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SvennoJ 5 days ago
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Main events on Januari 1st

  • Israeli forces killed at least 28 Palestinians on New Year’s Day, as Defence Minister Israel Katz warned Hamas to release captives or face “blows with a force not seen in Gaza for a long time”.
  • The number of infants who have died from the cold in Gaza has risen to seven, as Palestinian health officials warned there are not enough blankets or warm clothes for hundreds of thousands of displaced people.
  • Days of heavy rains and flooding are making life for displaced Palestinians living in makeshift tents even more dire, according to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA).
  • Some 632 Israeli settlers have stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under the protection of Israeli police, performing religious rituals on its grounds, the Wafa news agency reports.
  • The Palestinian Authority (PA) has issued a ban on Al Jazeera broadcasts, closing the network’s offices in the occupied West Bank, after accusing it of publishing “inciting material” and “interference” in Palestine’s internal affairs.



CPJ urges reversal of Palestinian Authority’s Al Jazeera ban

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) decision to temporarily suspend Al Jazeera’s broadcast should be reversed “immediately”.

The CPJ’s chief executive, Jodie Ginsberg, described the move as “really disturbing”, but said it was not a surprise given the PA’s track record on press freedom.


The PA was always part of the problem, not protecting Palestinians, rather there as subcontractor for Israel. The fact that Israel collects the taxes and 'gives' them to the PA with conditions (and withholding them since the current war) means the PA can't be impartial.

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/04/israel-withholding-tax-revenue-and-revoking-banking-waivers-could-paralyse



UN expert urges PA to reverse ban on Al Jazeera

Francesca Albanese has called on the Palestinian Authority to rescind its decision to ban Al Jazeera’s broadcasts in the occupied West Bank, saying “journalism is not a crime”.

“When Israel banned AJ months ago, I urged the concerned authorities to reverse that decision. I ask the same to the PA now,” she said on X.