The Jerusalem District Attorney’s Office charged former NBC journalist Marwat Al-Azza with incitement to terrorism and identification with a terrorist group, the Hebrew news site Ynet reported. Azza was arrested about two weeks ago, on Thursday, November 16, following posts she had made to her personal Facebook page about the October 7 attack on Israel.
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[All of the usual suspects will turn this into a journalistic cause celebre, but the real question should be how NBC and other outlets choose their reporters in war zones. Hiring terror advocates for reporting on conflicts goes some way in explaining the kind of coverage we’ve seen thus far, especially the al-Ahli Hospital journalistic disaster. — Ed]
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