Israeli Channel 13 chief international news editor Gil Tamari is facing criticism for breaking a Saudi ban on non-Muslims visiting Mecca.
The report of his visit aired on Monday. By Tuesday, Tamari had profusely apologized on Twitter for the appearance.
This founding principle also guided us in this journalistic endeavor and allowed many people to see, for the first time, a place that is so important to our Muslim brothers and sisters, and to human history.
— גיל תמרי (@tamarygil) July 19, 2022
He again apologized in another tweet, stating, “Once again, if anyone was hurt by or offended by this, I apologize wholeheartedly. We had no such intention.”
מכה היא העיר הכי קדושה לאיסלאם ומוקפת בכניסתה במצלמות משוכללות כדי למנוע כניסה למי שאינו מוסלמי. גיל תמרי היה לכתב הישראלי הראשון שהצליח להיכנס ולצאת למסע בעיר. ומה קרה כשחשדו בו? הכתבה המלאה – הערב במהדורה המרכזית@tamarygil pic.twitter.com/BzYKXP06P0
— חדשות 13 (@newsisrael13)
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He is lucky the Saudis didn’t chop off his head!
It’s almost like letting non-Jews walk all over the entire Har HaBayis … oh, wait…
Attention getting provoking and disrespectful.
No shame!
His network should never have published it.