Posted on 01/10/2016 12:04:46 PM PST by Nachum
Salim Sweidan, a Palestinian journalist who works for the Maâan news agency, was arrested by Palestinian Authority security forces on Sunday after he reported that the PA provided Israel information which led to the arrest of the gunmen suspected of killing Eitam and Naâama Henkin on a West Bank roadway last October.
The Shin Bet said that a Hamas terrorist cell from Nablus was behind the October 1 murder of Eitam and Naama Henkin as they drove near Itamar with their four children.
Sweidan reported on Maâanâs television network that PA officials were involved in the arrest of the Hamas operatives.
The journalist is being accused by the Palestinian government of âslander, inaccurate reporting, reporting facts that run counter to national responsibility, violating journalistic ethics, and harming national unity.â
Maâan journalists condemned the arrest, noting that Sweidan was not the source of the information that was reported.
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