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- Press Freedom Violations in Israel and Occupied
Palestinian Areas (28 September - 28 February 2001
- SouthNews, 2 March 2001. Re. the
International Press Institute (IPI) report on the number of
injuries and other press freedom violations against journalists
and media professionals in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian
Areas.
- U.S. attacks Al-Jazeera TV
- Forwarded from toeslist, 18 November 2001. Al-Jazeera television
of Qatar, the only media outlet which has had journalists in
Taliban-controlled areas of Afghanistan since the U.S. bombing
campaign began, is hit by U.S. missiles. Al-Jazeera, which was
created with help from the BBC and has become known as the CNN
of the Arab world, has been subjected to a campaign of
villification in the U.S. media.
- Bullied into silence on Israel: There is no freedom
of speech for Conrad Black's commentators
- By William Dalrymple, The Guardian,
(London), 16 March 2002. In Israel, opinions are so polarised
that it is almost impossible to write a line on the conflict
without outraging someone. Those who deal sympathetically with
the plight of the Palestinians have found themselves deluged
with complaints, which not infrequently include innuendoes -
or outright accusations - of anti-semitism.