Posted on 07/15/2009 11:33:51 AM PDT by ksm1
The Palestinian Authority has closed down the West Bank offices of Arabic satellite news channel al-Jazeera.
The self-rule body said al-Jazeera promoted a negative view of its work and that the coverage is biased.
It comes a day after a guest on the station accused Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas of collaborating with Israel to have Yasser Arafat killed.
The channel - based in Doha - said it was "stunned" by the Palestinian Authority's decision.
But the BBC's Arab Affairs Analyst, Magdi Abdlehadi, says the controversy surrounding al-Jazeera's broadcast reveals more about the crisis within Mr Abbas's group than about the satellite channel's often rocky relationship with Arab states.
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No, the PLO, like all governments, wants to censor critics, especially when they know that they have U.S. support for doign so.
The Palestinian Authority has closed down the West Bank offices of Arabic satellite news channel al-Jazeera. The self-rule body said al-Jazeera promoted a negative view of its work and that the coverage is biased. It comes a day after a guest on the station accused Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas of collaborating with Israel to have Yasser Arafat killed. The channel - based in Doha - said it was "stunned" by the Palestinian Authority's decision. But the BBC's Arab Affairs Analyst, Magdi Abdlehadi, says the controversy surrounding al-Jazeera's broadcast reveals more about the crisis within Mr Abbas's group than about the satellite channel's often rocky relationship with Arab states.
What paradise, al-Jazeera has never gotten along with the 3Abbas gang & even less so now after airing Qaddumi’s allegations of their involvement in 3Arafat’s death.
& they are only digging themselves into a deeper hole because al-Jazeera is considered by the people to be legit & representative Arab opinion & the 3Abbas gang is considered by the people to be collaborators & total scumbags.
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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3Abbas has now backed down on closing al-Jazeera’s office.
& he still has even less credibility than before, if that is even possible.
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