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Israeli reporter trending on Twitter amid outrage over his sneaking into Mecca

19 July 2022, 5:02 pm 1 Edit
Channel 13's Gil Tamary in Mecca, Saudi Arabia with the Grand Mosque in the background from footage broadcast on July 18, 2022. (Screen capture/ Channel 13)
Channel 13's Gil Tamary in Mecca, Saudi Arabia with the Grand Mosque in the background from footage broadcast on July 18, 2022. (Screen capture/ Channel 13)

Channel 13 reporter Gil Tamari is trending on Twitter in Israel and beyond amid outrage over his decision to sneak into Mecca, defying a ban on non-Muslim entry, and broadcast from the Muslim holy town while in Saudi Arabia to cover the GCC+3 summit.

Tamari was one of three reporters from the Israeli press who were allowed into the country for the regional conference.

Mohammed Saud, a prominent pro-Israel social media activist from Saudi Arabia tears into Tamari in a video uploaded to Twitter. “It’s like if I were to enter a synagogue and read the Torah. Channel 13 is a disgrace,” he says in the Hebrew video.

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