Minister of Communications Yoaz Hendel (New Hope) called Israel National News' Knesset correspondent, Hezki Baruch, inquiring about his safety following Monday's incident at the New Hope conference, in which the INN correspondent was manhandled for filming a protestor.
Hendel condemned the violence against journalists in the conversation, "I insist that journalists do their job and that no permission be given to harm or interfere with the work of journalists," Hendel said.