Emma Hurd
Middle East Correspondent
Emma Hurd is the Sky News Middle East Correspondent based in Jerusalem. During 2011, she reported on the anti-Gaddafi uprising in Libya, covering the conflict from Benghazi and Tripoli.
For five years, before moving to Jerusalem, Emma was Sky News Africa Correspondent. During this time she spent weeks working undercover in Zimbabwe to report on the turmoil of the 2008 election and revealed the humanitarian crisis under Robert Mugabe’s rule.
The South African police were also forced to take action after Emma's coverage of the shocking treatment of illegal immigrants from Zimbabwe at the hands of local farmers.
Emma has reported on the post-election violence in Kenya, the crisis in Darfur, child slavery in Ghana, and the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Emma joined Sky News in 1996 and has been a foreign correspondent since October 2000 with this being her second stint in Jerusalem.
During her first posting in the Middle East, Emma reported on a period of dramatic change in the region, including the death of the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Israel’s historic withdrawal from Gaza, the election of Hamas, and the 2006 Israel/Lebanon war.
As US correspondent, Emma led Sky News’ New York coverage of the September 11 attacks.
In 2000 she was awarded a gold medal at the New York Film and Television awards for her report on the final months of Israel’s occupation of southern Lebanon and she has twice been nominated as Journalist of the Year by the Royal Television Society.
Videos
Articles
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Around 50 Palestinians suffered minor injuries during the protests 9:00pm UK, Tuesday May 15, 2012 Emma Hurd, Middle East correspondent Dozens of Palestinians have been injured in clashes with Israeli forces as thousands joined mass protests across the W
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Protesters have been urged to avoid clashes with Israeli troops 12:10pm UK, Tuesday May 15, 2012 Emma Hurd, Middle East correspondent Thousands of Palestinians have joined protests to mark "Nakba Day" - commemorating the "catastrophe" of the creation of
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4:50pm UK, Monday May 14, 2012 Emma Hurd, Middle East correspondent A deal has been reached with Israel to end a mass hunger strike by hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, according to a Palestinian official. The agreement was apparently struck as the Inte
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10:05am UK, Thursday May 10, 2012 Emma Hurd, Middle East correspondent More than 40 people have been killed and 170 wounded in two powerful explosions in the Syrian capital Damascus. State television said the "terrorist bombings" targeted an area that ho
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Benjamin Netanyahu is seen as keen to strengthen his mandate to address domestic and foreign policy issues 3:27pm UK, Sunday May 06, 2012 Emma Hurd, Middle East correspondent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is poised to call early elections - a
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Hagai Amir (right) issued death threats to Ariel Sharon (left) while in prison for planning the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin (centre). 1:38pm UK, Friday May 04, 2012 Emma Hurd, Middle East correspondent The brother of the assassin of Israeli Prime Mini
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Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration against the interim military leadership outside the defence ministry 2:03pm UK, Wednesday May 02, 2012 Emma Hurd, Middle East correspondent At least 20 people have been killed in Cairo and more than 100 wou
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The ban on Ahmed Shafiq being able to stand has been overturned 10:43am UK, Thursday April 26, 2012 Emma Hurd, Middle East correspondent The last prime minister to serve under ousted Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak has won the right to compete in the cou
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Lt Gen Benny Gantz speaking last year after meeting newly freed Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit 10:32am UK, Wednesday April 25, 2012 Emma Hurd, Middle East correspondent Israel's military chief has said he does not believe Iran will decide to develop nuclea
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1:58pm UK, Tuesday April 17, 2012 Emma Hurd, Middle East correspondent More than 80 Israeli soldiers and reservists have signed a petition of support for a military commander who was filmed assaulting a Danish pro-Palestinian activist. Lieutenant Colonel
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