When they asked him to move, he kind of a made a joke out of it.
Like football and other sports, there are generally two types of esports shoutcasters play-by-play. They may also be required to interview players and other experts. They have to let the police do their jobs. Casters are esports commentators who provide running commentary during live matches, and usually engage in discussion before and after games. Dean Elsdunne, an Israel Police spokesperson, told CNN that there were no restrictions but that journalists had to “obey instructions from the police. Police had said in a briefing on Wednesday that there would be no restrictions on where journalists could operate during the high-tension event. “Why are you pushing us? We’re journalists,” Khadder asked the officers several times during the brief scuffle. Wedeman did, and another officer said: “Don’t be clever.” Officers then began pushing them back as CNN photojournalist Matthias Somm and Khadder filmed. One officer told Wedeman to move five steps back. CNN senior international correspondent Ben Wedeman and producer Kareem Khadder were pushed away from the location where they were trying to film after police told them to move. There was a heavy police presence around the Old City, with 2,500 police devoted specifically to the Flag March and another 1,000 in the area, Chief Superintendent Yoram Segal told reporters on Wednesday, before the event.Ī number of Palestinian shopkeepers told CNN before the event that they would close their shops in the Old City for fear of attacks by far-right Jewish nationalists.Īt one point, Israeli police officers shoved two CNN journalists. Israelis wave national flags during a march marking Jerusalem Day, just outside Jerusalem's Old City. Some of the marchers chanted: “Who is here? The prime minister is here,” suggesting that they think Ben Gvir, not Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, controls Israel’s government.
Men and women take separate routes on the march, with men entering the Old City via Damascus Gate in the north, women entering through Jaffa Gate on the east side of the city, and the two groups meeting at the Western Wall.įar-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir joined the marchers on Thursday evening, arriving at the Damascus Gate entrance and entering the Old City with a police escort. The event has been controversial in the past, and two years ago prompted Palestinian militant group Hamas to fire rockets on Jerusalem Day, helping to trigger an 11-day conflict between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza. The march marks Jerusalem Day, when Israelis celebrate capturing east Jerusalem from Jordan in the 1967 war. Israelis sing and dance with flags by Damascus gate to Jerusalem's Old city as they mark Jerusalem Day.
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