The Palestinian Authority's Crackdown on Journalists

(Gatestone Institute) Khaled Abu Toameh - Arrests of Palestinian journalists by the PA due to unfavorable reporting on the Palestinian Authority and its security forces have become commonplace. In the past few years, Palestinian security forces have arrested several journalists and bloggers for criticizing President Mahmoud Abbas and other senior Palestinian officials. The campaign against journalists is designed to prevent the world from understanding that the PA is a dictatorship. So far, the plan is working.


2016-06-29 00:00:00

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