PALESTINIAN FREEDOM OF THE PRESS

SHOULDN'T FREEDOM COME BEFORE "DEMOCRATIC" ELECTIONS? HOW CAN YOU HAVE AN INFORMED ELECTORATE WITHOUT A FREE PRESS?

PA Banned Palestinian Journalists from Summit - Khaled Abu Toameh (Jerusalem Post)
The major Palestinian daily newspapers did not send correspondents to cover the summit in Sharm el-Sheik; neither did Palestine TV or Voice of Palestine radio. In contrast, almost every Israeli newspaper and TV and radio station had at least one journalist at the summit. Bitter Palestinian journalists said on Wednesday that they wanted to go to the summit, but were banned by the PA leadership.