Fatah has banned Al Jazeera from reporting from the Jenin governorate.
Al Jazeera Media Community has condemned an “incitement marketing campaign” initiated by Fatah within the occupied West Financial institution towards Al Jazeera and its journalists, significantly towards correspondent Mohamad Atrash.
The community in a statement stated the “deplorable” marketing campaign was launched as a result of it coated clashes between the Palestinian Nationwide Safety Forces and Palestinian resistance fighters in Jenin.
This comes after the Palestinian Nationwide Liberation Motion, Fatah, which controls the Palestinian Authority, introduced a ban on the operations of Al Jazeera within the Jenin governorate attributable to its coverage of continuing raids by PA security forces on Palestinian fighters in Jenin.
“The Community has been and stays a platform for the Opinion and the Different Opinion {and professional} in its credible and neutral protection. Al Jazeera has efficiently maintained its professionalism all through its protection of the unfolding occasions in Jenin,” the community stated in a press release.
“The voices of each the Palestinian resistance and the Spokesperson of the Palestinian Nationwide Safety Forces have all the time been current on Al Jazeera’s screens,” the assertion continued.
Al Jazeera went on to level out that such a marketing campaign may expose its correspondents to hazard.
“The Community holds Fatah, Palestinian Nationwide Safety Forces, and related establishments of the Palestinian Authority accountable for any hurt which will befall Mohamad Atrash or any of Al Jazeera journalists within the occupied West Financial institution.”
Fatah claimed Al Jazeera was enjoying a “harmful position” with its protection of the clashes, which unfold “discord” and inner combating between Palestinian factions, in keeping with a press release printed by the Jordan-based Roya Information outlet on Monday.
The group additionally known as on Palestinians throughout the occupied territory to chorus from having any dealings with the community.
