US EditionPalestinian Authority Suspends Al Jazeera Operations in West Bank
- The Palestinian Authority has suspended Al Jazeera from broadcasting and operating in the occupied West Bank.
- The suspension is due to accusations of broadcasting 'inciting materials' and 'misleading reports,' according to Wafa, the official Palestinian news agency.
- Mostafa Al Barghouti stated that the order against Al Jazeera 'does not benefit the Palestinian people or their just cause.'
- Hamas condemned the decision as 'illegal and unjustified.
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Following Israel's example, the Palestinian Authority is also taking action against the satellite channel and banning it until further notice. Officially, al-Jazeera is accused of interfering in "internal Palestinian affairs". But the reasons lie deeper.
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