Journalist Wissam Hamouda released by Israeli police

On Wednesday 3rd October, Israeli occupation authorities released the journalist Wissam Hamouda, a reporter at Bab al-Arab website in Jerusalem after an interrogation lasted for hours in al-Qashla police station in Bab el-Khalil (Jaffa gate) in Jerusalem. The Israeli police have accused him of "Inciting and provoking chaos in the Al-Aqsa Mosque and leading Palestinians to protest against settlers breaking into the mosque." as they claimed. Israeli police released Hamouda on Bail and handed him a decision that ban him entry to the mosque for 15 days. "It seems that Israeli authorities aim at silencing the voice of media and the truth, and prevent the media from revealing Israeli practices in Jerusalem and al-Aqsa mosque." said Hamouda, "Israeli police considers journalists who do press coverage in the mosque outlaws, and I call on all human rights institutions to intervene to stop attacks on Palestinian Journalists." It's worth noting that Israeli authorities have banned several Palestinian journalists from entering into the mosque and deported others. They also detained Panet reporter, Amer Abed Rabbo, in the Israeli police station in Bab al-Selsela for interrogation and then released him without conditions. From / PNN