A CNN reporter found that she had bitten off a little more than she could chew while trying to cover Palestinian protests against Israel in the West Bank on Friday.
Things turned ugly when Sara Snider, who is seen donning a helmet and bulletproof vest with “press” written on it, tried to approach a group of protesters. One man broke from the crowd and rushed towards her, screaming expletives in her face.
The entire explosive scene was broadcast live on-air by CNN.
PROTESTER: You are genocide supporters. You are not welcome here, genocide supporters. F**K CNN! F**K CNN! Genocide supporters.”
After the man continued to maintain a threatening posture, Snider was then surrounded by bodyguards and/or production assistants. At that point, they all break contact and rush out of the area, with Snider offering this bit of commentary.
SNIDER: We’re fine, but what you are seeing is the heightened fear, anger, frustration with what is happening in general.
I wish it were that simple, but there’s no real reason to believe this is just about justified fear and anger. Opposition to Israeli self-defense against Palestinian terrorist groups is ideologically engrained. Antisemitism is quite literally taught in schools. It is naive to think anyone can just show up in these areas and have a normal conversation about geo-political realities.
R&I – TP
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