PA threatens to kill news workers if broadcast photos of celebrating Palestinians

IMRA.org ^ | 9/12/01 | Aaron Lerner

[vrwc54]

Israel Radio correspondent Danny Zaken reported on the noon news program that while hundreds of Palestinians went out to the streets in many cities in Judea and Samaria (but not Gaza) to celebrate the attacks against the United States - distributing candy, waving flags, honking horns and shooting in the air in joy, coverage by the foreign news was typically limited to east Jerusalem.

According to Zaken, at least two news organizations, a large news agency and a foreign TV network, had footage of the celebrations in Nablus and Ramallah that included Palestinian policemen shooting in the air in joy within a crowd of hundreds.

They declined, Zaken reports, to broadcast the material after senior officials in the Palestinian Authority - including PA ministers who are frequently interviewed by the media - contacted the heads of the news organizations, threatening the lives of the cameramen and stringers in the field and that if they broadcast the reports that they would not be allowed to cover events within the Authority in the future.

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[vrwc54]

I heard the Palestinian spokesman lie and say it was only a few children celebrating. Peter Jennings reiterated those lies on ABC. Only Fox news reported on the true scope of celebrations among Palestinians.

[Lazamataz]

Bump for your buddies. Why weren't you there?

[Wm Bach]

He's on another thread saying that we are no better than they, if we hunt the b*stards down and send them straight to hell. Frikin' traitor to the end.

[xinga]

Who do you believe. Me or your lying eyes?

[Lazamataz]

He's on another thread saying that we are no better than they, if we hunt the b*stards down and send them straight to hell. Frikin' traitor to the end!

I know.

[MadIvan]

I heard the Palestinian spokesman lie and say it was only a few children celebrating.

Too late. We saw it on British news last night - it was a bloody throng.

Thank you, ITN News.

Regards, Ivan

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[Benrand]

Peter Jennings is a TRAITOR.

[xinga]

He's on another thread saying that we are no better than they, if we hunt the b*stards down and send them straight to hell. Frikin' traitor to the end.

Come on, he's only supporting people that are killing kids of Amerika. What's so bad about that? (Off sarcasm)

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Don't blame the peasants, target and take out their leaders.

[mommadooo3]

I saw the celebrating swine on FOX news. The scene they showed was of a obese sow, and a bunch of little piglets jumping, laughing and showing off their plastic flags. The things that I started thinking cannot be printed on this family site.

Let's hope FOX does a follow-up if the same things are returned to them.

[kalt]

NBC showed the real footage too.

[xinga]

The weirdest thing about this is our tax dollars are helping to support them.

[Jim Noble]

>>they would not be allowed to cover events within the Authority in the future<<

The Authority has no future.

[Wm Bach]

How do you keep your veins from exploding in your head when you read such vile traitorous spew coming from another supposed American?

Too bad there's no way to reach through the monitor and throttle the skunk. I can't even talk right now. A family friend, the chaplain for the FDNY went in with the first wave - MIA, and I have to hear excuses!!!!!

God bless MJ, may he turn up okay.

[johnny7]

He's a Canadian! You'll have to settle for sniveling pussbag who bites the pillow for Palestinians.

[vrwc54]

That same film was the only actual footage shown on the networks. I saw it briefly on ABC and NBC. I don't watch CBS.

Fox played it over and over with eyewitness accounts of the other, even larger celebrations. The reporter from Fox said there were thousands celebrating.

Jennings made his comments about only children celebrating even though the video ABC played showed adults with the v for victory sign.

[vrwc54]

see my reply #16

[tm22721]

The true feelings of all Arabs has been betrayed by their Palestinian brethern yesterday in the streets of Jerusalem. We must annihilate ALL Arabs and do it now, while we have the sympathy of the world.

BUMP

[Rutabega]

I am in Europe and watched CNN International where there was a woman from the PA who, when questioned, said the Palestinians stopped cheering and laughing as soon as they understood "the enormity of what had happened". I'm sure!

[xinga]

How do you keep your veins from exploding in your head...

Let's just say, I'm glad my finger is no longer on the button. ;)