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Post by schwartzie on May 20, 2020 15:05:38 GMT -5
"A Black Day for Palestinian Journalism"
by Khaled Abu Toameh May 20, 2020 at 5:00 am The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) has denounced the order as a "black day in the history of Palestinian journalism and a massacre against freedom of expression." The number of Palestinian journalists targeted by the Palestinian Authority may have dropped, but it is obvious that most of these reporters practice self-censorship and take extreme care to avoid angering their leaders. That is most likely why most Palestinian journalists living in PA-controlled areas rarely, if ever, report on issues that reflect negatively on Palestinian leaders. The only freedom of expression they are allowed to practice is one that includes heaping praise on Palestinian leaders while bashing Israel on a daily basis. Those journalists probably see themselves as foot soldiers in the Palestinian national struggle to destroy Israel and replace it with yet another extremist Muslim state. Full article at link
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