14-04-15 US: Matter of Israeli journalist Majd Kayyal, under incommunicado detention, came up in daily State Department briefing // עניינו של מג'ד כיאל עלה בתידרוך היומי בסטייט-דפרטמנט

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===14-04-15 US: Matter of Israeli journalist under incommunicado detention came up in daily State Department briefing //
עניינו של מג'ד כיאל עלה בתידרוך היומי בסטייט-דפרטמנט===
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Israeli citizen, 23 yo journalist Majd Kayyal is held incommunicado, with Decree of Prohibition of Publication on information in this matter, and all court records under seal.
עניינו של מג'ד כיאל עלה בתידרוך היומי בסטייט-דפרטמנט אתמול

QUESTION: On Israel, two of them have to do with arrests made by Israeli authorities over the course of the past week or so. One involves an American woman, Mariam Barghouti.
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Then there’s a second one. This is not an American citizen, but it’s a journalist --
MS. PSAKI: Mm-hmm.
QUESTION: -- Majd Kayyal. I don’t know if I’m pronouncing the name right. He was arrested over the weekend. Are you aware of this case?
MS. PSAKI: We have seen the reports, but – that he’s being held incommunicado detention, but we have not been able to confirm these reports. We’re continuing to seek more information.
QUESTION: Is this – recognizing that you don’t have an interest because he is not an American citizen, do you – is this the kind of thing that you – that causes you concern, these types of arrests, or is this something --
MS. PSAKI: Certainly, reports of journalists being arrested certainly cause concern, but we don’t have any confirmation of that specific case, so we’re just looking for more information.
QUESTION: Do you know if you have asked the Israelis about it?
MS. PSAKI: I’d have to check on that. I believe we were exploring through all avenues we have, but I don’t want to speak out of turn, so let me check back with our team

Daily Press Briefing: April 14, 2014:
http://m.state.gov/md224807.htm#ISRAEL