The Journalists' Organization has written an urgent letter to Police Commissioner Ronnie Alsheikh, seeking clarification on why a journalist was attacked during the demonstration of the haredi-religious Peleg Yerushalmi Jerusalem Faction in Bnei Brak against the military draft and the arrest of a yeshiva student for not reporting to the Israel Defense Forces, according to Channel 10 Television.
Yair Orvito, a journalist for IDF Radio claims police kicked him and dragged him by force from the scene of the demonstration, even after he presented them with his media card."