Yedioth Ahronoth photographer was injured, was treated - and slandered police
Ata Awisat, Yedioth Ahronoth photographer injured by a stone on the Temple Mount, refused to be treated by a police medic, ran to complain that the police refused to treat him • Documentation
- Eli Shlesinger, B'Chadrei Charedim
- כ"ח אדר התשע"ג
דובר משטרת ישראל
Ata Awisat, Yedioth Ahronoth photographer, injured on the Temple Mount from stones thrown at police forces that struck him, was evacuated by members of the Red Cross to the Mughrabi Gate.
Police point out that contrary to the claims of Awisat that he did not receive medical treatment by police, the police photographs prove unequivocally that a border police medic came to the stretcher of the photographer, wanted to treat him but he refused.
Police shows a sequence of photographs proving, that the photographer got off the stretcher after he refused to accept medical treatment, went down at the Mughrabi Gate to the Western Wall, where he asked other photographers to photograph him - while complaining to them that he did not receive medical treatment from police.
Ata Awisat, Yedioth Ahronoth photographer responded to B'Chadrei Charedim that he refused medical treatment from a paramedic officer, after he came to him only 10 minutes after he was wounded.
"I was hit with something thrown at me, the Red Cross made it clear that this requires urgent treatment, and wanted to evacuate me to the hospital Al - Makassed on the Mount of Olives. I refused, because I wanted medical treatment in an Israeli hospital. When I got to the Mughrabi Gate, there were officers who looked at me and did nothing. A policeman named Shimshon, contacted me and offered medical assistance; I ignored him and continued on foot towards the wall, feeling dizzy. On the way, one of the officers introduced himself as a medic approached me and offered to help, I told him that for about 10 minutes he looks at me and only now he comes up to me? I refused. At the hospital I had 30 stitches and 10 of my teeth were broken."
"I'm ready to go against the police until the end; senior officers stood by and helped me."
Police point out that contrary to the claims of Awisat that he did not receive medical treatment by police, the police photographs prove unequivocally that a border police medic came to the stretcher of the photographer, wanted to treat him but he refused.
Police shows a sequence of photographs proving, that the photographer got off the stretcher after he refused to accept medical treatment, went down at the Mughrabi Gate to the Western Wall, where he asked other photographers to photograph him - while complaining to them that he did not receive medical treatment from police.
Ata Awisat, Yedioth Ahronoth photographer responded to B'Chadrei Charedim that he refused medical treatment from a paramedic officer, after he came to him only 10 minutes after he was wounded.
"I was hit with something thrown at me, the Red Cross made it clear that this requires urgent treatment, and wanted to evacuate me to the hospital Al - Makassed on the Mount of Olives. I refused, because I wanted medical treatment in an Israeli hospital. When I got to the Mughrabi Gate, there were officers who looked at me and did nothing. A policeman named Shimshon, contacted me and offered medical assistance; I ignored him and continued on foot towards the wall, feeling dizzy. On the way, one of the officers introduced himself as a medic approached me and offered to help, I told him that for about 10 minutes he looks at me and only now he comes up to me? I refused. At the hospital I had 30 stitches and 10 of my teeth were broken."
"I'm ready to go against the police until the end; senior officers stood by and helped me."