You have to hand it to the palestinians – they have a hell of a sense of humor.
The Department of Arab and International Relations of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (DAIR-PLO) on Sunday issued a press release urging that “Israeli Occupation crimes against the Journalists must be halted.”
The statement said that Israel has escalated its crimes against local and international journalists and media organisations. DAIR reported that Israeli measures greatly disrupt and often severely endanger the lives of journalists in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Journalists, DAIR reported, are often held for hours at checkpoints, denied entry to military zones and are subject to arrest, physical abuse and assassinations.
DAIR says that the Palestinian territories are the second most dangerous place for journalists internationally, after Iraq.
BBC reporter Alan Johnston was not available for comment.
Update: It’s not just the journalists who are suffering thanks to the “Israeli Occupation crimes”:
Palestinian militants opened fire at a sports day at a United Nations-operated elementary school in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing a bodyguard of a local Fatah leader and wounding seven other people, medical officials said.
