel’s right-leaning, pro-Netanyahu Channel 20 was fired on Wednesday evening after declaring, live on-air, that he was disappointed that no Arabs were killed after a rocket hit a soccer field in the northern city of Shfaram.
“One (rocket) has fallen on a soccer field in a large Arab community. Regretfully for us, it did not result in mass deaths there,” military commentator Kobi Finkler said, setting off a firestorm of criticism.
Channel 20, which started broadcasting in 2014, has been widely compared to Fox News in the United States for its rightward slant and employing many conservative journalists and commentators.