[IsraelTimes] An Al Jazeera journalist was arrested in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem on Saturday, with Israeli police accusing her of attacking officers.
The correspondent was identified by Al Jazeera as Givara Budeiri, the Qatar
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i network’s Jerusalem correspondent. She was released hours later and has denied the accusations against her, according to Al Jazeera.
"They came from everywhere, I don’t know why. They kicked me to the wall," Budeiri said. "They kicked me inside the car in a very bad way ... they were kicking me from everywhere."
Footage from the scene showed the correspondent’s broken camera equipment on the floor after she was taken into custody.
According to reports, Budeiri received a 15-day restraining order barring her from the neighborhood following her release from custody.
The police had announced they arrested in the neighborhood two suspects, a man and a woman, for assaulting officers after they refused to identify themselves. A spokesperson for the police told The Times of Israel that the journalist was among those arrested.
The network condemned the arrest, calling it "shameful behavior and a new chapter in a series of Israeli attacks," and demanded Budeiri’s immediate release, which occurred shortly after.
The Paleostinian Ministry of Information also condemned the arrest, saying that it "indicates what level of brutality the occupation has reached, which has waged at the same time a fierce war against journalists, especially in occupied Jerusalem," Wafa, the official Paleostinian Authority news agency reported.
According to the police, demonstrations were taking place in the neighborhood at the time, which included protesters hurling stones and launching fireworks toward officers. 
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