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July 16, 2009

PA Bans Al Jazeera
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Meanwhile in the West Bank, the Palestinian Authority has banned the
satellite network Al-Jazeera for airing what it calls false statements
about Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. This week Al Jazeera quoted a
Palestinian official as saying Abbas conspired with Israel to
assassinate Palestinian leader Yassir Arafat in 2003. Arafat died the
next year. The PA has accused Al Jazeera of spreading “sedition and
false reports.” Conny Mus of the Foreign Press Association criticized
the ban.

Conny Mus: “We urge them to reconsider this decision because the
Palestinian authority themselves are in favour and stated that clearly
in their institutions of the freedom of the press, and this is a clear
violation and we really hope that they will stop these practices
immediately.”



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