Harper’s bodyguards accused of assaulting Palestinian cameraman

Palestinian journalists accused Prime Minister Stephen Harper's bodyguards of assaulting them when they tried to cover his visit Monday to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. The cameramen objected in anger when the videographer for the prime minister's office, who is filming his every move during his inaugural Middle East visit, was allowed into the church ahead of the rest of the media. The Palestinians believed the videographer was a Canadian reporter and complained bitterly. The Palestinian Union of Journalists said that one journalist was punched in the face and another was hit with a metal object and urged all Palestinian journalists to boycott Harper's visit to Palestine. It also called on Harper to apologize