CNN reporter Sara Sidner is accosted live on-air by angry Palestinians in the West Bank: ‘F*** CNN – you are NOT welcome here!’
- Sidner and her crew accosted by Palestinian protesters in West Bank on Friday
- The encounter is latest demonstration of Middle Eastern hatred of USA
- President Biden laid out a generous aid package to help Israel in its war
- US troops have come under repeated attack in the region over last two weeks
CNN reporter Sara Sidner was accosted live on-air on this morning as she reported from the West Bank, with an angry crowd of Palestinians telling her: ‘F**k CNN – you are not welcome here’ in the latest indicator of the region’s bubbling hatred of America.
Sidner is among the network’s reporters who have been in the region since Hamas waged war on October 7. On Friday, she was reporting from a street in the West Bank – one of two Palestinian territories – when she was approached by a furious man.
‘You are a genocide supporter. You are not welcome here!’ he screamed at Sidner, inching closer to her face while others surrounded them.
‘F*** CNN! F*** CNN!’ they screamed while Sidner and her crew moved away calmly.
CNN reporter Sara Sidner was accosted by a group of Palestinians while reporting from the West Bank on Friday
‘You are genocide reporters, you are not welcome here,’ the man told Sidner and her crew
A crowd gathered while the man inched closer to Sidner’s face, pointing at her and saying ‘f**k CNN!’
The confrontation is further proof of the growing aggression towards the US in the Middle East and around the world.
On Friday, anti-American protests were seen in Malaysia, Indonesia and Bangladesh, while Palestinian supporters turned out in their thousands elsewhere.
Earlier this week, the US military in Iraq, Syria and Yemen fended off drone strikes and missiles.
The USS Carney shot down two land missiles and three drones fired by Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen.
It’s unclear whether the target was Israel or the ship. There were no injuries onboard the ship and none were reported on land among civilians.
Sidner and the crew moved away quickly and referred to the incident as proof of growing aggression towards the US in the Middle East
Sidner is among a number of CNN reporters in the Middle East
The incident was the fourth in three days of increased aggression against US troops in the region
On Tuesday, troops at the al-Asad airbase in Iraq intercepted three drones. To the north, troops the Al-Harir Air Base intercepted another two.
There were also attacks against troops in Syria, near the al-Tanf airbase near Syria’s border with Iraq and Jordan.
Another was reported at the Conoco airfield. Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an Iran-backed group, has claimed credit for the attempted strike against the Conoco base, but US officials are yet to confirm that specific strike.
On Wednesday, a contractor at the al-Asad airbase in Iraq died of a heart attack while sheltering amid reports of an incoming attack.
President Biden last night laid out a generous, $100billion aid package for Israel and Ukraine.
‘We cannot and will not let terrorists like Hamas and tyrants like Putin win,’ Biden said in his address from the Oval Office.
President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Biden was in New York to address the 78th United Nations General Assembly. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
MALAYSIA: Malaysians burn Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s pictures and the country’s flags as they protest outside the U.S. embassy, in support of Palestinians in Gaza, in Kuala Lumpur on Friday
INDONESIA: Protesters shout slogans as they wave Palestinian flags during a rally supporting the Palestinian people outside the building housing the U.N. representative office in Jakarta on Friday
BANGLADESH: Bangladeshi Muslims gather in a protest in solidarity with the Palestinian people at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque after Friday’s prayer, in Dhaka on Friday
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