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Channel 12 office door shattered in third vandalism incident amid public outrage

From Jerusalem Post · () English

Translated from English, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • The glass entrance door of Channel 12 News studios in Tel Aviv was shattered, the third vandalism incident targeting the outlet.
  • The attack follows public campaigns and criticism against the news company over its coverage of the Sde Teiman affair, with activists and officials hanging signs and Channel 14 reporters broadcasting hostile content.
  • Sources at Channel 12 News described the act as incitement and hatred that had crossed boundaries, while a photographer lamented the escalating violence and lack of government response.

The glass entrance door of Channel 12 News studios in Tel Aviv was shattered on Sunday morning, marking a concerning escalation after graffiti targeting the news company appeared twice in recent months. The incident occurs amid heated public discourse and campaigns directed against the Israeli news outlet.

Thank you to our government, to the police and to everyone involved; this is what our country looks like. First week graffiti, second week graffiti, this time they already broke the door. What is the next step?

— Roei KastroChannel 12 photographer Roei Kastro, who documented the damage and posted a photo of the shattered door on social media.

Right-wing activists and government officials have hung signs across the country criticizing Channel 12 over its coverage of the Sde Teiman affair. Channel 14 reporters have also frequently broadcast hostile content against the channel. Sources at Channel 12 News described the act as one of "incitement and hatred that had crossed boundaries."

Channel 12 photographer Roei Kastro documented the damage, posting a photo of the shattered door on social media. "Thank you to our government, to the police and to everyone involved; this is what our country looks like," Kastro wrote. "First week graffiti, second week graffiti, this time they already broke the door. What is the next step?"

Every sane person, whose heart has not yet been completely destroyed and whose eyes have been completely blinded by hatred, hopes to understand how dangerous it is to live in a country where the government, its head, the minister responsible for the media, and the minister responsible for the security of citizens will not say a word today about the insane violence against journalists. (And will also continue to incite against them, of course)

— Michal PeylanChannel 12's welfare reporter, commenting on the incident on X/Twitter.

Michal Peylan, Channel 12's welfare reporter, commented on the incident, questioning the lack of response from the government and ministers responsible for media and citizen security. "Every sane person... hopes to understand how dangerous it is to live in a country where the government... will not say a word today about the insane violence against journalists," she wrote on X/Twitter.

incitement and hatred that had crossed boundaries

— Sources at Channel 12 NewsDescribing the act of vandalism.
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Originally published by Jerusalem Post in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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