Palestinian Journalists Targeted as Netanyahu and Abbas March for ‘Free Expression’ in Paris
‘Palestinian journalists and social media activists are facing a crackdown on free expression at a time when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas marched in Paris following fatal attacks in that city against the satirical publication Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket.
Journalists in the occupied West Bank continue to face the threats of persecution and violence from both Israeli and Palestinian Authority forces, accoding to a recent report by the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA).
According to the Ramallah-based group, Israeli occupation authorities arrested Palestinians “for their writings on Facebook” and the Palestinian Authority cracked down on “journalists, media students and activists for their writings on Facebook.”’
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