Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Dayton....I mean, Palestinian Authority Closes Al-Jazeera in W.Bank


Al-Manar

"15/07/2009 The Palestinian Authority ordered the closure of Al-Jazeera television in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday for airing "false" information, according to the government said in a statement.

The information ministry said that it was taking the Qatar-based satellite channel to court over a report that it aired the previous day and that its operations in the occupied West Bank would be suspended in the meantime.

The statement said that the pan-Arab channel "has been devoting significant segments of its broadcasts to incitement against the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority"......."

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