Journalists’ union responding to reports of violence at Haredi anti-draft protest

30 October 2025, 3:17 pm

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews hold placards and dance as they protest against conscription into the Israel Defense Forces, in Jerusalem on October 30, 2025. (Fadel SENNA / AFP)

The Union of Journalists in Israel says it is “handling reports of violence against correspondents and camera crews at the Haredi protest at the entrance to Jerusalem.”

“The union is in contact with journalists in the field, and with senior police officials in the area and is providing responses to the incidents,” the group writes on X.

“We ask journalists who are hurt to reach out to us immediately, and to send documentation of the violence,” it adds, providing a link.

The post comes shortly after Channel 12 reporter Inbar Twizer is pelted with plastic bottles on air as she tries to broadcast from the mass demonstration, which her network says has tens of thousands in attendance.